Justice Surya Kant appointed next CJI

New Delhi: Justice Surya Kant was on Thursday appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India and will assume charge on November 24. The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued a notification announcing his appointment. Justice Surya Kant succeeds Justice Bhushan R Gavai, who demits office on November 23. President Droupadi Murmu…

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Big setback for Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru: The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday has stayed the state government’s order that required private organizations to seek permission before conducting activities in government premises. The order, seen as targeting RSS activities, has been put on hold by Justice Nagaprasanna’s single-judge bench, which issued an interim stay and posted the…

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SC quashes multiple FIRs under UP Act on religious conversion, says law not tool to harass innocent

New Delhi:  Observing that criminal law cannot be a tool to harass innocent citizens, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed several FIRS registered at Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh over the alleged offense of “mass religious conversions” of Hindus into Christianity. In a significant judgment on the invocation of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful…

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