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1	Jan 19, '23	Breaking: The Collegium puts its foot down; reiterates name of openly gay lawyer advocate Saurabh Kirpal; brushes aside Centre’s objections. The Collegium has given detailed reason	42.4×	358k	2k	576	66
2	May 15, '23	The Supreme Court has observed, “No political party can simultaneously be a religious party. Politics and religion cannot be mixed.”	41.7×	352k	4.3k	1.1k	83
3	Mar 2, '23	Breaking: Supreme Court directs that the appointment of an election commissioner shall be on the recommendation of a committee comprising the PM, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sa	23.9×	202k	591	95	17
4	Jan 19, '23	The Supreme Court Collegium reiterates name of advocate R. John Sathyan for elevation to the Madras High Court; overrules Centre’s objection to his name for sharing an article crit	20.7×	175k	736	234	19
5	Feb 21, '23	In a historic move, the Supreme Court makes available transcripts of oral arguments presented before the Constitution Bench.	19.5×	164k	522	127	31
6	Jan 5, '23	#Breaking: SC stays Uttarakhand HC's mandated eviction drive to vacate 29 acres of railway land in Haldwani affecting over 4,000 families; wonders how people can be evicted without	18.5×	156k	871	228	5
7	Apr 28, '23	#Breaking: In an unprecedented move, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Cal HC directs the Secretary General of the Supreme Court to produce before him the report and the official	14.1×	119k	338	106	17
8	Jan 7, '23	The Ayodhya judgement has made right-reactionary forces claim Gyanvapi and other mosques in the country. This is a great threat to the Republic of India, says former Supreme Court	12.1×	102k	1.2k	416	19
9	Feb 25, '21	Allahabad HC rejects the anticipatory bail plea of Aparna Purohit. Says western filmmakers have refrained from ridiculing Lord Jesus or the Prophet but hindi filmmakers have done t	11.1×	0	2.5k	954	91
10	May 8, '25	#Breaking: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna seeks the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma and has written to the President of India and the Prime Minister, enclosing a copy of th	10.5×	89k	697	209	35
11	Jul 22, '21	#Breaking: The Delhi HC directs the Delhi Government to take a decision within 6 weeks to implement the statement made by CM in a press conference that if any tenant is unable to p	10.4×	0	3k	749	18
12	Jul 19, '21	#Breaking: An SC bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud orders the immediate release of Manipur journalist Erendro Leichombam, detained under the NSA for Facebook posts that said ‘cow	10.3×	0	3.4k	754	22
13	Apr 2, '23	CJI D.Y. Chandrachud revises the scheme for engaging Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates in the Supreme Court; a Law Clerk will be paid a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 80,000/- pe	9.4×	80k	387	45	17
14	Feb 3, '23	JUST IN: SC threatens the Union Government with ‘unpalatable’ consequences if the Collegium recommendations to transfer high court judges aren’t given effect; says it’s a very seri	8.9×	75k	946	239	12
15	Apr 30, '21	#Breaking: The Supreme Court warns state DGPs of contempt action if citizens are harassed or victimized for flagging the nonavailability of oxygen and essential medicines over the	8.7×	0	2.5k	873	11
16	Apr 27, '21	#Breaking: Allahabad HC takes judicial notice of a news item stating that 135 teachers, Shiksha Mitras&investigators, who were assigned election duty, have died. Sends a notice	7.8×	0	1.7k	952	32
17	Apr 11, '25	#Breaking: The Supreme Court castigates #TamilNadu Governor R. N. Ravi, saying that he has shown scant respect for the decision of the court by keeping the bills pending with him f	7.4×	62k	573	157	14
18	Feb 11, '25	The Supreme Court ruled that providing grounds of arrest is a mandatory constitutional right, not a formality. Failure to do so violates Articles 21 and 22(1), rendering the arrest	6.2×	52k	335	117	53
