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‘Unconstitutional’: HC quashes Haryana law that reserved 75% jobs in pvt sector for local residents

Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala says he plans to consult legal experts and then take call on filing a special leave petition before SC. 2021 law was poll promise of Dushyant's JJP.

‘Collegium considers many aspects of personality’ — CJI on elevation of controversial lawyer to HC

Earlier this year, SC collegium’s go-ahead to Gowri’s appointment as additional judge of Madras HC was challenged on basis of her political affiliations & alleged hate speech.

Retired colonel wins 8-yr battle over false FIR, court sentences 76-yr-old neighbour in car park

Gurugram court sentences accused to nine months in jail & fines her Rs 1,000 for tarnishing image of complainant. Grants interim bail to allow her to move higher court.

CJI defends elevation of Victoria Gowri, accused of delivering hate speech as lawyer, to Madras HC

Proposal to elevate the lawyer, who had been representing Centre before Madurai bench of Madras HC, has been mired in controversy following allegations of her affiliation to the BJP.

Empowering state to appoint V-Cs, inspect universities — pending bills in TN govt vs governor tussle

In its petition in SC, Tamil Nadu has sought direction to governor to dispose of all pending bills & also asked court to fix time limit for governor to consider bills.

‘Rs 10,000 per tooth mark’ — Punjab & Haryana HC fixes compensation for dog bites in public spaces

In order disposing of 193 petitions, the HC also issues guidelines for compensation with respect to accidents and incidents that occur due to animals on public roads.

Kerala court sentences to death man convicted in Aluva child rape and murder case

Special POCSO court judge K Soman gave highest punishment of the land to Ashwaq Alam, a migrant labourer. The court had found Alam guilty of all 16 offences in the charge sheet.

Amshipora ‘encounter’: Tribunal bench suspends Army officer’s life sentence, casts doubt on verdict

Captain Bhoopendra Singh was given life sentence for allegedly killing 3 men in J&K’s Shopian in 2020. Principal bench of AFT calls findings of court martial proceedings 'perverse'.

‘Can’t cast doubt on validity of assembly session’: SC tells Punjab governor to decide on pending bills

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit had refused to take a call on four pending bills, while doubting the validity of the June session of the state assembly in which they were passed.

On dead patient’s plea, HC asks Centre for ‘best option’ to make affordable breast cancer meds available

Directive comes on 2022 plea filed by patient seeking Kerala HC's intervention to urge govt to help slash price of a critical cancer drug. She died during the course of the case.

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Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?