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Cops Asked to be Alert As Celebrations Expected After Bombay HC Upholds Maratha Reservation - 28.06.2019
The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and education, but said the quota should be reduced from the present 16 per cent to 12 to 13 per cent.
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New Roster in Supreme Court: Top Five Judges to Hear PIL Matters - 28.06.2019
On May 24, when the Supreme Court was on vacation, four new judges were administered the oath of office by the CJI taking the overall number of judges to 31 the full sanctioned strength of the top court since 2008.
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Sherin Mathews Case: Orphanage That Gave Toddler Up for Adoption Suspected Foul Play in Her Death - 28.06.2019
Less than three years later, the fears expressed by Babita Kumari, the secretary of the now defunct Mother Teresa Orphanage and Childrens Home in Nalanda district, have been vindicated with a Dallas court in the US awarding life sentence to the toddler's adoptive father on Wednesday.
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A Category and Point System of Its Own: What it Took to Validate the Maratha Reservation - 28.06.2019
The Maratha reservation issue has been contentious on several grounds, especially because an entire point system was created to justify the 'backwardness' of the Marathas. Here is how the Bombay court justified the move.
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Plea in Delhi High Court for Enforcement of Mental Health Care Law - 01.07.2019
The plea said the object of the Act is to provide mental health care and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of the care and services.
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Maoists Kill Tribal Man Following Kangaroo Court Verdict in Odisha - 01.07.2019
A group of 15 to 20 armed Maoists stormed Kukurukundi village, close to Chhattisgarh, on Friday night and forcibly took away three persons on the suspicion of being police informers, he said.
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24,000+ Coal Mines Turning Meghalaya Rivers Acidic, Water Unfit for Human Consumption, Says NGT Panel - 01.07.2019
The NGT panel says it is considering a Rs 17 lakh pilot project proposal to treat the acidic water using the micro algae method.
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Ayodhya Dispute, Rafale and Contempt Case Against Rahul Gandhi: SC Set for Packed Schedule from July 1 - 01.07.2019
The top court, which will function with its full judicial strength of 31 judges under the stewardship of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, reopens after a six-week summer vacation.
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'Protests Becoming Full-time Profession in Tamil Nadu': Madras High Court Flags Concern - 01.07.2019
Justice Anand Venkatesh made the observations while posting to July 1 a petition by AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran seeking a direction to the police to allow his proposed protest in Cuddalore against a project for extraction of hydrocarbons.
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Two Murder Accused Shot Outside Court in Jabalpur, Seven Held - 01.07.2019
The incident took place at Patan, when two men, facing a murder trial, were coming out of the court and they were shot.
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