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ArticleSC divided on UAPA bail, lar­ger bench to weigh in

In an extraordin­ary insti­tu­tional moment at the Supreme Court, a clash of judi­cial views between two coordin­ate benches over bail jur­is­pru­dence under the Unlaw­ful Activ­it­ies (Pre­ven­tion) Act (UAPA) spilled into the open on Fri­day, with...

ArticlePun­jab muni­cipal elec­tions: ‘Too late for EVMs’, HC clears decks for bal­lot vot­ing

: The Pun­jab and Hary­ana high court on Fri­day dis­missed a batch of pub­lic interest lit­ig­a­tions (PILs) seek­ing the use of elec­tronic vot­ing machines (EVMs) instead of bal­lot papers for the May 26 muni­cipal elec­tions in Pun­jab, hold­ing...

ArticleAbscond­ing hus­band sur­renders, high court orders second autopsy

ArticleMin­is­tries get report cards at meet­ing with prime min­is­ter

The per­form­ance of vari­ous Union min­is­tries under a new assess­ment sys­tem piloted by the cab­inet sec­ret­ariat was announced at the coun­cil of min­is­ters meet­ing chaired by Prime Min­is­ter Nar­en­dra Modi, HT has learnt. The assess­ment –...

ArticleDeten­tion and bail: UAPA debate

CENTRAL CASE ON BAIL In Union of India vs KA Najeeb (2021), the Supreme Court gran­ted bail to a UAPA accused who had spent over five years in cus­tody, not­ing that the trial was unlikely to con­clude within a reas­on­able time. It held that...

ArticleOFFICES, SCHOOLS IN PUNJAB TO NOW FUNCTION FROM 7.30 AM TO 1.30 PM

Amid an intense heat­wave and soar­ing tem­per­at­ures across Pun­jab, chief min­is­ter Bhag­want Mann on Fri­day announced revised work­ing hours for all gov­ern­ment offices and schools across the state from May 25. Under the new sched­ule, all...