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Moneylife Digital Team 09 May 2025
A day after India termed its military action under 'Operation Sindoor' as 'measured and non-escalatory', Pakistani forces attempted a large-scale strike on Indian military targets in the northern and western regions. The Indian ministry of defence (MoD) confirmed that Pakistan used drones and...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 09 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the demotion of a deputy collector from Andhra Pradesh, Tata Mohan Rao, who carried out the demolition of slum huts in Guntur district in his capacity as a Tahsildar, despite a High Court order staying any such move.    A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 May 2025
In an unprecedented move, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended for one week the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, citing national interest and escalating military conflict between India and Pakistan.    In a statement issued by BCCI honorary...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 08 May 2025
UPDATED at 3.55pm on 8 May 2025 to include response from RIL Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) was the first to file a trademark application for “Operation Sindoor” — just hours after the Indian military operation of the same name was announced. Within the next 24 hours, three more applicants...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 May 2025
In a calibrated military response to the recent Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine terror hideouts linked to banned groups Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 07 May 2025
The in-house committee constituted to probe the allegations of cash discovery at Justice Yashwant Varma's residence has indicted the judge in its report submitted to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna.   According to highly placed sources, he has to resign and if he does not, then the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 May 2025
Coming down heavily on a deputy collector from Andhra Pradesh, the Supreme Court held the officer guilty of contempt of court for overseeing the demolition of slum-dwellers’ huts in Guntur district, in direct violation of a High Court order. The SC also warned the deputy collector of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 May 2025
The Union government has notified a cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims nationwide. Under this scheme, road accident victims are entitled to cashless treatment for a maximum of Rs1.5 lakh per accident per person. Just last week, the Supreme Court pulled up the secretary of the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 May 2025
In a significant move towards enhancing transparency in the judiciary, 21 of the 33 sitting judges of the Supreme Court have made their asset declarations public. The disclosures were uploaded to the apex court’s official website on Monday, in line with a recent resolution passed by the full...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 06 May 2025
As many as 14 of the 221 candidates recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges of the High Courts over the past two and a half years are related to sitting or former judges of the Supreme Court or the High Courts.   This amounts to 6.3% of all the names...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 May 2025
Paving the way for elections in 26 zila panchayats, 29 municipal corporations and 500 other local bodies, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra state election commission to notify local body elections in the state within four weeks. Local body elections in the state have...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 May 2025
The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has asked several states to conduct mock drills on Wednesday to evaluate civil defence preparedness.    According to reports, the measures to be undertaken include operationalisation of air raid warning sirens and training of civilians and students on...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 05 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by a woman claiming to be the descendant of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and seeking possession of Red Fort by virtue of her lineage (Sultana Begum Vs. Union Of India And Anr.).   A Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and...

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The Supreme Court, in February 2024, struck down the scheme of electoral bonds introduced in January 2018, that helped to channel donations for funding the political parties, without any trail for the public to check.   In the course of striking down this arrangement, the Court mandated...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 May 2025
Delhi Police will now only accept voter ID cards or passports as proof of Indian citizenship from people suspected of being foreign nationals, allegedly living illegally in the Capital, says a report from Hindustan Times (HT). Aadhaar cards, permanent account number (PAN) cards, and ration...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 April 2025
The cabinet committees on economic affairs (CCEA) and political affairs (CCPA), chaired by prime minister (PM) Narendra Modi, has decided that caste enumeration will be included in the forthcoming census. The CCEA also approved a higher fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane for the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 April 2025
Bringing down the curtain on a 13-year-old case, a Delhi court accepted a closure report submitted by directorate of enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case against Suresh Kalmadi, the former head of the organising committee of 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) and then secretary general Lalit...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 April 2025
Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Union minister of state for rural development and communications, stands out as the richest minister in the Narendra Modi government. Dr Pemmasani, a first-time member of Parliament from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), declared personal assets worth a staggering...

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Anuj Behal (IndiaSpend) 29 April 2025
Each evening, as daylight fades behind the rising mounds of the Bhalswa landfill, 26-year-old Paro leaves behind the mohalla’s evening chatter and hurries back to her one-room home in Shraddhanand Colony, north-west Delhi.   She quickly ties her dupatta, lights the stove, and begins rolling...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 April 2025
A fire broke out early on Saturday morning at the Mumbai zonal office-I of the directorate of enforcement (ED), causing damage to documents and office property. However, ED has confirmed that critical evidentiary records remain secure due to the existence of digital copies.   According to an...

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