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Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to hear a petition related to deportation of Rohingya refugees who had fled the persecution in Myanmar last year. A top court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, will hear the matter wherein the Centre has questioned the credentials of the

Source – dnaindia.com Supreme Court on Monday will hear the plea filed by a lawyer seeking SIT probe into the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case. Yesterday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued Non-Bailable Warrants (NBW) against celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle and business partner, Mehul Choksi, in connection with Punjab National

Source – gulfnews.com Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling and opposition fronts in Kerala suffered a serious embarrassment on Thursday, when the Supreme Court of India ordered expulsion of 180 medical students from two medical colleges in the state. The decision came while considering a petition filed by the Medical Council of India against their admissions. The students

Source – hindustantimes.com The BJP and the Congress on Thursday filed separate court petitions seeking deployment of central forces to ensure free and fair rural polls in West Bengal as violence rocked several districts of the Trinamool-ruled state in the run-up to next month’s elections. Trinamool leaders met governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and the state Election

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that its Aadhaar scheme has been approved by experts and was not open to judicial review as it was a policy decision. The government told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is examining the validity of Aadhaar scheme

Source – dnaindia.com The Supreme Court’s reiteration that Article 370 — that grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir — is essentially permanent and not a temporary statute may not affect any pending pleas, experts say. Currently, the top court is adjudicating on several petitions including those that challenge Article 35A that empowers

Source – indianexpress.com The Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday the  Aadhaar Act was a “fair and reasonable” law and fulfilled the requirements laid down by the Constitution bench of the apex court in its landmark privacy judgment. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today refused to keep in abeyance its March 20 verdict while hearing a review petition filed by the Centre against the apex court’s order putting in place certain safeguards on arrests under the SC/ST Act. Notwithstanding the top court’s verdict, protesters continued with their agitation for the second

Source – news18.com New Delhi: In the face of stiff pressure from both within the NDA and opposition, Union Law Ministry filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on Monday on the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act verdict. The decision comes after some ruling party MPs and senior ministers in the government

Source – scroll.in Among the arguments that the Supreme Court relied on to invalidate talaq-e-biddat, or instant divorce, last year, was that the practice was considered unIslamic in even Muslim countries, many of which had abolished or reformed it. This method of referring to practices in Muslim countries will spring surprises on the court when it