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5-judge SC bench to hear on July 11 pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370Nearly four years after the government abrogated Article 370 that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India..IndiaTimes - Published | |
LG not approving officer's transfer: AAP govt to SCAfter getting legislative and executive rights over "services" through a constitution bench judgment, the AAP government told the Supreme Court on Friday that the lieutenant governor was acting in..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Ex-Maharashtra Governor Defends Move To Call Floor Test, Says Had No Options As Uddhav ResignedCJI-led Constitution Bench on Thursday said that former Maharashtra Governor BS Koshiyari erred in concluding that the then CM Uddhav had lost support of Shiv Sena MLAs.Zee News - Published | |
Maha political crisis: SC refers Sena vs Sena to larger Constitution benchThe apex court was delivering its judgment in the case of the defection of 16 MLAs in June 2022 from the then Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena. The Thackeray faction had sought disqualification of the..Mid-Day - Published | |
Delhi Govt Wins 'Power' Battle With Centre, SC Grants Control Over ServicesThe five-judge constitution bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud refused to agree with the 2019 judgment of Justice Ashok Bhushan that the Delhi government has no power over the issue of services.Zee News - Published | |
SC five-judge constitution bench to pronounce verdict on Thursday on 2022 Maharashtra political rowThe Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Thursday on a clutch of cross-petitions filed by the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena pertaining to the 2022 Maharashtra..IndiaTimes - Published | |
2022 Maharashtra political crisis: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on ThursdayThe verdict relates to the fall of the three-party MVA government led by Thackeray following a revolt by Shinde. A five-judge constitution bench will announce the decision after nine days of arguments..IndiaTimes - Published | |
SC says it can dissolve marriage on ground of irretrievable breakdownThe Supreme Court on Monday held that it can dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said the apex court is empowered..IndiaTimes - Published | |
No error in junking Maratha quota, won’t review it: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has refused to re-examine its decision by which it had declared a Maharashtra law to grant reservation to Marathas unconstitutional, and said that there was no error in its 2021..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court to hear if pleas challenging electoral bond scheme can be referred to constitution benchIndiaTimes - Published | |
Discontent In Political Party Not Sufficient Ground For Governor To Call For Floor Test: SC On Maharashtra CrisisA five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said while hearing on the events that unfolded during the June 2022 Maharashtra political crisisZee News - Published | |
Thackeray faction wanted Speaker to usurp powers of EC, Shinde bloc tells SCSenior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for the Shinde bloc of the erstwhile undivided Shiv Sena, told the bench that a nine-judge constitution bench of the apex court had in its 1994 verdict..Mid-Day - Published | |
Maharashtra issue falls within realm of politics, judiciary cannot be asked to adjudicate: Shinde faction tells SCShiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde's faction on Thursday told the Supreme Court that pleas related to the June 2022 Maharashtra political crisis fell within the realm of politics and judiciary cannot be..IndiaTimes - Published | Shinde govt formed in Maha due to SC orders: Uddhav faction tells apex courtSenior advocate A M Singhvi, representing the Thackeray camp, told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that the orders of the top court dated June 27, 2022 and June..Mid-Day - Published |
Supreme Court proceedings to be transcribed live on experimental basisThe live transcription has been launched in the court room of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud. The Constitution bench proceedings will be transcribed from Tuesday and given to lawyers for..IndiaTimes - Published | 2022 Maharashtra crisis: SC declines to refer pleas to larger bench for reconsideration of 2016 Nabam Rebia orderIn 2016, a five-judge Constitution bench, while deciding the Nabam Rebia case of Arunachal Pradesh, had held that the assembly speaker cannot proceed with a plea for disqualification of MLAs if a prior..IndiaTimes - Published |
Article 370 to be Restored or Not? Supreme Court to Consider Listing Pleas Challenging Abrogation of J&K Special StatusSeveral petitions challenging the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 and the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 were referred to a Constitution Bench in 2019.Zee News - Published | From Ayodhya verdict to triple talaq: All about former SC judge S Abdul Nazeer appointed as Andhra Pradesh governorJustice Syed Abdul Nazeer was part of a five-judge Constitution bench, which had in November 2019 paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya and directed the..DNA - Published |
Supreme Court to reconsider 1962 ruling on Bohra practiceThe Supreme Court on Friday held that its earlier constitution bench judgment allowing Dawoodi Bohra community to excommunicate its dissidents needed to be re-examined and referred the case to be..IndiaTimes - Published | Privacy policy: SC asks WhatsApp to publicise undertaking given to Centre in 2021The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed WhatsApp to publicise its undertaking given to the Centre in 2021 that it will not limit functionality for users not agreeing to its new privacy policy. A..IndiaTimes - Published |
Constitution bench to hear challenges to nikah halalaIndiaTimes - Published | SC to set up fresh 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy, `nikah halala` among MuslimsThe apex court had in July 2018 considered the plea and referred the matter to a Constitution bench already tasked with hearing a batch of similar petitions.Zee News - Published |
Delhi L-G VK Saxena `acting like tribal chieftain` to `appease his big boss`: Manish SisodiaDelhi L-G Vs AAP: DyCM Sisodia said that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi "simply does not care for and is absolutely apathetic towards the principles of democracy, the Constitution, and the..Zee News - Published | 'Protest, theatrics can't take place when constitution bench is hearing', Centre to SC on row over servicesnewKerala.com - Published |
