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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
Tablighi Jamaat: K’taka HC conditionally quashes criminal cases against 9 foreigners
They are to leave the country immediately and not to return to India for a decade
SC directs Allahabad HC to decide on Kafeel Khan’s habeas corpus plea in 15 days
The bench lead by the Chief Justice of India said that personal liberty has always been a priority
NFIW report on Jamia violence finds men and women were sexually assaulted
Even a chemical gas that left people unconscious and immobile was also used but was unidentified as no blood test was carried out to ascertain its properties
UP’s crime graph rises further, BJP politician Sanjay Khokhar shot dead
The former district president was out for a morning walk in his own farm in Baghpat when he was killed
Bom HC questions how Raut and Teltumbde can have same blood pressure and pulse rate
The medical reports submitted by Taloja jail authorities mention the same height, weight, BMI and other health parameters.
Tribunal Rules 2020 violate basic structure of Constitution: Madras Bar Association
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court for setting aside the rules for being in contravention of the apex court’s previous judgment as well
SC to hear 2009 contempt of court case against Prashant Bhushan on merits
Bhushan has said that he used the word ‘corruption’ to describe lack of propriety among SC judges in an interview to Tehelka
Thousands condemn Delhi Police interrogation of Prof. Apoorvanand
The noted DU professor and activist was questioned by Special Branch as a part of investigations into the NE Delhi riots
Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Plea seeks permission to lead evidence
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SC issues notice to NHRC, Centre; asks if state Commissions are functioning
This notice has been issued in an application filed by Abhishek Manu Singhvi seeking revival of the monumental DK Basu case in the light of rising custodial deaths
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