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The Supreme Court on April 5, fixed the hearing on the contempt of court notice for April 17 where the state government, state election commission and others are being impleaded. Nagaland Post broke the news first on April 2, on...

A contempt of court proceeding has been reportedly filed with the Supreme Court after the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on March 28 had through a resolution titled Nagaland Municipal Act 2001(Repeal Bill 2023) initiated the process of repeal of...

Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the Nagaland State Election Commission (SEC) to notify local body elections and place before it the official notification by March 14, 2023, LiveLaw report stated.A Bench comprising Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Manoj Misra and...

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has released a report titled ‘UAPA: Criminalising Dissent and State Terror’ on the alleged abuse of the legislation during 2009-22, and demanding the law be repealed, reports The Hindu.Based on the National...

Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern that Section 66A of the Information Technology Act was still being used, though it was declared unconstitutional in 2015.Senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, representing the petitioner NGO People Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), submitted...

Supreme Court on Friday directed the Nagaland Government and State Election Commission to complete the elections of local bodies and declare the results by the end of January, next year.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice MM...

The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Nagaland government for delaying the implementation of 33% women’s reservation in local bodies for years which has, in turn, impacted the conduct of elections to urban local bodies in the State, The...

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties, a civil society organisation, and activists condemned the arrest of civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad along with retired police officers for fighting justice for the victims of Gujarat riot in 2002.Senior advocates of...

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider listing after summer vacation the pleas challenging the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 which had given special status to Jammu and Kashmir.A bench comprising Chief Justice N V...

SC gives Nagaland govt six weeks to report back on how it proposed to implement 33% reservation The Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the Nagaland government over the delay to enforce reservation for women in the state's urban local bodies, saying...