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"We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved": After Delhi and Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh High Court also admitted PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Act, enacted by Congress Govt in 1995
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The word "Waqf" is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution and that it is made under the garb of managing waqf properties, with no corollaries for other communities
"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles": CJI DY Chandrachud lamented, "Hundreds of young people die in India due to honour killings merely because they love someone or marry outside their caste or against their family's wishes"
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Morality is often dictated by dominant groups, and members of weaker and marginalised groups are forced to submit to dominant groups, the CJI said
"You can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of people found in its jails": President Murmu’s caution on overcrowding of prisons is a wake-up call to the executive & judiciary, says "Hope you understand what I said and what I refrained from”
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From bringing special criminal legislations as populist measures to opposing bail as part of a tougher stance on crime, there are several issues for the government to address
"We are all born gifted. That is our true inheritance": Supreme Court observes that female tribal is entitled to parity with male tribal in intestate succession, says "Not to grant benefit of 'Survivorship to daughter in father's property' is bad Law"
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Court asked the Centre to consider whether it is just and necessary to keep the ST Community out of the scope of the succession law
“The truth about injustice always sounds outrageous”: Supreme Court stays death sentence of M Samivel, who raped a minor girl and fearing that the girl might tell someone about the crime, he smashed her head against a tree and dropped her into a pond
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After raping the 7-year-old Dalit girl, M Samivel alias Raja killed her by smashing her head against a tree and beating and piercing her with a stick
"Festivals are happy places, and you don't really want to enjoy them on your own": CJI, Supreme Court ~ "Why do we always want to portray that religious festivals are the time for riots; for example, there are no riots during Ganesh Puja in Maharashtra"
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The Court, therefore, dismissed a public interest litigation(PIL) to regulate religious processions and have a standard operating procedure for the same
"Nepotism will never give you success, but talent can": Delhi Court framed charges against DCW Chairperson, Swati Maliwal and 3 others for abusing their official positions and illegally appointing various acquaintances, says “Clearly Reflects Nepotism”
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The allegations against all four accused persons are that they illegally appointed various acquaintances, including Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, in DCW between August 2015 and 2016
"Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides": Supreme Court rejects plea seeking details of December 12, 2018, Collegium meeting held, "Whatever is discussed shall not be in the public domain. Only final decision required to be uploaded"
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A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar held that while some discussions might have taken place at that Collegium meeting, that cannot be said to be the final decision
"Permission marketing is marketing without interruptions": Supreme Court responds to Vice-President; says as per Constitution, Parliament has right to enact law but Court has power to scrutinize it, Govt functionaries comments on collegium not well taken
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The Court said that the comments by government functionaries are not well taken, and asked Attorney General for India R Venkataramani to "advise them" (such government functionaries)
"Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide": VP Jagdeep Dhankar took exception to Courts quashing changes made by parliament to the Constitution, says "Nowhere in the world Constitutional provisions are undone by courts like in India"
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The Vice President said that in 2015-16, the Supreme Court struck down a Constitutional amendment which was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha and was unopposed in Raya Sabha