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CJI Chandrachud rebukes lawyer during poll bonds hearing | Video goes Viral | Oneindia News [Video]

CJI Chandrachud rebukes lawyer during poll bonds hearing | Video goes Viral | Oneindia News

Dramatic exchanges unfolded in the Supreme Court today as a Constitution bench convened to hear petitions alleging that the State Bank of India (SBI) had provided incomplete data following the landmark..

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SC verdict on Electoral Bonds: All about Electoral bonds and how they work | Explainer | Oneindia [Video]

SC verdict on Electoral Bonds: All about Electoral bonds and how they work | Explainer | Oneindia

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the electoral bond scheme - a mechanism that allows anonymous funding to political parties. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y..

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Article 370 Abrogation Case: CJI DY Chandrachud led SC bench reserves verdict | Oneindia News [Video]

Article 370 Abrogation Case: CJI DY Chandrachud led SC bench reserves verdict | Oneindia News

A 5-judge Constitution Bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the batch of petitions challenging the 2019 Presidential Order taking away the special status accorded..

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Ex-Maharashtra Governor Defends Move To Call Floor Test, Says Had No Options As Uddhav Resigned

CJI-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.
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Maha political crisis: SC refers Sena vs Sena to larger Constitution bench

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Delhi Govt Wins 'Power' Battle With Centre, SC Grants Control Over Services

The 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.
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SC five-judge constitution bench to pronounce verdict on Thursday on 2022 Maharashtra political row

The 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..
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2022 Maharashtra political crisis: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Thursday

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SC says it can dissolve marriage on ground of irretrievable breakdown

The 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..
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No error in junking Maratha quota, won’t review it: Supreme Court

The 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..
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Discontent In Political Party Not Sufficient Ground For Governor To Call For Floor Test: SC On Maharashtra Crisis

A 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 crisis
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Thackeray faction wanted Speaker to usurp powers of EC, Shinde bloc tells SC

Senior 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..
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Maharashtra issue falls within realm of politics, judiciary cannot be asked to adjudicate: Shinde faction tells SC

Shiv 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..
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Shinde govt formed in Maha due to SC orders: Uddhav faction tells apex court

Senior 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..
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Supreme Court proceedings to be transcribed live on experimental basis

The 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..
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2022 Maharashtra crisis: SC declines to refer pleas to larger bench for reconsideration of 2016 Nabam Rebia order

In 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..
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Article 370 to be Restored or Not? Supreme Court to Consider Listing Pleas Challenging Abrogation of J&K Special Status

Several 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.
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From Ayodhya verdict to triple talaq: All about former SC judge S Abdul Nazeer appointed as Andhra Pradesh governor

Justice 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..
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Supreme Court to reconsider 1962 ruling on Bohra practice

The 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..
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Privacy policy: SC asks WhatsApp to publicise undertaking given to Centre in 2021

The 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..
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SC to set up fresh 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy, `nikah halala` among Muslims

The 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.
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Delhi L-G VK Saxena `acting like tribal chieftain` to `appease his big boss`: Manish Sisodia

Delhi 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..
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Letter to CJI a follow-up of MoP: Rijiju to Kejriwal

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Who is real Shiv Sena? SC to hear batch of pleas by Uddhav Thackeray, Eknath Shinde factions on Valentine`s Day

Uddhav 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..
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Govt can't be held liable for a mantri's hate speech: Court

This 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,..
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All conversions cannot be illegal, says SC on MP law

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Right to free speech cannot be curtailed further: Supreme Court

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PM, CM do not have disciplinary control over members of council of ministers: SC

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2016 demonetisation exercise well-intentioned but was an unlawful move: Lone dissenting judge

The 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..
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People’s woes no ground to junk 2016 demonetisation: SC in 4-1 judgment

A 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..
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Centre empowered to demonetise 'all' series of bank notes under RBI Act: SC

A 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..
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Demonetisation verdict - SC rejects pleas challenging govt's 2016 note ban decision: Key points

A 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..
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SC verdict on pleas against demonetisation on Monday

A 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..
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Supreme Court to decide on pleas against note ban on January 2, 1st day after winter break

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Public servants can be convicted in corruption case based on circumstantial evidence: SC

The 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..
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SC reserves order on demonetisation plea, asks Centre, RBI to present related records

The 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..
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‘Not thoughtless’: In SC, RBI backs government on demonetisation

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SC begins demonetisation hearing: Chidambaram says a flawed drive that caused hardship

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Judiciary can’t interfere in selection of CEC, ECs: Government

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Supreme Court asks Centre for file related to appointment of Election Commissioner

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CEC must be apolitical, strong and beyond influence, says Supreme Court

A 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..
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SC to hear PIL against judge appointment system

The 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..
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More legal battles likely on EWS criteria, 50% quota cap

Though 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..
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Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of EWS quota in 3:2 verdict: What the judges said in favour and against

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice U U Lalit pronounced four separate verdicts on 40 petitions challenging the EWS quota.
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