The Latest Breaking News from Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the notifications issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of India (SBI) permitting the exchange of ₹2,000 currency notes without requirement of any identity proof.

The Delhi High Court on July 3 rejected a PIL seeking directions to the police to ask the complainants about their willingness to undergo scientific tests like narco analysis, polygraph and brain mapping during an investigation to prove allegations.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to implement a Uniform Banking Code for foreign exchange transactions to control black money generation and Benami transactions. Read on for details:

International experience shows that any coercion to have a certain number of children is counter-productive and leads to demographic distortions, the Centre said in December 2020

Court issues notice to statutory bodies

The Supreme Court had earlier expressed displeasure over the Centre taking different stands on the issue of identification of minorities, including Hindus, at the state level and directed it to hold consultations with states on the issue within three months

Social media needs a continuous inflow of complex societal issues to remain relevant and keep the pot boiling. Over the last few weeks, the “freebies” debate has become another such issue.

They have cut income gaps, the party says

Petitioner argues that the August 15, 1947 cut-off date in the 1991 Act that mandates that the identity of a religious place of worship/pilgrimage be retained as was on that date, is “arbitrary and irrational”