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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Minister S. M. Nasar on Saturday announced that the state government will not reconstitute the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board under the amended Waqf Act until the Supreme Court delivers its final verdict. Nasar said the Union government had brought in the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 1995 -- renamed as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 -- which came into effect on April 8, 2025. The ruling DMK, h ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Central Government has decided to extend the tenure of Senior Advocate R. Venkataramani R as the Attorney General for India for another two years, beginning October 1, 2025. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, "The President of India has re-appointed R. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, as Attorney General for India for a further period of two years with effect from 01.10.2025." Venkataramani, a seasoned legal expert w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An Indian Army officer accused in the Samjhauta Express and Malegaon bombing case was promoted after being freed by a terrorism court, The Wire reported on Friday. It said less than two months after a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court acquitted Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, the Indian Army has promoted him to the rank of Colonel. Purohit, one of seven accused tried for their roles in the terror blasts, alongside former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parli ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed late Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur to file the list of his assets in a sealed cover and suggested the parties involved in the property dispute before it, not to share details with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh took note of the consequent undertakings from the counsel appearing for all the parties, including Priya, aside from Sunjay's children with former wife and actor Karisma Kapoor. "Mr Rajiv Nayar (counsel for Priya Kapur) su ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the aftermath of floods that ravaged the state, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday highlighted in the Legislative Assembly its devastating impact that claimed 59 lives and sought a future-focused strategy to prevent disasters in the future and rehabilitation of the people. He also raised the serious question on the working of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) and false narrative created by the Opposition to politicise the natural ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has asked high courts to ensure day-to-day trial in criminal cases, especially important and sensitive cases, saying it has become imperative in the prevailing social, political and administrative scenario, including the style of functioning of police.Expressing disappointment over discontinuance of day-to-day trial, which was the norm three decades ago, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said once the examination of witnesses commences in a trial, the ...Read More >
"This recurring conflict is clear - under Islamic law, a minor girl attaining puberty may lawfully marry, but under Indian criminal law, such a marriage renders the husband an offender under the BNS and/or POCSO or both," Justice Monga observed. In a significant observation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Delhi High Court has stressed the urgent need for legislative clarity to prevent personal or customary laws from overriding national legislation. "Is it not the time to move towards a Un ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Delhi High Court on Friday barred all parties involved in the dispute over late Sunjay Kapur's property not to share details, including those of his personal assets and liabilities, with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the directions and said, "A copy of the 'will' be supplied to the defendant subject to the undertaking that it will be used discreetly and that the party or advocates would not leak it to public." The court was hearing Priya's plea seeking permission ...Read More >
Ladakh Member of Parliament (MP) Mohmad Haneefa on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the police firing during the September 24 violence in Leh, asserting that the protest-turned-clash was an "outburst" of the long-standing frustration among the region's unemployed youth. IMAGE: Security personnel patrol Leh after curfew was imposed after the protest over the statehood demand and inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule, September 26, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo The violence in Leh on ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 26 (PTI) Ladakh Member of Parliament (MP) Mohmad Haneefa on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the police firing during the September 24 violence in Leh, asserting that the protest-turned-clash was an "outburst" of the long-standing frustration among the region's unemployed youth. The violence in Leh on Wednesday saw clashes and arson, resulting in the deaths of four people and injuries to at least 59 others, including 22 police personnel. Haneefa described the violence, which le ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant observation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Delhi High Court has stressed the urgent need for legislative clarity to prevent personal or customary laws from overriding national legislation. "Is it not the time to move towards a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), ensuring a single framework where personal or customary law does not override national legislation? [T]he Legislature must decide whether to continue criminalising entire communities or to ...Read More >
Leh, Sep 26 (PTI) A home ministry team held a series of meetings here to review the overall security situation as curfew remained in force for the third consecutive day in Leh town on Friday, officials said. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere, officials said. The curfew was clamped in the town on Wednesday evening after widespread violence resulted in the death of four persons and injuries to 90 others during a shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to advance talks with the C ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the distress and anguish of the people of Ladakh must awaken the government's conscience, not just for even more talks but for actually fulfilling their legitimate aspirations in full measure at the very earliest. The opposition party's assertion comes after protests for statehood turned violent on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and 90 others injured. Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said six years ago, the people ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the distress and anguish of the people of Ladakh must awaken the government's conscience, not just for even more talks but for actually fulfilling their legitimate aspirations in full measure at the very earliest. The opposition party's assertion comes after protests for statehood turned violent on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and 90 others injured. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said six years ago, the people of ...Read More >
