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Matching EVMs With VVPATs: SC Lashes Out at Election Commission
25 Mar 2019
No institution, including judiciary, can insulate itself from suggestion for improvement, said Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
Live Law
Sabarimala: SC Dismisses Kerala Govt's Plea to Transfer Petitions Before HC to Itself
25 Mar 2019
Apex court asks state government to approach High Court for modifications of interim directions. The state government had claimed HC interference was affecting measures adopted by it to protect…
Sumedha Pal
Changes to Indian Forests Act: How Modi is Trying to Subvert FRA
23 Mar 2019
The government, after making changes to the Forest Rights Act, is in the process of overhauling the Indian Forests Act, giving more powers to police officials and opening forests for commercial…
Live Law
Huge Vacancies in Police: SC Urges High Courts to Register Suo Motu PILs
22 Mar 2019
The writ petition was filed by Manish Kumar in 2013, contending that the law and order situation had deteriorated due to large number of vacancies in the police service at all levels.
Live Law
Bandhs/Road/Rail Blockades Illegal and Unconstitutional: Gauhati HC
20 Mar 2019
Organisers must be prosecuted, said the High Court Bench, in a set of guidelines it has issued.
Saurav Datta
Electoral Bonds: Experts Scoff at Modi Govt’s Claims of Transparency in Political Funding
19 Mar 2019
The Centre denied allegations that the amendments and subsequent notification seek to create an anonymous and secretive mechanism for increasing the wealth of political parties or bring in…
IANS
NCLAT Blow to Ruias, Essar Steel to go to ArcelorMittal
18 Mar 2019
A fresh legal challenge in Supreme Court may be mounted by the Ruia family to retain control of the steel entity, said sources.
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Centre’s Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami of J&K Illegal, Says PUDR
18 Mar 2019
The civil rights organisation said the ban was part of the “ongoing repression” and pointed out that UAPA, under which the JeI has been banned, stresses on the primacy of “grounds, which was not…
Saurav Datta
Teesta Setalvad Case: Supreme Court Expresses Astonishment at Gujarat High Court Judgement
14 Mar 2019
The apex court bench issued notice, stayed the high court’s observations, and directed tagging of the case with an earlier and related matter.
Saurav Datta
Babri Case: ‘We Will Express Reservations Against Ravi Shankar’s Appointment’
12 Mar 2019
Fuzail Ayubi, who is representing one of the Muslim parties to the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid title dispute, spoke to NewsClick on the constitutionality of the SC decision to send it for mediation, what it…