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The Supreme Court prodding the Centre to allow female candidates to appear for the National Defence Academy (NDA) examination, scheduled in November this year, is a welcome development. It reinforces the path to gender equality and justice as women candidates will now be able to become commissioned officers in the three services through the coveted […]

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court-appointed three-member inquiry commission, probing the alleged encounter killing of four suspects in the Disha rape and murder case, on Tuesday examined two of the tehsildars who had conducted the inquest. Tehsildars of Farooq Nagar, Kondurg, Kothur, and Keshampet had conducted the inquest of the bodies of four accused. The commission, which […]

A bench headed by chief justice N.V. Ramana made it clear that the court will allow it for the last time - the immersion of idols -- this year, and no more immersion from next year.

New Delhi: Nudged by the Supreme Court, the Centre on Wednesday informed the top court that it has taken a decision to allow women into the National Defence Academy (NDA). Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, representing the Centre, submitted before a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that there is a good news, as […]

There is a constitutional provision for setting up Cassation Benches in different regions

The indiscriminate exploitation of the fragile Himalayan region in the name of development projects has extracted a heavy price in terms of environmental damage. A string of hydroelectric and road projects in the Himalayan States, particularly in Uttarakhand, involving large-scale hill cutting and change in the land-use pattern, has already resulted in the fragmentation of […]

Hyderabad: A judge’s mind is always filled with pros and cons of a case even when he or she is off the Bench or with family members, Telangana High Court Chief Justice Hima Kohli said on Friday. Speaking at the Full Bench farewell accorded to her on her elevation as Supreme Court judge, Justice Kohli […]

Khammam: Rakhi Pournami was celebrated in an innovative way at Wyra in the district on Sunday opposing the Centre’s three contentious Farm Laws, which the Supreme Court has already put on hold in January. The women members of the Telangana Rythu Sangham made Rakhis with farm produce. At a programme organised under the aegis of […]

SC ruling allowing women to sit for NDA entrance for entry into the Army is path-breaking

There is a strong case for undertaking caste census to enable policymakers to fine-tune affirmative programmes

The judgment of Delhi Court on enforceability of promises made by constitutional functionaries could have a big impact

The Andhra Pradesh High Court had directed the agency to probe the case and submit a report to it in a sealed cover.

A bench of Justices R F Nariman dealt with the larger question and held that an award of an EA of a foreign country is enforceable under the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act despite the fact that the term EA is not used in arbitration laws here.

The top court said some of the petitioners have claimed that their phones were hacked or intercepted.

More than half of the adult population has yet to receive even a single dose, despite a slight improvement in coverage in July

According to the plea, the alleged snooping represented an attempt by agencies and organisations to muzzle the exercise of free speech and expression of dissent in India.

A Bench headed by Justice Rohinton F Nariman after hearing arguments of all parties in the case reserved its verdict.

The petition, filed through Farasat, alleged that for this criticism Erendro has spent some days in custody pursuant to criminal cases initiated against him.

Low conviction rate is a clear pointer to how the provision is being misused largely for political purposes

The sedition law was meant to suppress the freedom movement and was used by the Britishers to silence Mahatma Gandhi and others, the court noted.