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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
She hit me so much that the helmet broke”: Pawan Rao Ambedkar on UP police
The activist who was released on bail last week, wasn’t even a part of the protest but was brutally attacked by the Lucknow cops
“As if Jama Masjid is in Pak”, Delhi Judge rebukes cops in Bhim Army Case
"You are behaving as if Jama Masjid is Pakistan. Even if it was Pakistan, you can go there and protest. Pakistan was a part of undivided India," a judge told Delhi Police.
Delhi HC dismisses PIL to reopen road near Shaheen Bagh
Arterial road connecting Delhi with NOIDA had been shut since December 15 in wake of anti-CAA protests
The policeman, the patsy and the true tale of terror
What does the arrest of Dy SP Davinder Singh mean for the Afzal Guru case as well as the wider narrative surrounding terror attacks in India?
Gov’t employee not devoid of right to free speech: Tripura HC
Court also observed that mere presence of a government employee at a political rally is not proof of participation
Plea against SC judgment in Bengal Madarsah case about minority institutions rights
The judgment declared valid law, few provisions of which were held to be unconstitutional by the Calcutta High Court on two occasions
CAA transfer petition: SC issues notice, will hear on January 22
The apex court had taken prima facie stand that high courts be allowed to adjudicate upon the cases challenging validity of CAA
The Supreme Court & the power to transfer cases: CAA 2019
As the SC today decides whether petitions against CAA should be transferred to it, let us have a look at its constitutional provisions on such transfers and its repercussions on rights based jurisprudence
Cyberabad Police slammed for replying to Twitter user’s tweet on ‘Jihadis’
People questioned the police’s implicit support to a tweet that could be termed as ‘Islamophobic’
Sadaf Jafar speaks to Sabrang India about her nightmarish experience in jail
The social activist was brutally beaten up and subject to communal abuse by police authorities
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