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SC stays Delhi HC's contempt notice against Centre over oxygen supply, tells govt to share detailed plan

Citing the success of Mumbai's BMC, in handling the pandemic situation in the city, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to hold a meeting with municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal to adopt measures in Delhi.

UK cannot extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya due to pending 'legal issues', Centre informs SC

Mallya, an accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, is in the UK since March 2016. The SC bench listed the matter for 15 March

From 'peculiar work conditions' to 'may cause instability', why Centre wants SC to keep adultery a crime in armed forces

In the Indian Army, for instance, adultery is described using the military euphemism 'stealing the affection of a brother officer’s wife'. The case is similar in the Air Force and the Navy too

Farmers' Protest Updates: ML Khattar should tell Centre to repeal laws instead of holding outreach events, says Hooda

Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: On Sunday, Haryana Police had used water cannons and lobbed teargas shells to prevent the farmers from marching towards the venue of Khattar's event

Supreme Court refuses to stay anti-conversion law, issues notices to UP and Uttarakhand govts

The apex court's decision came in response to a bunch of petitions which challenged the validity of the laws which regulate religious conversions due to inter-faith marriages

Bail for some, jail for others: Understanding the skewed reasoning of the apex court's judicial process

While it is encouraging that the grant of bail has been prioritised in some cases, a number of other journalists are languishing in prison, with the top court doing little about their plight

Vikas Dubey encounter hearing: SC 'appalled' that gangster got bail despite cases against him

The apex court also said it was 'appalled' that the gangster got bail despite so many cases against him.

Karnataka Assembly trust vote updates: No floor test today; Speaker adjourns House till 11 am tomorrow

Karnataka Assembly trust vote LIVE Updates: The floor test will not be held on Thursday as Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar adjourned the House till 11 am on Friday.

Karnataka trust vote: Supreme Court's order on political crisis in contradiction to 10th Schedule, writes constitutional lawyer

Critiquing the Supreme Court's order on Karnataka political crisis, lawyer Gautam Bhatia argued that it is in violation of the Tenth Schedule. 'The Court’s attempted 'balance' is to give both parties freedom to act: the Speaker has the freedom to decide on the petitions, while the rebel MLAs have the freedom not to attend the proceedings of the House. However, on closer scrutiny, this balance is not a balance at all, as the second part of the order – on the issue of attending the proceedings of the House – effectively and presumptively holds the resignations to be valid until and unless the Speaker decides otherwise.'

Supreme Court order on Karnataka crisis jolt to shaky Kumaraswamy govt, allows rebel MLAs to escape disqualification as members of House

The court has ruled that 16 Karnataka MLAs can’t be forced to attend proceedings of the House, they can’t be forced to take part in the confidence vote and the three-line whip issued by the Congress and JD(S) to vote in favour of the government does not apply to them. This, in effect, would make them escape from disqualification proceedings as members of the House.