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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
Mumbai court acquits 20 Tablighi Jamaat members
Court finds no evidence against two sets of ten persons belonging to Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan
Delhi HC restrains defamatory content against TV Today Network
The High Court also directed Twitter and Google platforms to remove the defamatory content against the news agency.
SC: Women have a right to stay at marital home under domestic violence laws
The Apex Court recently held that women in domestic relationships shall have the right to reside in the shared household, whether or not she has any right, title or beneficial interest in the same under section 17 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Women lawyers move SC against Madhya Pradesh HC ‘Rakhi for Bail’ order
The petitioners have challenged the High Court order that caused further victimisation of the survivor by letting off her abuser easy
Delhi Police ACP thrashes journalist inside police station!
Caravan magazine staffer, has alleged that he was kicked and slapped by ACP Ajay Kumar Penkar inside the Model Town station premises
Can’t restrict circulation of fake news on social media: MP High Court
The HC dismissed a plea filed by a social worker stating that there are no statutory provisions for such censorship
Right to default bail: Not just statutory, but a fundamental right
It is a fundamental right by being an extension of Article 21: Right to Life and Personal Liberty
Disclose source of riot accused’s “confessional statement”: Delhi HC to Zee News
Delhi Police told the court none of the personnel leaked any details of the investigation to media
Hathras case: CJP moves MEITY against news channel for spreading hate and misinformation
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‘Best Hindi News’ channel had shared abusive and inflammatory videos that promoted caste supremacy and anti-victim narrative on its social media platforms
Republic TV making TRP scam a “media spectacle”: Mumbai Police to SC
Supreme Court refuses to entertain Republic TV's petition, tells Arnab Goswami to approach Bombay High Court
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