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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
Battleground Bengal: Security adviser’s powers seized
After transferring senior cops, is the Center engaging in another powerplay to show Mamata Banerjee who’s the boss?
Battleground Bengal: Notes from Furfura Sharif and village bylanes
An expanse of lush green paddy fields on both...
SC dismisses Andhra CM’s complaint against Justice NV Ramana
Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had complained to CJI Bobde that Justice Ramana was trying to influence the state judiciary to destabilise the government
Assam elections: Akhil Gogoi in jail, elderly ailing mother leads the campaign
Thousands of people head to Sivasagar in support of the jailed activist
EC orders UP govt to suspend IAS officer for power misuse in Bengal polls
The Election Commission has said that disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against Narendra Prasad Pandey under India Service Rules
Parliament passes GNCTD Bill by voice vote; Opposition stages walkout in RS
The Bill passed by Lok Sabha on March 22 and has been contested by the Opposition as well as the ruling AAP government of Delhi for usurping powers of the elected government
Can detain activists, cannot detain anger: Jignesh Mevani
On Ambedkar Jayanti, activists will “free encroached land of Dalits in 14 villages of Gujarat”, continue seeking justice for Amrabhai Boricha
UP: ‘Unsuitable” to continue as public servants, 3 IPS officer get retirement orders
Inspector General Amitabh Thakur, currently posted as the Joint Director Civil Defence, two others have been retired
SC expresses concern over the possible misuse electoral bonds, reserves its order on the matter
Attorney General KK Venugopal, claims that after electoral bonds were launched in 2018, black money in election funding, has been kept under check
SC directs Param Bir Singh to approach Bombay HC
Singh had moved SC demanding an “unbiased, uninfluenced, impartial and fair investigation” into the allegedly “corrupt malpractices” of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh
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