Death sentence clause in SC/ST Act valid? Top court to examine

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on May 14, 2024
The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to review the constitutionality of a provision of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 that requires the imposition of capital punishment on a person if false and fabricated evidence provided by him leads to the conviction, imposition of the death penalty, and execution of a SC/ST...

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Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Highest court of jurisdiction in the US
Kapil Sibal criticized Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's disapproval of the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential bill decisions and Tamil Nadu governor's bill..
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar criticized the Supreme Court's ruling that set a timeline for the President and governors to decide on bills. He questioned the..
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The Supreme Court intervened by ordering a stay on the demolition notice for the Hazrat Saatpeer Sayed Baba dargah in Nashik. However, the Nashik Municipal..
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The Union government assured the Supreme Court it would refrain from appointments to the Central Waqf Council and Auqaf Boards, maintaining the status quo on..
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The Supreme Court overturned a Delhi High Court order that directed Wikimedia to remove all allegedly defamatory content about ANI, deeming the order too broad..
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Official designations given to various groups of indigenous people in India
Telangana has become the first state to implement sub-categorization of Scheduled Caste reservations, classifying 59 sub-castes into three groups. This move,..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published 4 days ago

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