Elections2019

Upholding the State's power to acquire religious sites for infrastructure, the ruling reshapes the legal contours of the Places of Worship Act

Upholding the Tribunal's findings, a recent Gauhati Court judgment reflects the exacting evidentiary demands of Foreigners Tribunal proceedings amid evolving constitutional safeguards

State board cites “good behaviour”; final release order awaits government action ahead of the SC deadline

Plea argues the Court wrongly held no cognisable offence was made out without a merits hearing

The Court held that declarations of foreigner status must follow meaningful notice, proper appreciation of evidence and a reasoned decision, even where proceedings are ex-parte

The SOP was circulated as part of the police’s newly operationalised Anti-Radicalisation Cell.

The Election Commission has introduced a new parental declaration in the online version of Form 6, requiring fresh applicants to disclose whether their parents appeared in the last Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The change is not been reflected in the statutory Form 6 prescribed under the Registration of Electors Rules

BJP’s fake nationalism and congress’s half-hearted response