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SC stays Andhra HC order to examine constitutional breakdown in state

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has sought to examine whether there is a breakdown of constitutional machinery in the state

SC notice to Kunal Kamra, cartoonist Rachita Taneja in contempt cases

The Supreme Court issued show-cause notices to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja

Why avoiding a nation-wide two-child policy is the right decision

Health ministry has said that it will not implement a mandatory two-child policy by denying government jobs, subsidies and certain rights to larger families

SC to decide today whether to initiate contempt case against Kunal Kamra

Supreme Court on Thursday said it will pronounce its order on Friday on a batch of petitions seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against stand-up comic artist Kunal Kamra

SC reserves order in Tata plea against tribunal restoring Mistry as chief

The apex court had on January 10 granted relief to Tata group by staying the NCLAT order of December 18 last year by which Mistry was restored as the executive chairman of Tata Sons

Amit Shah holds meeting with ministers, BJP officials on farmers' issue

The meeting was held at the BJP head office here and was also attended by the party's general secretaries CT Ravi, Dushyant Gautam and Arun Singh among others. It lasted for more than an hour

SC asks Centre to consider putting contentious farm laws on hold

Not desirable, says govt; SC upholds right to protest

Don't know what the panel on air quality is doing, we're not satisfied: SC

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that even people in Delhi are not satisfied with the work done by the Commission on the issue of pollution

Top headlines: SC allows farmer protests; Agarwal makes $10 bn India plan

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SC acknowledges farmers' right to non-violent protest, to set up panel

The court said it was thinking of setting up an 'impartial and independent' panel of agriculture experts and farmer unions

SC to hear pleas seeking removal of protesting farmers from Delhi borders

Supreme Court will resume hearing on the batch of pleas seeking a direction to the authorities to remove the protesting farmers at several border points of Delhi against three new farm laws

Best of BS Opinion: Farmers' protests, BJP perfects winning formula & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

'Farm talks are bound to fail': Supreme Court proposes forming panel

Farmers say repeal laws first; agri minister hopes for early solution

Some movement, finally

Idea of a committee to address farmers' protests has merits

SC in many shades of grey

In 2019, the SC passed about 1,300 judgments, filling 17 volumes of law journals. In 2020, the output was about 800, though the noise the court created for wrong reasons was far above its performance

Top headlines: SBI raises FY21 GDP estimate, SC proposes govt-farmer panel

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'Negotiations haven't worked till now': SC proposes panel of farmers, govt

Multiple pleas have been filed in the SC seeking a direction to authorities to immediately remove the farmers, saying commuters are facing hardships due to the road blockades

Tata Sons must seek NCLT nod for conversion to pvt firm: Mistry to SC

Mistry counsel Sundaram says such a move is necessary under provisions of the new Companies Act of 2013

Ratan Tata, not professional board, was running Tata Group: Mistry to SC

Mistry counsel Sundaram claims Ratan Tata was able to achieve this through the Tata Trusts-nominated directors on Tata Sons board

WhatsApp denies allegations of data breach by spyware Pegasus in SC

The issue cropped up before a bench headed by CJI Bobde which was hearing a plea seeking direction to RBI for framing regulation to ensure that data collected on UPI platforms is not exploited