19	Apr 18, '21	Former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh writes to PM Modi suggesting 5 points to tackle the COVID-19 situation. Adds, the key to our fight against COVID-19 must be ramping up #vaccination eff	6.1×	0	1.6k	551	31
20	Apr 30, '21	The Supreme Court agrees to examine the constitutional validity of Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC. Sends notice to Central Government.	5.7×	0	1.6k	434	23
21	Mar 8, '19	People’s Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj honoured by Harvard University	5.6×	0	1.4k	597	11
22	Dec 20, '19	The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Central Delhi) directs SHO PS Daryaganj to allow advocates to meet detainees and to provide necessary medical succour to them. CMM also notes tha	5.0×	0	1.1k	644	6
23	Sep 1, '25	The Delhi High Court will deliver its verdict tomorrow at 2:30 PM on bail petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Khalid Saifi and five others who have been	4.9×	41k	325	100	37
24	Feb 22, '21	JUST IN: The Bombay HC grants six months' bail to Dr. PV Varavara Rao on medical grounds. Says it would have abdicated its duty in protecting his fundamental rights if it had denie	4.8×	0	1.6k	314	10
25	Jul 20, '23	After an Allahabad HC judge sought an explanation from the Indian railways over not being attended to by the GRP personnel while travelling from Delhi to Prayagraj, CJI Dr. Chandra	4.7×	40k	407	70	19
26	Apr 6, '20	On the plea of a cat owner, the Kerala High Court asked state government to allow the petitioner to travel to purchase "Meo-Persian biscuits for his 3 cats." The petitioner had all	4.5×	0	899	443	34
27	Feb 18, '22	Breaking: Supreme Court directs the UP Govt to refund the recoveries made from anti-#CAA protestors prior to the enactment of the Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Pr	4.4×	0	1.4k	382	7
28	Jun 7, '19	JUST IN: The Gauhati High Court orders the release of Ex-Army officer Mohammad Sanaullah who was sent to a detention camp after a Foreigner Tribunal adjudged him a non-citizen. Not	4.4×	0	1.1k	443	2
29	Oct 20, '23	Any independent fact-checker or institution is worth their weight in gold for a democracy. They should be promoted, protected and preserved.	4.4×	37k	717	164	6
30	Oct 13, '22	By asking the girls to take off their hijab before they enter the school gates, is first an invasion on their privacy, then it is an attack on their dignity, and then ultimately it	4.4×	0	1.3k	421	19
31	Dec 7, '21	Breaking: The Supreme Court paves way for Sudha Bharadwaj’s release from jail as it refuses to stay Bombay HC’s order granting her default bail in the #BhimaKoregaon	4.2×	0	1.4k	283	6
32	Jul 20, '22	#Breaking: SC directs immediate release of fact checker #MohammedZubair in all the FIRs against him in Uttar Pradesh; says no justification to keep him in jail.	4.0×	0	1.4k	248	6
33	Jan 17, '20	Lt Governor of the NCT of Delhi has directed that during the period 19.01.2020 to 18.04.2020, the Commissioner of Police, Delhi may also exercise the powers of detaining authority	3.9×	0	590	422	13
34	Oct 17, '22	#Breaking: Gujarat Government tells the #SupremeCourt that its decision to release the convicts who gang-raped Bilkis Bano had the approval of the Union Home Ministry.	3.9×	0	855	420	37
35	May 25, '23	View post on X	3.9×	33k	668	116	13
36	Nov 6, '25	The Supreme Court holds that the grounds of arrest must be provided in writing to the arrestee at least two hours prior to their production for remand proceedings before the magist	3.8×	32k	372	137	123
37	Jun 14, '22	Former Supreme Court judges & senior advocates write to Supreme Court seeking suo motu action against bulldozer tactics in Uttar Pradesh and indiscriminate arrests of protestor	3.5×	0	865	371	16
38	Feb 25, '21	Allahabad HC: This Court further takes notice of the fact that a number of movies have been produced which have used the name of Hindu Gods and Goddesses and shown them in a disres	3.2×	0	890	312	14
