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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

जेएनयू छात्र दिलीप यादव के समर्थन में आए लोगों का सोशल मीडिया पर फूटा गुस्सा

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Elderly man assaulted for not standing up during Dangal’s National Anthem scene

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Why the terror trap lures educated Muslims more than madrasa products

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Appoint National Human Rights Commission DG within a week: Supreme Court to Centre

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to appoint...

‘Nothing Anti-National Here:’ Women’s Press Corps to Members

 New 'Patriotic' Rules of Women's Press Corps Stump Journalists   TV-18...

‘We who Believe in Freedom cannot rest until it comes’

Full text of legendery activist Angela Davis at the...

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Madras HC slams ‘shariat council’ for assuming powers of court and settling cases

The bench was issuing further orders based on a...

Moditva: A Sophisticated and Malevolent Regime and Emerging Political System

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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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“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

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