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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 Bhushan and Cheryl Dsouza, said the practise of government making the appointments to the poll body ...

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 the power of state governments to declare Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) for grant...

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 consolidated case by eight petitioners that the constitution bears essential features on its basic structur...

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 grounds to the Places of Worship Act, 1991, now before the Supreme Court. We have by way of a public int...