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Supreme Court collegium elevates 6 advocates as Delhi High Court judges

The collegium also approved the proposal for elevation of advocate Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj as judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

SC says money from PM CARES need not be transferred to disaster response fund

Supreme Court says funds received by NDRF can be utilised for Covid relief, and that it is open for anyone to contribute to the fund voluntarily.

Karnataka woman seeks contempt action on Swara Bhasker for ‘turning masses to revolt’ against SC

Petitioner Usha Shetty says Swara Bhaskar had participated in a conference in February 2020, where she said '...Courts are not sure if they believe in the Constitution'.

Supreme Court collegium meets after 4 months, to fast-track appointment of high court judges

The Supreme Court collegium, led by CJI S.A. Bobde, discussed appointments for Gujarat, Allahabad, Patna and Kerala high courts.

Can corruption charges against judge be made public before probe? SC to decide in Bhushan case

The question of whether allegations against a judge need to be probed before being made public is one the SC will examine in the 2009 contempt case against Prashant Bhushan.

SC defers hearing on plea against merger of 6 Rajasthan MLAs from BSP with Congress

The petition by a BJP MLA said the MLAs have been wrongly allowed by the Rajasthan assembly speaker to merge with the Congress. The hearing has been deferred to 24 August.

SC rejects plea seeking further postponement of JEE (Main) & NEET-UG exams amid Covid spurt

Refusing to postpone the exams scheduled to be conducted in September, the Supreme Court said precious year of students cannot be wasted and life has to go on.

Kafeel Khan’s detention extended under NSA for 3 months in CAA-speech case

Kafeel Khan, a doctor in UP, was arrested in January for a speech he delivered at Aligarh Muslim University during protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

SC seeks details of spectrum sharing pact between Reliance Communications & Jio in AGR case

The top court also asked the Department of Telecom to file the requisite documents in this regard and posted the matter for further hearing on 17 August.

Detention of Delhi riots accused extended under UAPA for police to finish probe

The case involves 19 people, booked under the stringent UAPA and other IPC sections related to murder and attempt to murder. A Delhi court extended the detention to 17 September.

On Camera

Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.