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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
Delhi HC allows HarperCollins to publish book on rape convict Asaram’s case
Publisher will have to add a disclaimer that the book is based on the judgment of a trial court, which is under appeal
No sealed cover submissions in my Court: Justice G. S. Patel
The Bombay High Court judge says that he would not accept sealed cover submissions on the justification that the press is irresponsible.
Lakhan Musafir banished from 5 districts of Gujarat
Order dated September 14, 2020, bad in law, and against principles of natural justice
SC reserves order in Shaheen Bagh protest site eviction case
Petitioner had demanded that protesters be forcibly evicted as they were causing traffic blockage
NBA suggests making code of ethics binding on news channels to strengthen regulation
The self-regulatory body was pulled up by the Supreme Court for not having adequate regulation over electronic media
Sudarshan News cites NDTV’s ‘Hindu terror’ show, pleads for vacation of stay
Suresh Chavhanke filed the additional affidavit seeking that the stay on the broadcast of his communally polarising 'UPSC Jihad' show be lifted
Come back to us on a method to strengthen NBA : SC in Sudarshan News case
At the second consecutive hearing of the petition against Sudarshan News, the apex court observed that the show was insightful, and also raised concern over self-regulation
The era of the SC’s glorious jurisprudence has vanished: Justice AP Shah
Justice Shah delivered a lecture at an event organized to honour Justice Hosbet Suresh and to speak about the decline of the Supreme Court
Brinda Karat asks Police Commissioner to act against communal activity in Shiv Vihar
Non-festive, aggressive processions sloganeering ‘Jai Shri Ram, Har Har Mahadev’ taken out after dark, in sensitive area of North East Delhi
Natasha Narwal of Pinjra Tod gets bail in Delhi riots case
Narwal has been accused of various offences under the Indian Penal Code as well as the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act
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