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Can't Frame Guidelines on FIRs for Dowry Harassment Cases: Supreme Court - 30.11.2017

Supreme Court has said it does not intend to frame guidelines for the police regarding registration of FIRs on subjecting a married woman to cruelty for dowry, as the process has to be governed by statutory provisions.

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SC Seeks BCCI Response on Chaudhry's Threat to CFO - 30.11.2017

Supreme Court has sought responses from the BCCI and its treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry on allegations that he had threatened the BCCI's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Santosh Rangnekar with "liquidation" on three occasions.

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Delhi High Court Tells Delhi Govt to Set ‘Measurable Targets’ to Mitigate Air Pollution in Delhi - 30.11.2017

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to formulate “measurable targets” to mitigate air pollution in the state in a time-bound manner.

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Supreme Court Clears Asthana, Bhushan Flags CVC Query - 29.11.2017

Supreme Court has upheld the appointment of Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as Special Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) saying it did not find any illegality in it.

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SC Dismisses Plea By Bengaluru Woman Claiming To Be Jayalalithaa’s Daughter - 29.11.2017

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by a woman claiming to be the biological daughter of the late Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, saying the petition under Article 32 cannot be maintained.

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Jay Shah Defamation Case: Gujarat High Court Refuses to Lift Gag Order - 29.11.2017

Gujarat High Court has turned down a plea by news website 'The Wire' that challenged a gag order issued against it by a lower court in Ahmedabad in connection with a civil defamation case against the website, stops it from publishing any content “directly or indirectly” related to Jay Shah.

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Punjab & Haryana HC Dismisses Plea For CBI Probe Over Junaid Khan Lynching Case - 29.11.2017

Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the brutal lynching of a 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June this year.

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Supreme Court Sets Guidelines to Curb Road Accidents - 01.12.2017

Supreme Court has issued a set of guidelines to tackle rising accidents, including addition of a chapter on road safety in school curriculum and audits of two most accident-prone stretches of highways/expressways in each state as a pilot programme.

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SC Directs Schools to Spread Awareness About Dangers In ‘Blue Whale Game’ - 01.12.2017

Supreme Court, while disposing of a plea seeking ban of Blue Whale game, has directed all the States and Union Territories to spread awareness in the schools run by them so as to make aware the children about the danger such games propagate by bringing people into a trap.

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SC Raps Centre for Seeking More Time to Update Assam NRC 1951 - 01.12.2017

Supreme Court has pulled up the Centre for slow progress in issues like updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and fencing of Indo-Bangladesh border.

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