Supreme Court seeks EC response on Rahul Gandhi, Opposition plea over SIR voter irregularities
New Delhi, 15 October– The battle over alleged mass voter deletions in the SIR appears to culminate with the Supreme Court seeking answers from the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the petition filed by Rahul Gandhi and 12 other opposition leaders. The case, numbered W.P.(C) No. 001351/2026, […]
SC NOTICES TO ECI, CEC ON PLEAS BY RAHUL, INDIA BLOC LEADERS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on a batch of petitions filed by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders challenging large-scale voter deletions and alleged irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. […]
SC PROTECTS WOMEN JOURNALIST FROM COERCIVE ACTION
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court heard several pleas addressing alleged non-compliance with its orders concerning the restriction of metro services, internet suspensions, and widespread detentions during recent protests, and subsequently issued notices in all related matters. The Court directed that no coercive action shall be taken against the woman journalist whose complaint regarding alleged molestation […]
“LAW WILL TAKE ITS OWN COURSE IF NOT SATISFIED”: SC ON JANTAR MANTAR PLEA
NEW DELHI: Just this week, Jantar Mantar lost its status as a key protest site in Delhi. A petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the Centre’s very decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as designated protest site, has revived the discussion. “We are issuing notice to the Centre, Delhi Police, seeking their reply. Let them reply. […]
Caller ID Becomes Mandatory Nationwide Starting November 1
NEW DELHI: The Government of India has notified telecom service providers to mandate caller IDs for users from November 1. Whenever you receive a call from November 1, your phone will display the number and the name of the person calling by default. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom service providers (TSPs) to […]
UP RESTAURANT FINED RS 1 LAKH FOR CHARGING RS 2 EXTRA FOR WATER BOTTLE
NEW DELHI: Charging just Rs 2 extra for a bottle of water has proved costly for a restaurant in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. The District Consumer Commission in Aligarh has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on BBCN Royal Restaurant and Party Hall for selling a water bottle above its maximum retail price (MRP). The […]
When the Camera Becomes the Crime: Delhi Police and the Policing of Protest
The images from New Delhi in the second week of October were not merely those of a city under security lockdown. They were images of a democracy testing the limits of its own tolerance: students dragged into buses, journalists pushed behind barricades, phones seized, footage demanded to be deleted, and young people alleging beatings in […]
