Bombay HC refused to stay setting up of fact check unit under amended IT rules after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said only online content on central government business to be checked.
Amendment was done just to muzzle criticism & questioning of central govt & to stifle dissent from what it puts out in regard to affairs of state, petitioners had contended.
However, SC grants permission for Maharashtra govt to appeal against acquittal because of its own earlier judgment that reversed the first Bombay HC order setting Saibaba free.
Professor had moved SC against Bombay HC order holding him liable for putting up WhatsApp status critical of abrogation of Article 370 & wishing Pakistan 'happy independence day'.
Most of the 3,000 flats in Mumbai’s Air India Colony have been emptied since the airline was privatised, but some residents are clinging to their homes, stopping bulldozers.
Comedian Kunal Kamra, Editors Guild of India & others challenged 2023 amendment allowing Centre to set up fact-check unit to identify false online content 'related to business of govt'.
High court granted Navlakha bail on a surety of Rs 1 lakh. Navlakha, who was arrested in Aug 2018, was in Nov last year permitted by Supreme Court to be placed under house arrest.
Issue of OBC reservation in focus in the midst of ongoing Maratha quota stir. While Marathas have asked to be included among OBCs, the demand has been opposed by OBC community.
The setting up of a National Election Fund is a suggestion that needs serious consideration but can it eliminate or minimize the use of black money in elections?
Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.
With this ship, smaller than the Indian counterpart, Pakistan has joined an elite list of countries to operate these ships, including India, France, the US, the UK, Russia, and China.
For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.
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