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SC on Shaheen Bagh protest says, people have right to protest but can’t block roadsIndia

SC on Shaheen Bagh protest says, people have right to protest but can’t block roads

<p>The Supreme Court on Monday said people have the fundamental right to protest in a democracy but they should not be blocking roads. “There must be a balance. This could create chaos,” a two-judge bench comprising justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph observed in course of a hearing on the Shaheen Bagh protest that […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Supreme Court: Women be given permanent commission in army, tells centre to ‘Change Mindset’India

Supreme Court: Women be given permanent commission in army, tells centre to ‘Change Mindset’

<p>The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that women officers in the army be given permanent commission, adding the government must change its mindset to end gender bias in armed forces. The top court was hearing the Centre’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s directions passed in 2010 to grant permanent commission to women officers in […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Nirbhaya Case: SC dismisses Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of mercy petitionIndia

Nirbhaya Case: SC dismisses Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of mercy petition

<p>The Supreme Court Friday dismissed Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case convict Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of his mercy petition by the President alleging that it was done in a “mala fide” manner. A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna said no ground of judicial review of rejection of […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Nirbhaya Case: SC defers hearing on Centre’s plea for separate executionIndia

Nirbhaya Case: SC defers hearing on Centre’s plea for separate execution

<p>The Supreme Court deferred the hearing on Centre’s plea seeking separate execution of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case to Friday and asked the convicts to file their counter replies by then. A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna appointed senior advocate Anjana Prakash as amicus […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Nirbhaya case: SC to hear Centre’s plea for separate hanging on Feb 11India

Nirbhaya case: SC to hear Centre’s plea for separate hanging on Feb 11

<p>The Supreme Court on Friday posted for hearing the Central government’s appeal seeking separate hanging of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape-and-murder case for 2:00pm on February 11. The Centre had appealed in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s order that dismissed its plea against the stay on execution of the four convicts […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
SC to hear plea on removing CAA protesters from Shaheen Bagh on MondayIndia

SC to hear plea on removing CAA protesters from Shaheen Bagh on Monday

<p>The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear pleas seeking removal of protestors from Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on February 10. The top court said it would take up the matter on February 10 in connection with two PILs seeking a direction to Central government for laying down comprehensive guidelines relating to outright restrictions for […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict Akshay Thakur’s curative petitionIndia

SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict Akshay Thakur’s curative petition

<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon dismissed the curative petition filed by Nirbhaya case convict Akshay Thakur on Thursday. The hearing was conducted by a bench comprising six judges. Headed by Justice NV Ramana, the bench heard the curative petition filed by one of the four convicts. The curative petition was Akshay’s last legal resort […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Petition in SC dismissed, Mukesh Singh out of legal treatment against Feb 1 executionIndia

Petition in SC dismissed, Mukesh Singh out of legal treatment against Feb 1 execution

<p>A petition filed by 2012 Delhi gang rape convict Mukesh Singh against the presidential order rejecting his mercy plea has been rejected by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. A three-judge bench led by Justice R Banumathi ruled that Mukesh Singh’s argument that the government did not produce all relevant records before the President did not […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
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