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Pachauri had filed a contempt of court petition in February 2016, alleging several media houses for deliberately and contemptuously not following the court's orders restricting them from publishing sexual harassment claims against him.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and stressed that he is committed to growing and investing across the country, as they discussed tech-driven transformations happening in the country.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there is no data to show same-sex marriages is an elitist concept, while picking up holes in Centre's contention that petitioners seeking same-sex marriage rights is "a mere urban elitist views for the purpose of social acceptance".

Atiq Ahmad, the gangster-turned-politician who was gunned down in Prayagraj on April 15, had tried to grab a property worth Rs 20 crore in Delhi's South Extension area on the basis of forged documents. The victim, a businessman, has been fighting a long battle without any help.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing some petitioners, submitted before a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, that a large part of problem will be solved through this interpretation.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained all news channels and all other media organisations from displaying or publishing content of the charge sheet filed in the Shraddha Walkar murder case.

The Centre has requested the Supreme Court to join all states and Union Territories (UTs) as a party in the ongoing hearing on petitions seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriages.

Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj on Saturday night, in the presence of the police and in full glare of the media. Atiq and his brother were shot when they were taken for a medical test to the Colvin hospital. Both died on the spot.

Quoting the sources in Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the reports said that the date of visit was proposed to Kathmandu by New Delhi. Prachanda is likely to be in India on a three-day visit, the sources added.

While hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that there is no absolute concept of a man or a woman and it cannot be only about the genitals, rather it is far more complex.

Ahmad and his brother were shot dead by three assailants, posing as journalists, while they were being escorted by police personnel to a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for a check up on Saturday night.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police had registered an FIR in connection with the protest staged by pro-Khalistani activists at the Indian High Commission in London on March 19 during which the Tricolour was pulled down from the premises.

Visiting Russian Minister of Trade and Industry, Denis Manturov, said on Monday that India and Russia are deliberating on a free trade agreement (FTA), a move which could enhance commercial relations between the two nations.

Army PRO at Guwahati, Lt. Col. Mahendra Rawat said, "The technological threshold in the nation has improved significantly and with enhanced digital awareness, the youth is now empowered to undertake online exams."

The State Bank of India has moved the Supreme Court seeking exemption from sharing complete forensic audit reports with borrowers in connection with the March 27, judgment of the apex court.

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order permitting the CBI and ED to question Trinamool Congress's national general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in the matter of allegations made by expelled youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh.

A plea was moved in the Supreme Court, a day after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were killed under police escort, seeking a direction for setting up of an expert committee headed by a former apex court judge to investigate the killings.

One name that was conspicuously missing from the discussions and celebrations around the golden jubilee of Project Tiger was that of Karan Singh, who was Indira Gandhi's point person in the national effort to give the Royal Bengal tiger a second life in the big cat's home country.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he was asked as many as 56 questions regarding the excise policy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its questioning on Sunday.

"Do not participate in any conspiracy. Mafia and Bahubali have no religion. Don't give space to rumours. A lot of secrets about that incident will be out. If law and order is disturbed, we will be the only ones who will suffer," it said.

Over 1,000 security personnel, including paramilitary forces, will be deployed outside the CBI headquarters here in Lodhi Road on Sunday as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is expected to appear at the agency's office in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case.

Mehta had stressed that freedom of choice has already been recognised by the apex court and no one was interfering with those rights, but conferring the right of marriage fell in the exclusive domain of the legislature.

The agencies have not found a single penny of ill-gotten wealth that they claim was amassed from the so-called liquor scam, the Chief Minister said while talking about Sisodia's arrest.

In her intervention, the finance minister highlighted that conducive domestic policy environment along with the Indian government's focus on structural reforms has kept domestic economic activity in India robust.

Mediation is a process that involves resolving disagreements, bringing together various stakeholders, and finding a common ground, he said at a national seminar on 'Mediation: At The Dawn of a Golden age' held at the Delhi High Court.