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    Persons Deported to Bangladesh Will Be Brought Back for Citizenship Verification Before Further Action: Union Government Tells Supreme Court
    Persons Deported to Bangladesh Will Be Brought Back for Citizenship Verification Before Further Action: Union Government Tells Supreme Court
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    Persons Deported to Bangladesh Will Be Brought Back for Citizenship Verification Before Further Action: Union Government Tells Supreme Court

    The Union Government of India informed the Supreme Court of India that certain persons deported to Bangladesh would be brought back for verification of citizenship status before authorities decide further action, following submissions made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

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    Chandigarh Administration Challenges Punjab and Haryana High Court Order Favouring CM Bhagwant Mann Before Supreme Court
    Chandigarh Administration Challenges Punjab and Haryana High Court Order Favouring CM Bhagwant Mann Before Supreme Court
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    Chandigarh Administration Challenges Punjab and Haryana High Court Order Favouring CM Bhagwant Mann Before Supreme Court

    The Chandigarh Administration moved the Supreme Court of India challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order quashing criminal proceedings against Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders in a rioting and unlawful assembly case.

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    Major Relief| NCERT Judiciary-Corruption Chapter Row: Supreme Court Removes Ban on Authors 
    Major Relief| NCERT Judiciary-Corruption Chapter Row: Supreme Court Removes Ban on Authors 
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    Major Relief| NCERT Judiciary-Corruption Chapter Row: Supreme Court Removes Ban on Authors 

    The Supreme Court of India recalled adverse observations against academicians Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar over an NCERT Class 8 textbook chapter, while retaining criticism that the judiciary-related content remained “wholly undesirable and unnecessary.”

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    Constitution Belongs to All Citizens Equally, Not Just the Well-Off: CJI Surya Kant
    Constitution Belongs to All Citizens Equally, Not Just the Well-Off: CJI Surya Kant
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    Constitution Belongs to All Citizens Equally, Not Just the Well-Off: CJI Surya Kant

    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the Constitution belongs equally to all citizens, not just a privileged class. He warned that well-off cosmopolitans using costly legal processes and top lawyers to gain unintended outcomes undermines constitutional fairness.

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    Courts Can Hear Sedition Cases Under Section 124A IPC If Accused Has No Objection: Supreme Court
    Courts Can Hear Sedition Cases Under Section 124A IPC If Accused Has No Objection: Supreme Court
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    Courts Can Hear Sedition Cases Under Section 124A IPC If Accused Has No Objection: Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court of India clarified that courts may proceed with sedition cases under Section 124A IPC if the accused raises no objection, while hearing a plea by an accused jailed for 17 years whose appeal remains pending before the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

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    A High Court Judge Had To Sit Till 7 PM, He Was Hungry and Tired: SC Refuses Plea For Fast Hearing Of Allahabad HC Case
    A High Court Judge Had To Sit Till 7 PM, He Was Hungry and Tired: SC Refuses Plea For Fast Hearing Of Allahabad HC Case
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    A High Court Judge Had To Sit Till 7 PM, He Was Hungry and Tired: SC Refuses Plea For Fast Hearing Of Allahabad HC Case

    The Supreme Court declined a plea for an early hearing of a case pending before the Allahabad High Court, stressing it cannot set strict timelines for already overburdened judges. The CJI cited an order noting a judge worked till 7:10 PM, exhausted and hungry.

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    What Will Happen to the Rights of the Victims?: Supreme Court Refuses FIR Clubbing, Bats For Victim-Centric Approach
    What Will Happen to the Rights of the Victims?: Supreme Court Refuses FIR Clubbing, Bats For Victim-Centric Approach
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    What Will Happen to the Rights of the Victims?: Supreme Court Refuses FIR Clubbing, Bats For Victim-Centric Approach

    The Supreme Court of India refused to club 53 FIRs across seven states in a ₹49-crore investment scam case, questioning “What will happen to the rights of the victims,” while rejecting pleas filed by accused Upendra Nath Mishra and Kali Prasad Mishra.

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    You Must Go to Parliament: Supreme Court Refuses PIL Seeking Directions on Sikh Religious and Heritage Properties 
    You Must Go to Parliament: Supreme Court Refuses PIL Seeking Directions on Sikh Religious and Heritage Properties 
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    You Must Go to Parliament: Supreme Court Refuses PIL Seeking Directions on Sikh Religious and Heritage Properties 

    The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions regarding protection, preservation, regulation and audit of Sikh religious and heritage properties nationwide, while hearing petitioner Charanjeet Singh, who personally argued for judicial intervention before the Court.

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    Bengaluru Civic Body Polls: Supreme Court Extends BBMP Election Deadline Till August 31
    Bengaluru Civic Body Polls: Supreme Court Extends BBMP Election Deadline Till August 31
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    Bengaluru Civic Body Polls: Supreme Court Extends BBMP Election Deadline Till August 31

    The Supreme Court of India extended the deadline for conducting long-pending elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and newly created Greater Bengaluru municipal corporations till August 31, while warning that no further extension would be granted thereafter.

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    Big Judicial Reform: CJI Surya Kant to Form 7-Judge Benches to Tackle Pending Cases
    Big Judicial Reform: CJI Surya Kant to Form 7-Judge Benches to Tackle Pending Cases
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    Big Judicial Reform: CJI Surya Kant to Form 7-Judge Benches to Tackle Pending Cases

    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said he will soon form multiple seven-judge benches to take up long-pending constitutional references. This step aims to fast-track hearings and reduce the Supreme Court of India backlog of major unresolved issues currently pending.

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