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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
Sudarshan News defends show calling it investigative journalism; Centre says regulate digital media first
The Centre submitted in its affidavit that electronic media already has sufficient framework to follow
K’taka HC pulls up state govt for delays in investigating SC/ST Act cases
The court sought several details from the state to check the implementation of the provisions of the Act
Over 3,000 UAPA cases and only 821 chargesheets!
MHA submission in Rajya Sabha also reveals shocking figures of detentions under draconian provisions of UAPA and NSA.
Order a judicial probe into Delhi riots: Opposition leaders to President Kovind
Senior Opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind, and demanded judicial probe by sitting or retired Judge
SC asks states about CCTV cameras in police stations
The directions about CCTV cameras and an oversight committee were earlier issued in a 2018 case decided by the apex court
I should have remembered Gandhians have lost favour with this regime: Julio Ribeiro
Retired top-cop Ribeiro reads the riot act to, and shares policing lessons with ‘brother officer’, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava
Do not be scared, raise your voice against injustice: Dr Umar Khalid
Dr Umar Khalid recorded this video statement just before his arrest on Sunday
UP’s Special Security Force Act: The good, the bad, the ugly
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This ‘investigation’ is a criminal conspiracy by Delhi Police: Activists
Activists demand immediate end to the ‘investigation’ into the February 2020 communal violence and the setting up of a judicial enquiry commission to punish the real culprits and ensure justice
Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict likely on September 30
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