Leh (Ladakh) [India], September 26 (ANI): Prohibitions under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, continue to be imposed in Leh following the September 24 violence on amid the demands for statehood for Ladakh and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Assembly of five or more persons is banned in the district. No procession, rally or march to be carried out without prior written approval. Also Read | Ladakh Statehood Protest: Curfew Continues in Leh and Kargil ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 25: The Supreme Court has said the practice of conducting day-to-day trials, particularly in sensitive cases, was given a complete go-by, stressing courts should revert to it. Observing the right to speedy trial was implicit in Article 21 of the Constitution, the apex court said all high courts need to constitute a committee to discuss this issue very seriously for the benefit of their respective district judiciaries. The top court said for reverting to the old practice of condu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Leh, Ladakh -- A sudden eruption of violence shook Leh on Tuesday as protesters demanding statehood and constitutional safeguards clashed with police, marking the first major breakdown of order in Ladakh's ongoing agitation, according to NDTV. What began as a hunger strike and a call for a peaceful shutdown escalated into pitched street battles. Hundreds of demonstrators poured into the streets, hurling stones at security forces and torching a police van. Anger spilled further when the BJP offi ...Read More >
Srinagar, September 24: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced the schedule for the biennial election for 4 vacant seats to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The Rajya Sabha elections could not be held in J&K in February 2021 as the Union Territory was under President's Rule and the Assembly had been dissolved. The ECI notification issued today said, "The term of office of 4 members of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) elected from erstwhile State of Jammu a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Monday wrote to the Ministry of Civil Aviation demanding the constitution of a Court of Inquiry (Judicial Probe) into the investigation of the fatal crash of Air India Flight AI 171 on June 12, 2025. Also Read | Congress Working Committee Meet 2025: Mallikarjun Kharge Attacks Centre, Says Modi Government Failed on Economy and Diplomacy (Watch Videos). In a formal letter dated September 22, addressed to the Civil Av ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed the state government's order capping ticket prices at cinema halls and multiplexes at Rs 200. Justice Ravi Hosamani passed an interim order on petitions filed by Multiplex Association of India and a few producers including Hombale Films, whose big budget film 'Kantara Chapter 1' is set for October 2 release, challenging the state government's September 12 order. The petitioners had challenged the government order contending that the proviso ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (PTI) The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of Muslim religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's interim order on Waqf Amendment Act has not addressed the broader constitutional and religious concerns raised by this legislation. The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold some key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including a clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years could create a waqf, but refused to ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, has recommended the appointment of permanent judges to Karnataka, Madras and Tripura High Courts. "The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 15th September, 2025, has approved the proposal for the appointment of Shri Justice Kurubarahalli Venkataramareddy Aravind, Additional Judge, as a Permanent Judge in the High Court of Karnataka," said a statement uploaded on the officia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Welcoming SC's negative vote on three key provisions of the Waqf Act as putting a hold on BJP's "mischievous intentions", Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused the governing party of bulldozing a "divisive law" to inflame communal passions and "reopen issues that India had long settled". Calling the upholding of deletion of "waqf by user" a setback, the party underlined that the SC order is only an interim order, and it will continue its efforts to convince the court about the que ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has partially stayed the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, to balance the interests of involved parties. Certain provisions related to determining Islamic practice duration, property status, and collector's powers are suspended. The court also addressed the composition of the Central Waqf Council and boards, ensuring non-Muslim representation limits. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that no case is made out to stay all provisions of the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. A ben ...Read More >
The Supreme Court said political parties cannot be equated with workplaces. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to bring women engaged in political sector under the protection of anti-sexual harassment law. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Atul S Chandurkar questioned how political parties could fall within the definition of "workplace" under the POSH Act, remarking that there exists no employer-employe ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Describing the Supreme Court staying key provisions of the BJP government's amendments to the Waqf Act, Chief Minister M K Stalin said Monday's order was a major step towards undoing unconstitutional and illegal amendments made to laws by the BJP government. In a message on his X page, Stalin said the DMK had consistently opposed the amendments from the time the Bill was introduced in Parliament and after it became an Act, the DMK challenged it in the Supreme Court and succeeded, along ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday delivered an interim verdict on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The judgment runs 128 pages. A division bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih gave limited relief while the larger challenge remains under consideration. The court said it did not prima facie find many provisions arbitrary. Still, a few clauses were put on hold or clarified for the time being. 1. Waqf creator must be a practicing Muslim: Section 3(r) the recently enact ...Read More >
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's interim judgement on the Waqf (Amendment) Act. Board spokesperson SQR Ilyas said that while the Court has given some relief, it has not addressed all the constitutional issues raised. He said that the Muslim community and the AIMPLB had expected a stay on all clauses of the Act which, according to them, go against the basic provisions of the Constitution. "The Court has stayed a fe ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The BJP on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on the Waqf (Amendment) Act and said it is a "tight slap" on those who were questioning the constitutionality of the law and playing "politics of fear". The top court put on hold a few key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including a clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years could create a waqf, but refused to stay the entire law outlining the presumption of constitutionality in it ...Read More >
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