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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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Eight Days Into the Hunger Strike JNU Students Health Fragile, VC Issues “Appeal”

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PM to Meet Jisha’s Mother in Kerala: Sorry, Delta, There Were No Elections in Rajasthan

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After the Deaths of Two Monks in Police Firing, NAPM Demands a Moratorium on Big Dams in Arunachal Pradesh

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Jisha’s Death Sparks Countrywide Protests

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Land Reforms Fail, 5% Of India’s Farmers Control 32% Land

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