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Government and Policy

Tamil Nadu government moves the Supreme Court challenging Madras HC order to ban cow slaughter across the state

OpIndia Staff -
"Slaughtering of cows on Bakrid is neither essential to nor necessarily required as part of the religious ceremony," Madras HC stated.
News Reports

Woman forced man’s signature to claim they are married: Read how the Hindu Marriage Act came to his rescue after he approached the Gujarat...

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The High Court observed that the essential Hindu rituals, as required under the Hindu Marriage Act, form the foundation of a Hindu marriage.
Government and Policy

Govt clarifies stand on ethanol blending, says E20 is national policy, not an ‘ongoing experiment’

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The clarification followed India Today’s claim that E20 was described as an experiment, a report repeated by other media outlets and criticised online for appearing to contradict the government’s stated support for the nationwide programme.
Editor's picks

Delhi government takes action over non-delivery of more than 1 lakh vials of anti-rabies vaccine, suspends 7 officials: Details

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The Delhi government has suspended seven officials, including five pharmacists, after an inquiry exposed major procurement and cold storage failures at a Central Procurement Agency warehouse.
News Reports

Modi government issues strict directions to remove stray dogs from central institutions following the Supreme Court order, action to be taken for non-compliance

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Following a Supreme Court order, the Modi government has directed central ministries to clear stray dogs from educational campuses, hospitals, and transit hubs.
Crime

‘He was the mastermind’: SC stays Delhi HC order releasing 1993 Kolkata Bowbazar blast TADA convict Rashid Khan

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"If we don’t grant interim relief (stay) and he is released in between then this will become infructuous," the SC declared.
Law

Supreme Court rules that the right to walk on footpaths is a fundamental right, says walkers have priority over motorists, orders authorities to provide...

OpIndia Staff -
In a landmark judgment delivered on Friday, the Supreme Court of India declared that the right to walk safely on demarcated footpaths is a...
Crime

Supreme Court quashes POCSO conviction of a man after the victim married him, invokes Article 142 saying the ruling is based on special facts...

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Article 142 gives the Supreme Court the authority to pass any order necessary to ensure "complete justice" in a case.
Opinions

When the Allahabad High Court told the Supreme Court that its own judgments don’t bind in cases of habeas corpus

Divyansh Tiwari -
The Allahabad bench ruled that the recent cluster of Supreme Court decisions on illegal arrest and habeas corpus, the second set, did not appear to have taken into account the older, more detailed line of precedents that had sketched out the entire criminal procedure. Because of this, the bench ruled that those newer rulings are not binding precedents and hit by the principles of stare decisis, that is, they cannot overturn the more established, well reasoned position.
Opinions

Supreme Court has got the SC-ST Act right, ‘in public view’ is an essential Constitutional filter that prevents false cases

Divyansh Tiwari -
Parliament took a clear legislative choice in drafting Sections 3(1)(r) and (s) to connect those specific offences to a public element, and courts are not free to read out that element simply because a commentator finds it inconvenient.
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