Letter to CJI a follow-up of MoP: Rijiju to KejriwalInclusion of a member of the government in collegiums for appointment of judges in SC and HCs flows from the new MoP as suggested by the constitution bench after it struck down the NJAC, law minister..IndiaTimes - Published | Who is real Shiv Sena? SC to hear batch of pleas by Uddhav Thackeray, Eknath Shinde factions on Valentine`s DayUddhav Thackeray-led group told the apex court that there is an unconstitutional government running in Maharashtra. In August, the top court`s three-judge bench had referred to a five-judge..Zee News - Published |
Govt can't be held liable for a mantri's hate speech: CourtThis ruling was given by four of the five judges in the Constitution bench - Justices S Abdul Nazeer, B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian. The other judge on the bench, Justice B V Nagarathna,..IndiaTimes - Published | All conversions cannot be illegal, says SC on MP lawThe SG said that the law in question did not prohibit either marriage or conversion, its ambit restricted to requiring people to inform district magistrate 60 days in advance about their decision to..IndiaTimes - Published |
Right to free speech cannot be curtailed further: Supreme CourtThe reference of “curbing free speech of public functionaries” to a Constitution bench was prompted by the statement of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who, as urban development minister in UP..IndiaTimes - Published | PM, CM do not have disciplinary control over members of council of ministers: SCPrime minister or a chief minister does not have disciplinary control over the members of the council of ministers and it is not possible at all times for them to take the whip whenever a disparaging..IndiaTimes - Published |
2016 demonetisation exercise well-intentioned but was an unlawful move: Lone dissenting judgeThe 2016 demonetisation exercise passed muster with four of the five judges on the Constitution bench validating it, but Justice B V Nagarathna declared it illegal by terming unlawful all three..IndiaTimes - Published | People’s woes no ground to junk 2016 demonetisation: SC in 4-1 judgmentA five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, by a 4-1 majority, validated on Monday the controversial November 8, 2016, decision of the Union government to demonetise currency notes of Rs 500..IndiaTimes - Published |
Centre empowered to demonetise 'all' series of bank notes under RBI Act: SCA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer, which upheld the Centre's 2016 demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes by a 4:1 majority verdict, said a statute must be..IndiaTimes - Published | Demonetisation verdict - SC rejects pleas challenging govt's 2016 note ban decision: Key pointsA 5-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected challenge by 58 petitions to the Union government's 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes saying the..IndiaTimes - Published |
SC verdict on pleas against demonetisation on MondayA five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench will on January 2, the first day of business after winter break, deliver its judgment on a bunch of petitions which had challenged the Union government’s..IndiaTimes - Published | Supreme Court to decide on pleas against note ban on January 2, 1st day after winter breakAn SC Constitution bench will on January 2, the first day of business after winter break, deliver its judgment on a bunch of petitions which had challenged the Union government’s November 8, 2016..IndiaTimes - Published |
Public servants can be convicted in corruption case based on circumstantial evidence: SCThe Supreme Court on Thursday said a public servant can be convicted for illegal gratification in a corruption case on the basis of circumstantial evidence when there is no direct oral or documentary..IndiaTimes - Published | SC reserves order on demonetisation plea, asks Centre, RBI to present related recordsThe Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and Reserve Bank of India to place before it the records pertaining to the 2016 demonetisation decision in a sealed envelope. Hearing a batch of..IndiaTimes - Published |
‘Not thoughtless’: In SC, RBI backs government on demonetisationAppearing before a five-judge constitution bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer, B R Gavai, A S Bopanna, V Ramasubramanian and B V Nagarathna, senior advocate Jaideep Gupta submitted that it was “an..IndiaTimes - Published | SC begins demonetisation hearing: Chidambaram says a flawed drive that caused hardshipA five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench on Thursday hinted at laying guidelines for future demonetisation as it commenced hearing on a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the Union..IndiaTimes - Published |
SC agrees to form constitution bench to hear pleas against polygamy, 'nikah-halala'newKerala.com - Published | Judiciary can’t interfere in selection of CEC, ECs: GovernmentResponding to the apprehension expressed by the Constitution bench that under the present system the government would pick and appoint ‘yes men’ who may not go against it, attorney general R..IndiaTimes - Published |
Supreme Court wants election commissioner Arun Goel’s appointment fileNoting that Arun Goel was appointed election commissioner (EC) just days after a Constitution bench began hearing the case on a batch of pleas seeking a “fair and transparent” mechanism for..IndiaTimes - Published | Supreme Court asks Centre for file related to appointment of Election CommissionerArun Goel was appointed as Election Commissioner on November 19. A five-judge Constitution bench headed said it wants to know whether there was any "hanky panky" in Goel's appointment as election..Zee News - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes |
CEC must be apolitical, strong and beyond influence, says Supreme CourtA five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar, which is hearing a batch of petitions seeking its direction to insulate the poll..IndiaTimes - Published | SC to hear PIL against judge appointment systemThe Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list for hearing a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the judge-selecting-judge collegium system, a mechanism which was created by the SC through two..IndiaTimes - Published |
More legal battles likely on EWS criteria, 50% quota capThough a five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench approved 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) by a 3:2 majority, one more round of litigation seems to be on the horizon pertaining to..IndiaTimes - Published | Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of EWS quota in 3:2 verdict: What the judges said in favour and againstA five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice U U Lalit pronounced four separate verdicts on 40 petitions challenging the EWS quota.DNA - Published |