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Transgender Teacher Dismissed Over Sexual Orientation Takes Case to Supreme Court

02 Jan 2024

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a transgender individual who faced termination from her teaching position in two private schools in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh due to the revelation of her sexual orientation. The bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwla and...

Petition filed in SC challenging defects in new Criminal Justice Law

02 Jan 2024

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the implementation of three recent sets of laws aimed at overhauling India’s penal codes. The petitioner claims that these laws exhibit numerous “defects and discrepancies.” On December 21, the Lok Sabha passed three crucial legislations—namely, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita,...

CJI on Article 370 verdict: judges decide cases based on Constitution and law

02 Jan 2024

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has declined to escalate the controversy surrounding the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict on the abrogation of Article 370, maintaining that judges decide cases based on the Constitution and the law. During an exclusive interview with a news agency, the CJI candidly addressed the five-judge constitution bench’s...

Delhi LG approves compensation for mob violence, lynching victims

30 Dec 2023

Delhi LG V K Saxena has approved an amendment to the Delhi Victims Compensation Scheme 2018, allowing ex-gratia payments to victims of mob violence and lynching, as per officials from Raj Niwas on Friday. They noted that the Supreme Court had directed state governments in 2018 to formulate such a...

President grants assent to Bill governing Election Commissioner appointments

30 Dec 2023

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu has granted assent to the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023. Introduced in the Rajya Sabha on August 10 by Minister of State for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, the bill addresses...

US: Maine’s top election official disqualifies Trump from the state’s 2024 Ballot

29 Dec 2023

Due to the "insurrectionist ban" outlined in the 14th Amendment, former President Donald Trump was removed from the Maine ballot for 2024, according to CNN's report. This ruling makes Maine the second state to bar Trump from seeking public office, following a similar ruling made earlier this month by the...

Idol of Lord Ram’s childlike form to be installed in Temple sanctum

28 Dec 2023

An idol of Lord Ram in his child-like form (Ram Lalla) will be installed in the pure white Makrana marble sanctum sanctorum of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya next month, the temple trust informed on Wednesday. Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, Champat Rai said that a 51-inch-tall...

Ayodhya gears up for consecration ceremony on January 22, idol of Lord Ram’s childlike form to be installed in Temple sanctum

27 Dec 2023

The temple trust announced on Wednesday that the pure white Makrana marble sanctum sanctorum of the magnificent Ram Temple in Ayodhya will host an idol of Lord Ram in his childlike form, known as Ram Lalla, starting next month. The secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, Champat Rai, announced...

Supreme Court Denied Anticipatory Bail To IPS Officer Who Allegedly Got Conman To Pose As High Court Chief Justice To Influence Of Corruption Probe

26 Dec 2023

The Supreme Court in the case Aditya Kumar v. State of Bihar observed and has denied the anticipatory bail to IPS officer and former Superintendent of Police Aditya Kumar who had allegedly involved a conman to pose as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court in order to influence...

Gyanvapi verdict: Varanasi Court to present the ASI scientific report today

21 Dec 2023

The scientific report on the Gyanvapi mosque survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will be presented today by the Varanasi district Court. The Hindu side will object in court today in the Gyanvapi Shringar Gauri case to the Anjuman Arrangements Masjid Committee's application, requesting that the judge present...

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