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SC orders reinstatement of MP ex-woman judge who resigned in 2014 over ‘sexual harassment’

Supreme Court bench rules that her resignation ‘cannot be construed to be voluntary’, orders state to reinstate her with all consequential benefits, but no back wages.

India has about 21 judges per million, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informs Rajya Sabha

To calculate the ratio, the Department of Justice uses 2011 Census and available information regarding sanctioned strength of judges in SC, HC and district & subordinate courts.

SC says Karnataka HC needs to hear hijab issue, declines urgent hearing

The apex court said a three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court is hearing the matter Thursday afternoon regarding the dress code that created controversy over wearing hijab.

Allahabad HC grants bail to MoS Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Eight people including four farmers were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted on 3 October last year. Ashish Mishra is one of the prime accused in the incident. 

Modi govt vs CBI in SC: Here’s why govt has questioned probe in Hindustan Zinc divestment

SC in November ordered CBI investigation into Vajpayee govt’s 2002 sale of HZL shares to Sterlite. Govt responded with application saying CBI’s basic facts were wrong.

‘Constitutional questions’: Karnataka HC refers hijab plea to larger bench, no interim order

Single bench of Justice Krishna S. Dixit said larger bench needed due to ‘enormity of questions of importance’, and refused interim relief for students to take their exams.

28 killed in police encounters in 8 months, Assam govt says due process of law being followed

In an affidavit filed in the Gauhati HC, Assam govt informed that 73 were injured in police action from 10 May till 28 January this year and said FIRs have been registered in each case.

SC grants anticipatory bail to Mamata Banerjee’s election agent in post-poll violence case

A bench of Justices Nageswara Rao and Abhay Oka imposed several conditions while granting relief to SK Supiyan, an accused in the murder case of a BJP worker in Nandigram last year.

Hijab case in Karnataka HC: Petitioner says it’s essential to Islam, protected by Constitution

Wearing hijab comes under Constitutional right to expression and right to privacy recognised by SC, said petitioners’ counsel in hearing on Udupi college’s headscarf ban Tuesday.

SC says no recall of Hindustan Zinc divestment probe order, govt blames CBI’s ‘incorrect facts’

In November 2021 SC directed a CBI probe into 2002 initial stake sale of Hindustan Zinc Limited to Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Limited. Finance ministry requested a recall of the order.

On Camera

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

MGNREGA empowered citizens to engage the state on equal terms. VB-GRAMG recasts them as labharthis, who must prove eligibility to receive the largesse of a benevolent leader.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.