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Bar Council asks Modi for Rs 50,000-crore allocation in Budget for lawyers’ welfare

In letter to Modi, BCI lists 10 demands for welfare of advocates, including an insurance cover of Rs 20 lakh and stipend for ‘needy new entrants’.

SC grants bail to 4 rioters convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre

The rioting had taken place on February 28, 2002, in the Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad where a mob had killed 97 people.

SC quashes Modi govt appeal, university teaching jobs to have department-wise quotas

The apex court upheld the Allahabad High Court's 2017 order in the matter. It is feared that the number of reserved posts will now come down.

SC’s newest judges had set aside AAP MLA disqualification, ruled fashion shows are taxable

Supreme Court got 2 new judges Friday — Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Delhi High Court judge Sanjiv Khanna.

Supreme Court judges unhappy as collegium ignores seniority in judge selection

In light of the collegium decision, Supreme Court judges are reportedly discussing ways to protect 'institutional decisions'.

Prevent ‘another historical blunder’: Ex-judge to President on names cleared by SC collegium

Former judge Kailash Gambhir flags Supreme Court collegium’s elevation of judges Khanna and Maheshwari, wants President Ram Nath Kovind to intervene. 

Hearing in sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar & others on 19 January

The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar and others for supporting seditious slogans raised in JNU in February 2016.

CJI Ranjan Gogoi says task of judge is to sit with text of law in context of life

Speaking at a book release on former Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, he said that most of the people who studied law are oblivious of the experiences of the ordinary people who seek justice from the court.

SC issues notice to CBI on Sajjan Kumar’s appeal in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

The former Congress leader was convicted and sentenced for the death of five Sikhs and the burning down of a gurudwara in Delhi.

Supreme Court gives 6 weeks to Modi govt to reply on PIL against snooping notification

According to the notification, 10 central probe and snoop agencies are empowered for computer interception and analysis.

On Camera

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

Fewer millionaires set to emigrate this yr, India produces ‘far more’ than those leaving — Henley report

The report predicts net emigration of 4,300 millionaires in 2024, lower than the outflow in 2023 & 2022. Congress has raised concerns about the outflow of HNIs from the country.

Army hospital commandant says no misuse of disability pension grant. ‘Scrutiny at all levels’

Lt Gen Nilakantan says revised Entitlement Rules & Guide to Medical Officers for pensions had been revised to rationalise disability classification, quantification & granting of disability.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.