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    Supreme Court of India, which held that civil courts cannot entertain damages suits over SARFAESI recovery actions
    Supreme Court bars civil court suits over SARFAESI recovery actions
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    Supreme Court Hearing: SG Mehta Says “Stop Shouting At The Court”, Jaising Calls It “Nautanki”

    Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court “Stop shouting at the Court” during the Delhi protests hearing, and Senior Advocate Indira Jaising called it Nautanki and drama for the media as she sought protection for women journalists.

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    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
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    “Journalists Pursue Two Rights Together”: CJI Surya Kant On Need To Protect Journalists Covering Protests

    CJI Surya Kant said journalists exercise both the right to expression and the right to carry on a profession, making their protection all the more important, as Justice Bagchi noted that layers of protection for different classes of journalists is a larger question.

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    Supreme Court of India, which dismissed MMTC Limited's appeal against the Rs 31,950 crore NSEL settlement scheme
    Supreme Court dismisses MMTC\'s appeal against the NSEL settlement scheme
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    “Every Voice Is Valuable, Everyone Will Be Heard”: Justice Bagchi As SG Objects To Interruptions

    Justice Joymalya Bagchi assured all sides that every voice would be heard irrespective of numbers after the Solicitor General complained of interruptions at the Delhi protest hearing; the CJI said the Court would hear the SG before passing orders.

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    Supreme Court of India, where Free Speech Collective filed a contempt petition over alleged detention of journalists during Delhi protests
    Free Speech Collective alleges journalists were detained despite the Court\'s 11 October direction that professionals must not be hindered.
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    Supreme Court Protects Woman Journalist From Coercive Action, Backs Women-Led Panel On Protest Complaints

    The Supreme Court protected a woman journalist whose molestation complaint is pending from coercive action and said prima facie that a committee on women journalists’ complaints from the Delhi protests should be predominantly or exclusively women. The allegations are untested.

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    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
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    Supreme Court Seeks Presence Of Senior Delhi Police Officer To Explain Alleged Assault Of Women Journalists

    “We’d like some senior officer to remain present here and explain.” With that request from the Chief Justice of India, two petitions on the safety of journalists covering protests, one by the Network of Women in Media and one for contempt, will be heard together on Thursday. New Delhi: Asking that a senior Delhi Police […]

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    Save Democracy, Save Constitution: Supreme Court Lawyers Recite Preamble On Court Lawns Amid Student Protests
    Save Democracy, Save Constitution: Supreme Court Lawyers Recite Preamble On Court Lawns Amid Student Protests
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    Save Democracy, Save Constitution: Supreme Court Lawyers Recite Preamble On Court Lawns Amid Student Protests

    A group of advocates assembled on the Supreme Court lawns to collectively recite the Preamble under the “Save Democracy, Save Constitution” campaign, expressing concern over the ongoing student protests and the authorities’ response in the national capital.

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    Jantar Mantar Student Protests| Assault on Constitutional Rights: Lawyers Condemn Police Crackdown, Seek Accountability
    Jantar Mantar Student Protests| Assault on Constitutional Rights: Lawyers Condemn Police Crackdown, Seek Accountability
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    Jantar Mantar Student Protests| Assault on Constitutional Rights: Lawyers Condemn Police Crackdown, Seek Accountability

    Around 750 lawyers from Delhi and Mumbai, along with several bar bodies, condemned the police crackdown on students protesting paper leaks, calling the lathi charge, tear gas and prohibitory orders a grave assault on constitutional rights and democratic dissent.

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    Women Lawyers Need Strong Sisterhood to Fight Structural Inequality: Justice B V Nagarathna
    Women Lawyers Need Strong Sisterhood to Fight Structural Inequality: Justice B V Nagarathna
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    Women Lawyers Need Strong Sisterhood to Fight Structural Inequality: Justice B V Nagarathna

    Justice B. V. Nagarathna urged stronger solidarity among women lawyers, stating sisterhood is necessary to confront structural inequalities in the legal profession, while speaking at the launch of The Constitution is my Home by senior advocate Indira Jaising.

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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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    I Am Also a Shabari: Indira Jaising Raises Exclusion Issue in Sabarimala Case Before Supreme Court
    I Am Also a Shabari: Indira Jaising Raises Exclusion Issue in Sabarimala Case Before Supreme Court
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    I Am Also a Shabari: Indira Jaising Raises Exclusion Issue in Sabarimala Case Before Supreme Court

    Indira Jaising invoked Shabari before Supreme Court of India Constitution Bench to stress inclusivity in worship. Arguments arose in ongoing challenge to gender restrictions at Sabarimala Temple concerning women’s entry rights.

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