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Delhi allows loudspeakers till midnight for festivals: what does the law say?
September 28, 2025 11:31 pm
The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 provide a detailed framework for regulating noise from various sources, including loudspeakers
Why Karnataka HC upheld Union govt's Sahyog portal, rejected X’s challenge
September 24, 2025 7:47 pm
The verdict concludes a significant legal battle in which X had characterised the Sahyog portal is a form of extra-legal 'censorship' and the government had defended it as an efficient tool for regulation.
Supreme Court to decriminalise defamation? What the law says, how this may be possible
September 24, 2025 4:37 pm
As the present bench has signalled, the question of whether this colonial-era offence continues to serve a purpose in a democracy remains open. In 2016, the Supreme Court had upheld criminal defamation as constitutional.
Why multiple states will file a review against SC ruling on Teaching Eligibility Test
September 20, 2025 3:46 pm
This intervention comes against the backdrop of years of demands from teachers’ bodies to either exempt in-service teachers from the test, or recognise long service as a substitute qualification, under the constitutional framework of Article 21A.
Why SC order on Anand Marriage Act won’t end old debate
September 22, 2025 7:30 am
The apex court has directed states and UTs that are yet to frame rules for the registration of Sikh Marriages under the 1909 Act to do so within four months. But this does little to address fundamental lacunae in the law
Does the cover of Arundhati Roy’s latest book violate any law?
September 20, 2025 2:25 pm
The COTPA prohibits the advertisement of tobacco products, and regulates their sale. Does the cover of Arundhati Roy’s latest book, in which she is smoking a beedi, violate this law?
What petitioners are arguing against online gaming ban
September 18, 2025 8:59 pm
The Online Gaming Act, 2025, which received Presidential assent last month, has banned all online games involving money, regardless of whether they are games of chance or skill
Reliance’s Vantara cleared of PIL allegations: What SC's investigation team found
September 17, 2025 12:17 pm
The apex court closed all complaints against the facility and notably barred future proceedings over the same allegations, which ranged from animal smuggling to financial irregularities.
SC on amended Waqf Act: What has been stayed, what remains
September 16, 2025 7:36 am
Supreme Court Waqf Amendment: While refusing to put a blanket stay on the entire amended Waqf law, the SC temporarily put on hold certain provisions. We explain what the court said.
Explained: Issues in SC hearings on timeline for the President and Governors to assent to Bills
September 15, 2025 12:18 pm
Whether the Supreme Court can set a timeline for the President and state Governors to give their assent to legislative Bills has become a contested federalism issue. What have the states and the Centre argued?
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