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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments
Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections
Religious conversion for marriage, disconcerting: Allahabad HC
The court referred to the Special Marriage Act as a solution to people professing different faiths
State cannot act in misogynistic way: Himachal Pradesh HC
The court held that policy excluding married daughters to seek compassionate appointment is discriminatory
Maternity leave no ground for dismissal: SC
The top court supports Delhi HC’s direction of imposing Rs.50,000 on college for unfair dismissal.
SC: Statement to NDPS officers cannot be used as confession, evidence
The 2:1 judgment said that these officers are police officers and so confessions will not amount to admissible evidence
List Varavara Rao’s bail plea at the earliest: SC tells Bombay HC
The apex court noted that every prisoner’s health is important and the State must ensure that.
SC stays Delhi HC order refusing to extend bail of inmates
Earlier this month, the High Court had ordered the end of COVID bail and asked inmates to surrender from November onwards
Police cannot use power to summon to intimidate, harass, threaten: SC
The Apex Court said that it is entrusted with safeguarding the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.
SC refuses to interfere in Devangana Kalita’s bail order
The Top Court said it is just a grant of bail and that she won’t run away with the evidence
Right to default bail can’t be nullified by post facto complaint: SC
The Supreme Court has held that an accused cannot be continuously detained on account of a report seeking time extension
Gujarat: Dalit boy allegedly dies at observation home in Khanpur
The youth’s family alleges the boy was tortured during his detention which eventually resulted in his death
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