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Liquor shops along highways close down after SC imposes 500 metre rule

The SC's decision is an attempt to prevent fatal road accidents caused by drunken driving. Almost 1.42 lakh people died due to road accidents in 2015 alone.

Apr 1, 2017

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Supreme Court gives Justice Karnan 4 weeks to decide on trial or apology; he passes order on SC judges for violating 'principal of natural justice'

The Supreme Court has issued a warrant against Justice CS Karnan over contempt of court after he failed to appear before them earlier.

Mar 31, 2017

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Why this Mumbai woman wants her baby to die after birth

The Supreme Court rejected the 28-year-old Mumbai woman's plea to abort her baby after 20 weeks although it has been diagnosed with a severed central nervous system deformity.

Mar 29, 2017

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Supreme Court directs Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water daily to Tamil Nadu: How will this affect Karnataka?

The next hearing of the case by the Supreme Court bench led by Justice Dipak Misra will be on July 11.

Mar 21, 2017

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Justice CS Karnan demands Rs 14 crore compensation; 100-strong police force escort top officials to serve him warrant

Justice Karnan had earlier said he was being targeted by the Supreme Court because he was a Dalit.

Mar 17, 2017

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Trouble within Congress over Govt formation as Goa MLAs blame senior leaders for 'total mismanagement'

The Congress, which won 17 seats in the 40-seat Assembly, needed the support of regional parties to add only four seats so that they could stake claim to form the government in Goa.

Mar 14, 2017

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Goa government formation by BJP: Supreme Court orders floor test on March 16 over Congress petition

The apex court also took the Congress to task for not presenting its numbers or affidavits, and not opposing the Goa governor's invitation to the BJP to form government.

Mar 14, 2017

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Salman Khan Arms Act case: Rajasthan moves Supreme Court against acquittal of Tubelight actor

Salman Khan had been acquitted by a trial court in Rajasthan in the Arms Act case in January this year.

Mar 8, 2017

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Gayatri Prajapati gang-rape case: Close aide of absconding Samajwadi Party minister surrenders before Lucknow Police

Head Constable Chandrapal, who surrendered before the Lucknow Police, is one of the seven accused of gang-raping a woman in 2014.

Mar 6, 2017

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Jallikattu is a cock and bull story; where were celebrity protesters during the Kudankulam stir?

The sounds of dissent further amplified after film stars joined the chorus. The pro-Jallikatu movement was an open-and-shut case, given the only lot that stood to lose were the bulls themselves.

Mar 5, 2017

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Who is Gayatri Prajapati: 10 things to know about the SP politician for whom all airports in India are on alert

Prajapati has had an FIR registered against him in a gang rape case and is still contesting polls from the Amethi Assembly constituency in the UP Assembly elections 2017.

Mar 4, 2017

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Supreme Court stays Bar Council notification on age limit to obtain LLB, LLM degrees

The Supreme Court has stayed a September 2016 BCI notification on age-limit for LLB, LLM degrees. The court will hear the matter further and deliver a final judgement in a few months.

Mar 3, 2017

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Supreme Court-appointed SIT says Rs 70,000 crore black money unearthed; but is Rs 559 per Indian enough?

The recovered amount is much lesser than what would ensure putting Rs 15 lakh in the account of each Indian — something that Narendra Modi had promised in the run-up to the 2014 LS polls.

Mar 3, 2017

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Supreme Court dismisses plea of woman to abort 26-week-old foetus with Down Syndrome

As the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act doesn't allow abortion after 20 weeks, the apex court decided not to entertain the appeal.

Mar 1, 2017

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Dead or alive, rumour or legacy, Jayalalithaa is still at the centre of politics in Tamil Nadu

A nutritionist claiming that Amma was dead when she was admitted to hospital has been arrested, while the DMK wants all photos of Jayalalithaa to be taken down from government buildings.

Feb 27, 2017

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Former CJI Altamas Kabir passes away at 68 after prolonged illness

Kabir, who was born in a Bengali Muslim family, served as the 39th Chief Justice of India.

Feb 19, 2017

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Husband's addiction to pornography forces wife to file petition in SC to block all porn websites

She said if her husband could get addicted to pornography in his advancing years, the effect could prove to be more harmful for the youth.

Feb 16, 2017

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Sasikala Convicted: AIADMK chief to be treated like any other inmate; here's what her routine will be like

Sasikala, Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi have been sentenced to four years in jail and were asked to pay a fine of Rs 10 crore in the disproportionate assets case.

Feb 16, 2017

A 65-year-old mother of 13 children, is pregnant with quadruplets

SC orders Google, Microsoft, Yahoo to form internal panels to block sex determination ads

The companies have been told to identify and block all keywords that encourage sex determination.

Feb 16, 2017

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Supreme Court receives plea seeking equal status for Vande Mataram with national anthem

Even before the debate on asking cinema audience in theaters to stand up for the national anthem has sobered down, the SC has admitted a plea to give 'equal status' to Vande Mataram.

Feb 15, 2017

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