Justice Surya Kant says need to extend legal aid, access to justice to marginalized communities in East, North-East

Justice Surya Kant, the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), has stressed the need to extend legal aid and facilitate access to justice to the marginalized communities…

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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on a plea fixing timeline for restoring Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood

The Supreme Court of India has asked the Central government to file its response to a petition seeking a definite timeline for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.…

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Supreme Court to hear plea seeking voting rights for undertrial prisoners, challenges blanket ban under representation of the People Act

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which bars individuals confined…

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