A Vaidyanathan With Inputs From Pti

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  "We Didn't Incite Anyone To Commit Crime": Top Court vs Centre On Dalit Act

  Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...

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  Uttar Pradesh Fails To Appoint Loykayukta, Supreme Court Does It

  With a sharp reprimand for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court today appointed a retired judge Justice Virender Singh as the state's Lokayukta or anti-corruption ombudsman.

• 'I Believe in Hard Work and Honesty,' India's Next Chief Justice Tells NDTV

  The union government has initiated the process of appointing Justice H L Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India after Justice RM Lodha retires from the post on September 27.

• Mukul Rohatgi Appointed New Attorney General of India

  Senior Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed the new Attorney General of India, the top law officer of the country. Mr Rohatgi had served as Additional Solicitor General in the last NDA regime.

• Supreme Court commutes Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's death penalty to life sentence

  The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, convicted for a 1993 blast in Delhi, to life in jail.

• Sahara chief Subrata Roy to stay in jail for now

  Subrata Roy, the chief of the Sahara conglomerate, will have to remain in Delhi's Tihar jail for some more time as the Supreme Court, which was to hear Sahara's Rs 20,000 crore refund case tomorrow, has adjourned it without fixing the next day.

• Justice AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, planning to resign as Bengal rights panel chief: sources

  Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, is reportedly planning to step down as the chief of the West Bengal human rights panel.

• CBI to probe naval wife-swapping scandal? Supreme Court to decide

  The Supreme Court will decide whether the CBI should investigate allegations that a naval officer's wife in Kerala was sexually abused by his seniors and him.

• Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, state governments on unhygienic mid-day meals

  In the wake of the Bihar mid-day meal tragedy, in which 23 children died, the Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and 12 states seeking their response on preventing such incidents and providing hygienic food to children.

• Misuse of beacons on cars 'menace to society', says Supreme Court

  Terming it as a 'menace to society', the Supreme Court today came down heavily on the misuse of beacon lights and multi-tone horns or sirens by vehicles on public roads.

• New law for clinical trials soon, government tells Supreme Court

  The government today told the Supreme Court that a new law is being framed to regulate clinical trials in the country. A large number of deaths last year owing to such trials and inadequate compensation had triggered much criticism and protests, forcing the Centre to put fresh trials on hold.

• Fodder scam: Supreme Court stops trial court from delivering verdict against Lalu Yadav

  In what comes as a major relief for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Yadav, the Supreme Court today restrained the trial court in Ranchi from delivering its verdict in the fodder scam case in which Mr Yadav is accused of embezzling Rs 30 crore from the government during his earlier term as chief minister of Bihar.