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Source-ndtv.com The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to consider framing separate rules for granting disability certificates to leprosy patients for availing reservation and various welfare benefits. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud issued a slew of directions to the Centre and all states for eradication of

  Source-coindesk.com The Reserve Bank of India argued Wednesday that bitcoin cannot be recognized in the country before the nation’s Supreme Court. In a case that has been brought by a number of exchanges against the Indian central bank for blocking their access to banking services five months ago, the RBI stated in an affidavit that current

  Source-ndtv.com The Supreme Court on Thursday said public prosecutors are expected to act as independent persons and should not be totally guided by the instructions of the government and their actions should not be like a post office. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice D Y Chandrachud said a public prosecutor

Source- thehindu.com After failing to get the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case released by exercising its statutory power to remit life sentences, the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu has taken recourse to a possible constitutional remedy. It has decided to invoke the Governor’s clemency power under Article 161 of the Constitution. The earlier attempt in

Source- indianexpress.com India expressed concern about the rupee’s decline for the first time and said it’s considering a plan to tap its citizens overseas, according to a government official. The local currency, Asia’s worst-performing major so far this year, which plunged as much as 1.3 percent to a record low Monday, pared losses after the comments.

Source- india.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court would be hearing next week a plea seeking a court-monitored probe in the Alwar lynching case. The plea has been filed by the victim’s family, said ANI. The plea has also sought for transfer of the trial out of Rajasthan. The Supreme Court had earlier sought a detailed affidavit from the Rajasthan government

Source – hindustantimes.com The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the AAP government to conduct walk-in interviews to fill in the vacancies in one month at a government-run blind school which has been working at half its sanctioned strength of teachers. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao also asked the

Source – indianexpress.com Agreeing with the Tamil Nadu government’s objection to protests on Marina Beach, the Madras High Court on Monday set aside a petition seeking permission to hold a public meeting at Chennai’s popular beach, which had witnessed a massive protest over Jallikattu in 2017. Allowing an appeal moved by the Tamil Nadu government, a

Source – qz.com The supreme court of India today (Sept. 06) scrapped section 377 ofthe Indian penal code that criminalised homosexuality. A bench consisting of chief justice Dipak Misra and justices DY Chandrachud, AM Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra, and Rohinton Fali Nariman, in separate but concurring judgments, ruled that India’s LGBTQ community has the same sexual rights as everyone else. The supreme

Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that minor survivors of rape or sexual assault will get compensation on par with women victims. The apex court extended the National Legal Services Authority’s (NALSA) compensation scheme for women rape and sexual assault survivors to minor children. A three-judge Bench led by Justice Madan B. Lokur directed that