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UP withdraws 274 notices to anti-CAA protesters, but can still recover damages under state law

SC accepts UP govt’s submission that proceedings will now be in accordance with state law on recovery for damage to property, directs it to refund any recoveries made so far.

Plea in SC against bail for MoS Ajay Mishra’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Ashish, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni, was released from jail Tuesday after Allahabad HC granted him bail.

Karnataka HC hijab hearing: Petitioners say ‘non-existent’ college panel can’t decide on ban

Petitioners argue that according to State Education Act, pre-university government college can have a governing council but not a College Development Committee.

‘Online games of skill fall under freedom of speech & expression’: Why HC junked Karnataka ban

Karnataka Police Act was amended in 2021 to put a stop to gambling. It made operating and participating in online fantasy games with money a cognisable, non-bailable offence.

‘Ultra vires to Constitution’ — Karnataka HC quashes portions of law banning online gaming

Two-judge division bench also issues a writ of mandamus restraining respondents from interfering in online gaming and allied activities of petitioners.

Is each tenet in Quran essential practice, asks HC. ‘Not the issue here’, says hijab petitioner

Karnataka HC asks if all that is stated in Quran is 'inviolable'. Petitioner’s lawyer says court shouldn’t get into ‘larger canvas’ of whether certain parts are essential.

SC allows CBI to probe death of 17-year-old Lavanya in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur

Lavanya, a Class 12 student at Sacred Hearts Higher Secondary School, was allegedly coerced to convert to Christianity. She had consumed poison and passed away on 19 January.

‘No hijab, saffron shawls’ in class ’till further order’ — Full text of Karnataka HC interim order

A bench of the Karnataka High Court also asked the state government to 'reopen educational institutions and allow students to return to classes at the earliest'.

‘Withdraw or we’ll quash’, SC tells UP govt on recovery notices issued to anti-CAA protesters

Court observed notices issued to recover losses caused by damage to public properties, contravened its two rulings that barred an additional district magistrate to adjudicate such proceedings.

Karnataka HC interim order bans ‘religious garments’ at educational institutions with dress code

Interim order to be in force till petitions challenging ban on hijabs are decided. Karnataka High Court bench also requests state government to reopen educational institutions.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.