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Plea for independent panel to appoint EC members Updated: Updated: Govt. appointments to poll body violate Basic Structure of the Constitution, say petitioners Share Article Govt. appointments to poll body violate Basic Structure of the Constitution, say petitioners A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of an independent collegium to appoint members of the Election Commission. The plea filed by Association for Democratic Reforms, represented by advocates Prashant ...

Centre moves SC for review of verdict denuding states of power to declare SEBC SECTIONS Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 02:23 PM IST Share Synopsis The Centre has maintained that the amendment did not take away the power of the state governments to identify and declare SEBC and the two provisions which were inserted did not violated the federal structure. PTI The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of the May 5 majority verdict which held that 102nd Constitution amendment took away th...

The President’s inclusion of classes and communities in the Central List for SEBC “shall be deemed to include SEBCs in relation to each State and Union Territory”.

THE STANDARD NATIONAL Justices Teresia Matheka, George Odunga, Joel Ngugi, Jairus Ngaah and Chacha Mwita at a Court in Milimani on Thursday, May 13, 2021, delivering the judgement on eight consolidated petitions challenging the BBI Referendum. [Collins Kweyu, Standard] The High Court has annulled the BBI referendum process throwing the future of the initiative into uncertainty. A bench comprising Justices Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Jairus Ngaah, Teresia Matheka and Chacha Mwita upheld a consoli...

An Act of colourable legislation Updated: Updated: April 02, 2021 13:49 IST Enactment of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 in its current format damages the liberty of belief, faith and worship to all Share Article AAA Enactment of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 in its current format damages the liberty of belief, faith and worship to all In his article, The Hindu, March 29, 2021), Dushyant Dave, senior advocate of eminence, has articulated why he opposes the challenges on constitutional groun...

The parliament represents the <i>sovereign will of the people </i>and in law there is a <i>presumption of validity </i>in favour of legislations enacted by the Parliament/Legislatures(as has also been held in a...

Supreme Court stays Andhra HC order to study ‘constitutional breakdown’ in State Updated: Updated: Has anybody seen an order like this before? This is distrubing: CJI Share Article Has anybody seen an order like this before? This is distrubing: CJI The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an Andhra Pradesh High Court order intending to embark on a judicial enquiry into whether there is a constitutional breakdown in the State machinery under the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, requiring a declarati...

“The Constitution has set clear cut boundaries for the three organs of the government – the judiciary, the legislature and the executive. Each organ should honour these boundaries. No one should encroach on each other’s territories,” said Speaker Nana Patole. “…publicly, the legislature, secretariat, its secretaries and other officers responding to court notices and other correspondence means, in a way, accepting that the judiciary can keep a check on the legislature and it would be...

Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami Questioning the boundaries of the judiciary’s powers, both Houses of the Maharashtra State Legislature passed proposals Tuesday stating that they will not take cognizance of or reply to any notice sent by the High Court or the Supreme Court in the Breach of Privilege motion against Republic TV editor and anchor Both the proposals stated that replying to such notices could mean accepting that the judiciary can keep a check on the legislatu...