39	Jul 17, '21	Danish Siddiqui’s death is a tremendous loss, not only for Reuters and for his media colleagues, but also for the rest of the world: US Department of State	3.0×	0	944	255	6
40	Dec 9, '21	JUST IN: Human rights activist and lawyer #SudhaBharadwaj walks out of jail after the Bombay HC granted her default bail on Dec 1 in the #BhimaKoregoan case.	3.0×	0	1k	186	4
41	May 31, '21	JUST IN: Justice Ravindra Bhat says he would like to see the file on which the decision on dual pricing of vaccines was taken. Says he wants to see the rationale behind it #Supreme	2.9×	0	883	250	6
42	May 4, '21	#Breaking: Allahabad HC says the death of #Covid patients just for non supplying #oxygen to the hospitals is a criminal act and not less than a genocide by those who have been entr	2.9×	0	710	321	7
43	May 5, '25	Breaking: In an unprecedented move, the CJI Sanjiv Khanna has released data on the appointment of judges to the High Courts from November 9, 2022, to May 5, 2025. The data includes	2.9×	24k	443	122	54
44	Aug 27, '25	#Breaking: Within 48 hours of the Collegium’s recommendation, the Union Government cleared the appointment of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vipul Pancholi as judges of the Suprem	2.8×	24k	680	164	35
45	Nov 27, '21	#ConstitutionDay #JusticeGautamPatel	2.7×	0	866	190	7
46	Feb 26, '20	Supreme Court Bar Association condemns the statement of Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “internationally acclaimed visionary”	2.6×	0	617	323	10
47	Jun 17, '21	After languishing more than 12 months in jail under #UAPA charges which the Delhi HC found prima facie not made out, #DevaganaKalita, #NatashaNarwal and #AsifTanha walk free from j	2.6×	0	942	165	0
48	Jan 5, '23	SC tells the Railways that the issue should be handled from a humane angle. It also expresses displeasure at the High Court's direction asking for the use of paramilitary forces to	2.6×	22k	389	98	1
49	Mar 27, '19	Election Commission files an affidavit in Supreme Court saying that electoral bonds& removal of cap on corporate funding would have serious impact on transparency in funding of	2.5×	0	453	333	10
50	Jan 3, '20	Madras High Court's lawyers protest against CAA	2.5×	0	632	289	4
51	Apr 22, '19	JUST IN: The Supreme Court Bar Association passes a resolution saying that the procedure adopted by the CJI in conducting a hearing on Saturday in the matter relating to allegation	2.3×	0	513	300	2
52	Aug 28, '20	The order under review, the petitioners say, is cryptic, non-speaking, does not discuss let alone enumerate the various aspects and complexities involved in a matter of this magnit	2.3×	0	460	320	1
53	Jun 15, '21	#Breaking: The Delhi HC grants bail to Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, Asif Iqbal Tanha in the UAPA FIR pertaining to the #DelhiRiots case	2.2×	0	747	140	1
54	Nov 26, '21	Justice Patel: History will not judge us by our highways, bridges or statues, it will judge us by how well we have preserved this constitutional idea of India and saved it from bei	2.1×	0	519	181	12
55	Jun 15, '21	The Delhi HC observes no prima facie case against Natasha, Devengana&Asif under #UAPA; State cannot thwart grant of bail merely by confusing issues; line between right to prote	2.0×	0	618	161	5
56	Jul 15, '21	#SupremeCourt #Sedition	1.9×	0	604	143	2
57	Dec 13, '21	JUST IN: The Supreme Court issues notice on a petition seeking social security benefits for Uber, Ola, Swiggy, Zomato employees.	1.9×	0	676	109	6
58	Feb 28, '19	#ForestRightsAct JUST IN: Supreme Court stays its order which could have caused possible eviction of 11.8 lakh tribals. Court has asked states to inform it in what manner claims we	1.9×	0	419	210	1
59	Sep 8, '21	SC grants 2 months’ interim relief to The Wire and its 3 journalists facing multiple FIRs in different districts of Uttar Pradesh. Adds, petitioners may approach HC seeking quashin	1.8×	0	635	144	1
