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NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government Wednesday strenously opposed clubbing of FIRs lodged against Nupur Sharma, demanding that the state police be allowed to probe FIRs there. However, the ben ch of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala…

NEW DELHI: In an order that mirrored the relief granted to Mohammad Zubair in multiple FIRs, the Supreme Court on Wednesday swept aside the West Bengal government’s objections to club all existing and future FIRs against Nupur Sharmafor…

NEW DELHI: Countering the Chief Justice's constant refrain about lack of judicial infrastructure and manpower the reason for huge pendency in trial courts, the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that existing infrastructure is…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the appointment of former Niti AayogCEO Amitabh Kant as India’s sherpa for the G20, a group representing the world’s largest economies. Kant, a retired 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS…

NEW DELHI: In what could discomfit the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Supreme Court has put its scanner on many instances of NGTpassing “mechanical and pre-drafted” orders and said it would soon take up this issue and pass…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain two separate pleas challenging the validity of a legal scheme envisaging that a candidate for election of the Presidentmust be subscribed by at least 50 MPs or MLAs as…

NEW DELHI: Retired civil servant Parameswaran Iyer, who played a key role in the rollout of the Swachh Bharat mission, has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the government's policy think tank Niti Aayog. He will…