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Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad seeks proposals from Special Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries in accordance with the Government Business Rules
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The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by social activist S. Laxminarayan seeking binding regulatory norms to curb arbitrary airfare pricing and ancillary charges levied by private airlines during festive periods, holidays and emergencies
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A Division Bench of the Punjab And Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Minderjeet Yadav held that an appointment obtained on the basis of a fake qualification...
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Court found that KSRTC, BMTC have lied blatantly in their certificates that some candidates were trained on repairing HGV and HPV fitted with petrol-powered engine
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“This nation has seen many individuals come and go, and it has remained strong. So why this desperation to protect one man?” the BRS party working president asked
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The Supreme Court has recently held that the existence of an arbitration clause in an agreement does not bar criminal proceedings. It further observed that courts must first examine whether the...
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While hearing the petitions filed by 12 Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holding budding cricketers, challenging the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which has made...
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The order, issued under Section 163 of the BNSS, follows a Bombay High Court direction on curbing noise and environmental pollution during festivals
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A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu calls the High Court order ‘very reasonable’ and says there was no empirical data to justify breaching the 50% ceiling
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When the Court asked the Delhi Police if it was going to file an appeal, the public prosecutor said a decision on the issue is yet to be taken, and sought 15 days to inform the Court about the decision
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Justice V. Lakshminarayanan has directed the police to investigate the matter and submit a status report by November 10, 2026
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The Gauhati High Court has sought a response from the State government in the second petition in about a month
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The order comes in response to a petition opposing the decision to create a separate union to bring all research scholars across affiliated colleges and research centres under one body
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The Mirwaiz also raised concern over “other political prisoners suffering from serious health issues after years of detention and delayed trials”
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“Calling it ‘parenting time’ recognises a simple truth that no parent is a ‘visitor’ in the life of a child”
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Justice V. Lakshminarayanan says banks cannot prevent defaulters, not facing any criminal charge, from going abroad
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The observations came while the top court was hearing a petition filed by Delhi resident Rajeev Suri concerning the preservation and restoration of heritage sites across the national capital
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The protesters raised slogans against the Union government and demanded the immediate release of Rahul Gandhi
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The plea highlights a systemic and nationwide failure of non-implementation of accessibility across all stages of air travel, including booking, web-check-in, airport entry and navigation, counter check-in, security screening, Digi Yatra processing, immigration, boarding, in-flight services, and…
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The sanctioned strength of the high court is 60 which includes 45 permanent and 15 additional judges.
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Kerala High Court quashes KAAPA detention of Thiruvananthapuram councilor R. Sugathan, citing illegible documents and delayed, arbitrary proceedings.
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The Division Bench of Chief Justice had previously directed the State to issue guidelines based on the draft Kerala Prohibition of Ragging (Amendment) Bill, until it was enacted
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No coercive steps by Revenue officials from October 17 to 25 in disputed properties: HC to government
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The Bench directs the DGP to hand over the case files to the CBI and start disciplinary proceedings against the police officers concerned
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