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'Law adequate to handle hate speech plaints'

New Delhi, April 30 -- Law is adequate to punish hate speech, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, as it turned down a petition to declare it and rumour mongering as separate offences under the penal ... Read More


Top court junks petition seeking new legislation for hate speech

New Delhi, April 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday reminded public figures of their duty to exercise restraint in public discourse, holding that hate speech is antithetical to the constitutional va... Read More


SC rejects plea to release TEESTA's passport, seeks travel itinerary

New Delhi, April 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its disinclination to release the passport of social activist Teesta Setalvad insisting that as and when she submits an itinerary to tra... Read More


Can't pass order on religious matters: SC on Sabarimala

New Delhi, April 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said courts need to be circumspect while dealing with matters of religion as allowing individuals to disregard age-old practices and rituals follo... Read More


SC calls NCLT system 'grim and dismal' over long delays

New Delhi, April 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the state of affairs in national company law tribunals (NCLT) across the country, observing that gaps in infrastruc... Read More


SC rejects plea to release TEESTA's passport, seeks travel itinerary

New Delhi, April 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its disinclination to release the passport of social activist Teesta Setalvad insisting that as and when she submits an itinerary to tra... Read More


SC disposes of activist Teesta Setalvad's application seeking passport release

India, April 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of activist Teesta Setalvad's application seeking release of her passport saying she may file a fresh plea after submitting an itinerary for ... Read More


CCTVs in police stations: SC calls for May 6 meet

New Delhi, April 29 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and union territories to explore the possibility of tapping a central government-sponsored scheme for implementing its order for set... Read More


SC says law adequate to punish hate speech, underlines enforcement deficit

India, April 29 -- Law is adequate to punish hate speech, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, as it turned down a petition to declare it and rumour mongering as separate offences under the penal code... Read More


SC backs uniform norms to limit prolonged stay of patients in icu

New Delhi, April 27 -- The Supreme Court has endorsed a set of uniform guidelines for intensive care units (ICUs), proposing that stabilised patients requiring no further organ support or physiologica... Read More