60	Nov 3, '21	#Breaking: Police in #Tripura send notices under UAPA to Delhi based lawyers for a fact-finding report on the #TripuraViolence. @_sabahgurmat reports:	1.8×	0	380	230	4
61	Feb 25, '21	Allahabad HC rejects anticipatory bail plea by Amazon Prime Video head in Tandav case; says serial is against fundamental rights of the majority of citizens [Read the Order]	1.8×	0	474	172	3
62	Jul 19, '22	MHA informs #LokSabha that a total of 1,63,370 Indians renounced their Indian citizenship in 2021. This number was 85,256 in 2020.	1.7×	0	308	122	38
63	Feb 25, '21	Allahabad HC: Not only this, efforts have been made to subvert the image of historical and mythological personalities (Padmavati). Names and icons of faith of majority community ha	1.7×	0	543	152	1
64	Aug 23, '20	JUST IN: Attorney General K K Venugopal declines consent to initiate contempt proceedings against actress Swara Bhaskar @ReallySwara for her comments on #Ayodhya judgment by the Su	1.7×	0	513	142	7
65	Jul 22, '21	The Court held the assurance given by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was an enforceable promise, the implementation of which ought to be considered by the Government. [Read Judgeme	1.6×	0	495	138	7
66	Mar 9, '20	Allahabad HC says hoardings surfaced in Lucknow showing names, photos and addresses of those accused of violence during anti CAA protests is nothing but an unwarranted interference	1.6×	0	407	177	8
67	Jul 19, '21	We can't keep him in jail even for a day. These are innocent people, remarks Justice Chandrachud when the Solicitor General seeks a day’s adjournment to look into the matter.	1.6×	0	561	105	3
68	Nov 2, '21	A Delhi Court refuses Dainik Jagran’s plea for an interim injunction against @AltNews for their article titled “Dainik Jagaran’s misleading reports portray mass burials in Prayagar	1.6×	0	547	125	2
69	Feb 25, '21	Allahabad HC: This tendency on the part of the hindi film industry is growing and if not curbed in time, it may have disastrous consequences for the Indian social, religious and co	1.6×	0	506	141	1
70	Dec 29, '21	#DanishSiddiqui was a man with a magical eye and was rightly regarded as one of the foremost photo-journalists of this era. If a picture can tell a thousand words, his photos were	1.5×	0	576	94	1
71	Jul 1, '21	#CJIRamana	1.5×	0	553	90	2
72	Mar 9, '19	An open letter from senior advocate @IJaising to the Chief Justice of India on International Women's Day	1.5×	0	347	161	7
73	Nov 8, '19	JUST IN: District Magistrate of Aligarh (UP) suspends internet services from today midnight till 12 am tomorrow. #AYODHYAVERDICT #AyodhyaHearing #AyodhyaCase	1.5×	0	358	163	1
74	Feb 25, '21	HC says "Puruhoit had not been vigilant&acted irresponsibly making her open to criminal prosecution in permitting streaming of a movie which is against the fundamental rights o	1.4×	0	445	129	0
75	Dec 31, '18	#ParliamentWatch In response to a question asked by @asadowaisi, Centre informs in Lok Sabha that it hasn't assessed the impact of demonetisation & GST on the workers engaged i	1.4×	0	364	155	1
76	Feb 25, '21	Allahabad HC: There appears to be a design behind such acts on the part of the people who just give a disclaimer in all the films and depict things in the movies which are really r	1.4×	0	449	128	2
77	Sep 24, '18	Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi seeks reply from Gujarat government on a plea filed by wife by former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt @sanjivbhatt alleging harassment of her husband by the P	1.4×	0	300	188	1
78	Feb 25, '21	HC: Things are worsening as is evident from the fact that an obscure stand-up comedian, Munawar Faruqui, from Gujarat made comments on Hindu God and Godesses in a new year show at	1.4×	0	405	123	2
79	Sep 15, '20	Supreme Court berates Sudarshan TV's show on 'infiltration' of Muslims in UPSC. Justice Chandrachud terms the programme insidious. Aspersions were cast on a particular community's	1.4×	0	386	132	3
