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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
CAA is unconstitutional as it distinguishes on the basis of religion: Justice V.G Gowda
Says that amending a law after over 70 years of independence in a country where 50 percent people are unlettered and do not maintain records, is problematic
Two Congress MPs dissociate from the Standing Committee’s ECAA decision
Congress MPs and Standing Committee members Ulaka and Unnithan state that they were not present on March 18 when the implementation of ECAA was recommended in the report.
India seals all entry points along Myanmar border
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga holds virtual meet with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister, had also written to PM Modi asking political refugees be given asylum
Activists in Bangladesh are opposing Indian PM Modi’s visit
PMO said PM Modi is visiting Bangladesh on invitation of PM Sheikh Hasina, to commemorate birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Kerala Police file FIR against Enforcement Directorate team probing gold smuggling case
Team is accused of pressuring key accused Swapna Suresh to falsely implicate CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Hindu houses attacked in Bangladesh, two cases registered, hundreds sued
Attack in retaliation to a Facebook post by a Hindu man against Hefazat-e-Islam joint secretary general Mamunul Haque
Gurgaon’s no-meat Tuesdays are political, not sentimental
Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has announced that all meat shops in the city will remain closed on Tuesday
Jignesh Mevani demanded suspension of policeman involved in murder of Dalit activist
He was evicted from the Gujarat Assembly after he repeatedly interrupted the address of a BJP Minister, demanding arrest and suspension of the sub-inspector
Haryana passes recovery of damages to property bill, amidst slogans, by a voice vote
A similar law was passed by BJP led UP government after the anti-CAA protests in December 2019
Öztürk Türkdoğan, Co-chair of Human Rights Association Turkey arrested
Amnesty calls the arrest of human rights leader as a mockery of Erdogan’s “Human Rights Action Plan”, demands his release
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