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Women: Nation builders, missing from the nation’s books
An exploration of the path-breaking verdict delivered by the SC declaring “housewives as nation-builders”[1]. The author, an academic explores, academically and historically, how societies and nations have only imagined economies and valued production through narrow prisms while feminist scholars have spent decades challenging this hierarchy; the real challenge that the June 11 judgement throws is whether we are prepared for a substantive re-set and re-construct
पूर्व सीजेआई टीएस ठाकुर ने विदाई भाषण में लंबित मामलों और न्यायाधीशों की कमी पर जताई निराशा
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टीएस ठाकुर ने एक बार फिर लंबित मामल की...
Bengaluru Molestation Exposes Its Home Minister
There were reportedly 1,500 policemen posted on MG Road,...
Three Cultural Activists of Kabir Kala Manch Granted Bail by SC
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Supreme Court Quashes Contempt Action Against Journalists
Nine years after they were hauled up for contempt...
JNU serves notice to student union chief over protests at admin block
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Continuing with its spate of show-cause notices, the JNU...
Read The Supreme Court when it Says Seeking Votes on Basis of Religion a Corrupt Practice
On Monday, January 2, the Supreme Court of India,...
Re-promulgation of ordinances without legislative approval violates Constitution: Supreme Court
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A seven-judge bench held that Parliament and state legislatures...
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले पर अनुराग ठाकुर की प्रतिक्रिया, कहा “मेरी शुभकामनाएं जजों के साथ”
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सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा बीसीसीआई के अध्यक्ष पद से बर्खास्त...
Chief Justice TS Thakur slams Modi govt for ‘sitting’ over transfer of HC judges
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The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Centre as...
Seeking Votes on Basis of Religion a Corrupt Practice: SC
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