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December 5th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday froze a Delhi High Court ruling which ordered forming a panel headed by R.K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
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December 5th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday halted the impending trial of Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for lying to a court when he was president of the Board of Control ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The central government, in a written submission before the Delhi High Court Tuesday, questioned the power of judiciary to legalise homosexuality in the country. "The court ...
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November 24th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday told the Delhi High Court that it could not share with an NGO details of the probe into the alleged ...
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November 22nd, 2008 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The central government Friday told the Delhi High Court that smoking scenes in films and television programmes are against public interest.A large number of people get affected ...
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November 12th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up several private hospitals in the capital for not providing free treatment to poor patients - a pre-condition for getting land ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A special tribunal Monday upheld the government's notification of banning the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years.The notification, declaring the LTTE as an ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday refuted the Central Government''s contention describing homosexuality as an ailment.
The Court''s observation was in reply to Additional Solicitor General P ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Delhi High court Monday pulled up the government for terming homosexuality as a disease and arguing that, if legalized, it would lead to spreading of a disease.Additional ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday expressed surprise over the changing stance of the government on giving sufficient time to a tribunal to resolve a riparian row among Karnataka, ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday said homosexuals could be considered a minority - and came down heavily on the government for arguing that this stance would divide ...
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October 15th, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Frowning on the tendency of many television news channels to show explicit scenes of violence, the Supreme Court Wednesday urged the government to expeditiously enact a law ...
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October 15th, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the government for using inadequate evidence to oppose decriminalisation of gay sex in private among consenting adults.Additional Solicitor General P.P. ...
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October 14th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday scoffed at the central government's recent decision to raise the annual income limit to Rs.450,000 for deciding who are the better off - ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Jaipur, Oct 13 (ANI): Emiko Yamada, 74-year-old Japanese grandmother, on Monday filed papers for the migration of surrogate baby Manjhi in Jaipur.
''Manjhi'', born of an Indian surrogate mother, was caught ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss may not have found support in the government for decriminalising homosexuality, but India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief S. Rajendra Babu is ...
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October 1st, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The government Wednesday came out strongly against gay sex, saying it was "against the order of the nature", and said that Western values could not be blindly ...
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October 1st, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has issued statutory orders to ensure that no hospital, doctor or paramedical staff would deny the requisite treatment ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Taking a sharp dig at the government, the Delhi High Court Tuesday remarked that scrapping section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that makes homosexuality an offence ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday halted the trial of Gujarat's suspended police officials for their alleged role in the controversial killing of Soharabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday disapproved the government's plan to keep vacant for at least three years the seats reserved for backward category students in the state-run higher ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The government Monday asked the Delhi High Court to ignore the views of its health ministry on removing a penal provision against homosexuality.Appearing before a division ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
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India's Additional Solicitor General P. P. Malhotra, who supposedly represents the Indian government's views on all socio-legal matters, has called gay sex "immoral and perverse." There could not be a more egregious ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to several state governments on an apprehension expressed by the government that dalit and tribal students might not be able to ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday heard a plea by the central government, seeking its help to ban smoking in public places from Oct 2.A bench of Chief Justice ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The government Friday told the Delhi High Court that it is not scrapping the present law on homosexuality as it is a "criminal offence" and would "disturb ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday refused to permit appointments in the Punjab lower judiciary of some candidates, who had allegedly been selected through an entrance examination tainted by ...
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September 20th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Naz Foundation, an NGO that is seeking to de-criminalise homosexuality among consulting adults, Friday concluded its arguments on the issue before the Delhi High Court. The ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the bail plea of Rubina Suleiman Memon, sister-in-law of 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Tiger Memon and who has been sentenced to a ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the government to clarify whether vacant seats reserved for backward category students in higher educational institutions could be given to general category ...
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