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The MHA said that priority will be given to matters pertaining to the use of pellet guns, targeted violence, harassment of female protestors, and excessive violence and destruction of property occasioned on either side

The court took a practical view that children did not cease to use the internet merely because the law prohibits them from doing so; it also stated their observations were not against age-based online restrictions

The controversy in the case of Secretary to Government versus Sameer Ahamed N. began with a man, born to Hindu parents in 1993 at Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, voluntarily converting to Islam in September 2015

Honduras' Supreme Court named two judges on 16 October for ex-president Hernández's migration alert and a corruption file; no ruling yet. The post Honduras Sends Hernández Alert to 2 Judges appeared first on The Rio Times.

The MAITC MP had approached the top court seeking guidelines to ensure cooperation from local authorities and the police during visits to her constituency

The apex court stays the trial proceedings while noting that the bail applications filed by the husband and the mother-in-law will be decided within two weeks.

The plea called for mandatory age verification, age-appropriate access, verifiable parental consent and stronger safeguards against cyberbullying, sexual exploitation, harmful content and excessive platform use.

SCBA President and senior advocate Pradeep Rai alleged that the remarks by Mr. Raut and Mr. Wagle went beyond the bounds of fair criticism and were capable of undermining public confidence in the Supreme Court

The top court had directed that no coercive action be taken against a woman journalist, against whom a case has been filed by a Delhi Police officer alleging casteist remarks and public humiliation against him during a protest near the Jantar Mantar

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled 6 to 5 that a social-security levy on farm sales was unconstitutional before 2018, a decision that reaches meatpackers. The post Brazil Top Court Voids Farm Pension Levy appeared first on The Rio Times.

A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi deferred the matter after Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju informed it that a reply has been filed in the matter

The party accuses Rahul Gandhi and his allies of using “mob pressure to intimidate the judiciary”

Court issues notice in all petitions, including one by the Opposition bloc against the CEC/SIR, and the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site

“Social backwardness does not arise in a day or a generation. It is the result of a social system built over thousands of years. Conversion to another religion does not erase it,” he said in a statement

Speaking in Washington, Eduardo Bolsonaro called for purging Brazil's top judge, Alexandre de Moraes, from the Supreme Court, 10 days before the runoff. The post Bolsonaro’s Son Urges Purge of Top Judge appeared first on The Rio Times.

The court held that a Tamil Nadu government order doing the same creates an “artificial group” which would access benefits of reservation associated with backward communities

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has called for a ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ gathering at Central Park, Connaught Place, in Delhi, on October 16

India’s Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge Thursday to the country’s contentious voter-roll revision, as opposition parties seek to halt the exercise and scrutinize the conduct of the top election official following days of protests and mass detentions.

Detainees demand independent inquiry into police action, preservation of CCTV footage and return of their phones and other belongings

What makes written grounds of arrest mandatory, and what happens if they are not provided?

‘At present, only persons purchasing tickets online are provided the benefit of insurance coverage upon payment of a nominal additional amount’

Protests in Delhi’s outskirts will be far from the earshot of ordinary citizens and the corridors of power, diminishing their impact, plea says; notes that no SOPs have been laid out for alternative venues

Independent journalist Abhishek Upadhyay had authored investigative stories of the alleged misappropriation and theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple

The application has asked the court to direct the EC to frame an appropriate mechanism for restoration/inclusion of deleted voters without forcing them to apply as first-time voters

Bench takes a cautious approach, saying the case of Beant Singh murder convict is sensitive, and even the Punjab government seems to be reluctant

As per the Supreme Court's website, the apex court registry had flagged 14 defects, including lack of a clear copy of the ID card of Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, a co-petitioner in the case

The court had also asked the CBI director to ensure that a regular criminal case was registered against those responsible for his death

The Supreme Court asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission instead, after the Allahabad High Court had earlier declined to entertain the same plea

The failure of the southwest monsoon (June-September) this year is the primary reason for the current round of disputes between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Under the Supreme Court Rules, when a petition has defects, the petitioner is typically given a time window, such as 28 days or standard registry timelines, depending on the specific filing chapter to cure the defects