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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

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Garment Workers in Tamil Nadu Win Minimum Wage Hike

The Madras High Court verdict on 15 July upholding...

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In Rural India, Less To Eat Than 40 Years Ago

Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Jayanta DevAs India’s 70th year of Independence...

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Written by Dilip Mandalपंडे-पुरोहित चला रहे हैं देश.हम गोमूत्र...

“You can silence me, but you cannot silence the truth”

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Abhisar Sharma to Srivastava and CBI: Bring it on

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‘Assassinations will not defeat reason’

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Why Gujarat appears to have fallen off the news map over the last two years

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