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  Tough laws alone can't protect women against sexual violence: CJI

  India | November 15, 2014 22:56 IST

  Bengaluru: Tougher laws alone cannot protect women against sexual violence and a holistic and systematic approach ha to be adopted to address the issue, Chief Justice of India H L Dattu today said.He said sexual

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  Chhattisgarh women deaths: SC refuses to take suo motu cognisance

  India | November 12, 2014 13:44 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to take suo motu cognisance of news reports relating to death of 11 women due to alleged medical negligence in sterilisation surgeries at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.“The Chief Minister

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  SC declines to entertain plea for renaming India

  India | November 10, 2014 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking to rename India as Bharat and asked the petitioner to approach an appropriate authority with its plea.The apex court bench headed by Chief

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  Farmers will benefit if land acquisition for corporates is minimised: CJI

  India | November 09, 2014 6:56 IST

  Ahmedabad: Expressing concerns for the marginalised and small farmers in the country, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu on Saturday said it would be "immensely helpful" for agricultural community if state governments could

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  SC summons DGPs of Bihar and Chhattisgarh over missing children

  India | October 16, 2014 14:07 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today summoned chief secretaries and DGPs of Bihar and Chhattisgarh on the issue of missing children in the Two states. SC has asked them  to be present in the court

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  Gallows only for meticulously executed diabolic murders: SC

  India | October 11, 2014 22:02 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that when an accused executes a meticulously planned diabolic murder, without provocation or acting on the spur of the moment, and becomes a menace to society, then the

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  SC declines urgent hearing plea of Sahara chief

  India | October 03, 2014 18:16 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today declined to give an urgent hearing to the plea of jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy seeking bail to attend the cremation and perform rituals relating to the death of

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  New Chief Justice of India HL Dattu to take oath today

  India | September 28, 2014 9:23 IST

  New Delhi: Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu will take oath as new Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Sunday at 11 am. The CJI will be administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at

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  President appoints Judge HL Dattu as next CJI

  India | September 06, 2014 7:19 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Supreme Court Judge HL Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), a PIB press communiqué said on Friday."In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2)