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Supreme Court dilutes law on Maharashtra dance bars like mandatory CCTVs, but upholds provisions like time restriction
• 6 years agoThe Supreme Court has set aside certain provisions of a law imposing restrictions on the licensing and functioning of dance bars in Maharashtra.
Justice Sikri row: Lok Sabha polls will test resilience of Indian democracy as political discourse drag down public institutions
Sreemoy Talukdar • 6 years agoThe Justice AK Sikri controversy will eventually die down and become lesser than a footnote in history, but the damage to democracy and the decline in the level of trust in institutions is permanent
How is illegal rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya still on despite NGT ban? Asks Supreme Court; bans coal transport till 19 Feb
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court has ordered the Meghalaya government to file a detailed affidavit on whether inspections were being carried out at illegal rat-hole mines in the state.
In CBI-Alok Verma case, maligning Justice AK Sikri for his deciding vote and targeting CVC inquiry do democracy no good
Shishir Tripathi • 6 years agoOn 10 January, Alok Verma was removed from his post at the CBI after a high-powered selection committee, comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Justice AK Sikri of the Supreme Court.
Consensual sex between live-in partners not rape if relationships doesn't culminate in marriage, says Supreme Court
• 6 years agoConsensual physical relationship between live-in partners does not amount to rape in case the man fails to marry the woman due to circumstances beyond his control, the Supreme Court has held.
'Trapped Meghalaya miners should be brought out dead or alive': Supreme Court pulls up state govt over plight of workers
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Meghalaya government over the plight of the 15 miners who have been trapped in a rat hole coal mine since 13 December. The bench expressed its displeasure over the inadequate steps taken by the state to rescue the workers in the flooded quarry.
Supreme Court approves Centre's draft witness protection scheme, asks all states to implement it till legislation is passed
• 6 years agoThe Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre's draft witness protection scheme and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation. A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri said that they have made some changes in the scheme.
SC dismisses petitions by Congress leaders asking EC to provide Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan voters' list in text format
• 6 years agoThe Supreme Court on Friday dismissed two separate petitions of senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Sachin Pilot seeking directions to the Election Commission to provide the draft voters' list in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in text format.
Amit Shah mocks Rahul Gandhi over SC's Aadhaar verdict, says 'Congress won today like it did in 2014'
• 6 years agoShah accused the Congress of trying every trick to fight and defeat Aadhaar as it is the "fountainhead of middlemen and corruption".
Congress welcomes Aadhaar verdict, calls it a win for UPA's policy; Kapil Sibal says will approach SC if govt brings in Money Bill
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and said that it empowers the marginalised sections of the society