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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
SC grants Prashant Bhushan time before sentencing
Power-packed proceedings, where Bhushan put his opponents on the backfoot several times
Justice delivery must be Constitutional
Activist and journalist, Teesta Setalvad pens this blog expressing solidarity with senior advocate and human rights defender, Prashant Bhushan
I submit to any penalty which the court may inflict: Prashant Bhushan
Senior advocate makes submission at sentence hearing before HC in contempt of court case
Prashant Bhushan contempt case should be heard by at least a 5-judge bench: Justice Kurien Joseph
The former judge of the Supreme Court said that both the contempt cases against Bhushan involved substantial questions of law
Veteran politicians bat for Prashant Bhushan
Express solidarity with senior advocate saying SC decision may have “a chilling effect on free speech and expression of dissent”
Hum Dekhenge: Activists, lawyers and journalists stand in solidarity with Prashant Bhushan
Supreme Court will hear Senior Advocate on sentence on August 20, after it held him in contempt
Citizens for Democracy urges SC to reconsider decision on Prashant Bhushan
Statement expressing solidarity with senior advocate says tweets made by him were an expression of anguish felt by citizens who are at the receiving end of the brutal state power
Prashant Bhushan is an undeclared conscience keeper of the highest court: Odisha intellectuals
Yet another statement in support of Prashant Bhushan in connection with the contempt of court charges against him
Prashant Bhushan 2009 contempt case: Rajeev Dhavan pleads for reference to larger bench
The bench framed some questions to be considered during the course of the hearing and will decide whether to refer the case to a larger bench at the next hearing
A silenced Bar cannot lead to a strong court: Lawyers write to SC
Over 1300 lawyers write to SC against Prashant Bhushan’s conviction for contempt
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