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Delhi Court Orders Google and Media to Remove Articles on Acquitted Man

Delhi court has made a major order that strengthens the Right to be Forgotten in India. The Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Patiala house courts has ordered big tech giants and media houses to delete certain material. This material can be traced to a banker that was cleared in a high profile money laundering case despite having been accused in the past.

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Red Chillies Moves to Shift Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Case from Delhi to Bombay HC, Cites Forum Shopping

The Supreme Court of India has made a scathing attack on the administrative priorities by reprimanding the government of Haryana harshly over its approval of cutting down 40 fully grown trees. The incident that happened in Karnal was allegedly to make a road wider to serve a newly built office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Supreme Court Orders Nationwide Audit of All Private Universities After Amity’s Harassment Over Student’s Name Change

The Supreme Court has ordered a massive audit of all the private universities in India in a landmark move that is to revolutionize the higher education scenario in India. This is an unprecedented step following a valiant struggle against Amity University by one student who revealed the presence of a great systemic corruption. Ayesha Jain is a young MBA student who battled the university management when the university declined to change her name in their records

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Supreme Court Collegium Takes Shape Under New CJI Surya Kant with Vikram Nath BV Nagarathna JK Maheshwari and MM Sundresh

The Supreme Court of India has seen the dawn of a new era in its leadership with the swearing-in of Justice Surya Kant as the 53 rd Chief Justice of India.The change has heralded a new era in the leadership in the Supreme Court of India and it is an era likely to have a stable leadership regime of about fifteen months.