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Centre opposes petition filed in Supreme Court seeking uniform laws for inheritance, maintenance, divorce and guardianship, says matter falls in the domain of legislature

Supreme Court upholds demonetisation by 4:1 majority, with most of the justices holding the decision to be legal, while Justice B.V. Nagarathna dissents to hold that the November 8, 2016 notification was unlawful

Supreme Court dismisses 58 petitions challenging the Union government's 2016 decision, which ceased the legal validity of currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, says the decision, being taken by the Executive's Economic Policy, cannot be reversed now

Justice Surya Kant commends Union of India for supplying Covid-19 vaccines to 80 countries .

Union government not considering any proposal to reduce the age of consent from 18 to 16 years under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 to prevent the criminalisation of consensual relationships between teenagers: Centre to Parliament

The former Supreme Court Judge Hemant Gupta has been appointed as the Chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) by the Central Government

The Delhi High Court has...

Allow reservation policy under the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019 for admission to research degree programmes and recruitment of faculty members: Supreme Court to 23 Indian Institutes of Technology, Union of India

The Union government has...

The High Court of Delhi ...