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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
NE Delhi violence: Activists write to President about controversial police order
Letter questions impartiality of the investigation authority and fears one community is being placated
Gujarat: 6 policemen accused of custodial murder of Telangana man remain untraceable
The hopes of recovering the remains of the victim are bleak, but all circumstantial evidence make up the facts in the case, as per the ACP who is the complainant in the FIR
No updates from hospital, prison: Varavara Rao’s family appeals to NHRC again
The aged poet has multiple ailments now, but family fears he may be declared ‘stable’ and sent back to Taloja Jail after Covid-19 treatment is over
A tale of two tweets: Contempt proceedings by SC against Prashant Bhushan
The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognisance of two tweets that are deemed to be amounting to criminal contempt of the court
Journalism is a hazardous profession in Uttar Pradesh
The list of instances of violent attacks, and harassment of media continues to grow
Social media use by Guj cops under the scanner?
DGP says policemen do not enjoy same rights as other government officials and citizens
What’s going to happen to CAA now?
Deadline to fix rules for implementation of the act lapses at it has been over 6-months since the passage of the act and issue of notification
Stunned, speechless and ashamed: Lalita Ramdas reacts to NIA comments on Varavara Rao
NIA told Bombay High Court that Rao is trying to take undue advantage of Covid-19 and his old age to seek bail
Araria rape survivor granted bail, activist-supporters still in jail
A judge had sent her to judicial custody along with two women’s rights activists for ‘contempt of court’
“No place for encounter in a country governed by rule of law”: Justice Deepak Gupta
In an online interview with The Wire, the recently retired judge of the Supreme Court indicated how all pillars of a democracy have a part to play in re-instilling people’s faith in law
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