80	Aug 10, '22	#Breaking: An SC bench led by Justice UU Lalit grants permanent medical bail to PV Varavara Rao, an accused in the #BhimaKoregaon case.	1.3×	0	447	82	0
81	Sep 9, '22	#Breaking: An SC bench comprising CJI Lalit, and Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and P.S. Narasimha grants bail to Kerala journalist #SiddiqueKappan in the UAPA case in which he was arre	1.3×	0	378	95	1
82	Mar 9, '20	JUST IN: A division of the Allahabad High Court headed by Chief Justice Govind Mathur orders removal of the hoardings surfaced in Lucknow showing names, photos and addresses of tho	1.2×	0	321	124	0
83	Sep 30, '20	Everything you need to know about Babri Masjid demolition and the trial thereafter Writes @imibad #BabriDemolitionCase	1.2×	0	500	37	7
84	Dec 1, '21	#Breaking: The Bombay High Court grants default bail to #SudhaBharadwaj, denies bail to the remaining 8 accused persons in the #BhimaKoregaon case. Bharadwaj asked to move NIA cour	1.2×	0	375	91	3
85	Jul 25, '22	#Breaking: SC releases its judgment in #MohammedZubair's case; says the criminal law and its processes ought not to be instrumentalized as a tool of harassment; berates UP police f	1.2×	0	337	109	6
86	Dec 22, '20	British media regulator fines Republic TV £20,000 for hate speech against Pakistani people, and derogatory and abusive treatment of Pakistani people. #ArnabGoswami #RepublicTV	1.1×	0	323	99	3
87	Feb 25, '21	HC: This shows that from films this trend has passed to comedy shows. Such people make the revered figures of religion of majority community source of earning.	1.1×	0	371	101	0
88	Feb 25, '21	HC says the case against Aparna Purohoit under sections 295-A, 153-A(b), 505(1)(b) and 505(2) IPC has fully made out.	1.1×	0	358	91	0
89	Jul 20, '19	Read the #Calcutta High Court order dismissing a #PIL to declare chanting of Jai Shri #Ram a fundamental right. A division bench led by Justice T B Radhakrishnan says issue is like	1.1×	0	303	101	3
90	Jun 4, '21	JUST IN: The Delhi HC throws out #JuhiChawla's suit against the 5G rollout. Imposes 20 lakhs as costs.	1.0×	0	327	51	1
91	Feb 23, '21	India's transparency activist @AnjaliB_ honoured with the US's "International Anticorruption Champions Award"-recognizing individuals who have worked tirelessly, often in the face	1.0×	0	342	72	1
92	Feb 5, '21	A full bench of the Madras High Court, unanimously, holds that the recommendation of the NHRC is binding on the Government.	1.0×	0	309	82	4
93	Apr 30, '21	Justice Chandrachud says there should not be any clamp-down on information shared on the internet by needy people. #Covid19	1.0×	0	323	81	2
94	Feb 25, '21	HC: Aparna Purohit was granted interim protection from arrest by the order dated 11.02.2021 by a co-ordinate Bench, but she was not co-operating with the investigation. On 22.02.20	1.0×	0	324	85	0
95	May 13, '21	CJI Ramana says the SC is introducing a new feature, called “Indicative Notes” on its website to provide concise summaries of landmark judgments in an easy-to-understand format. Sa	1.0×	0	324	70	3
96	Feb 25, '21	...concerned on 23.02.2021. This conduct of the applicant shows that she has scant respect for the law of the land and her conduct further disentitles her to any relief from this C	1.0×	0	310	86	0
97	May 31, '21	Justice DY Chandrachud remarks that he hopes no sedition case has been filed against the photographer for publishing a photo of a Covid dead body being thrown into the river in UP'	0.9×	0	313	69	4
98	Jul 1, '21	#AkhilGogoi	0.9×	0	309	45	1
99	Jul 20, '22	#Breaking: SC also declares that SIT formed by UP government to probe FIRs against Zubair stands disbanded.	0.9×	0	353	51	1
100	Dec 17, '20	JUST IN: Supreme Court rejects UP Government's appeal challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court quashing NSA detention of Dr. Kafeel Khan. @drkafeelkhan	0.9×	0	310	44	1

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