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Centre reserves 27% seats for OBCs, 10% for EWS in medical schools even as Constitution Bench examines 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe OBC students from across the country will now be able to avail of this reservation in AIQ Scheme to compete for seats in any state
SC 9-judge bench to frame issues related to discrimination against women in religion, including Sabarimala Temple, on 3 Feb
• 5 years agoConstitution bench will consider issues related to entry of Muslim women into mosques, female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community and barring of Parsi women, married to non-Parsi men, from the holy fire place at Agiary
India, Jammu and Kashmir constitutions worked 'hand in hand' for 70 years, petitioners challenging abrogation of Article 370, tell SC
Fp Staff • 5 years agoOn day five of the hearing in the Supreme Court of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the petitioners sought to emphasise the powers vested with the Assembly of the erstwhile state as was defined in the Instrument of Accession when the region joined India in 1947. They also argued that the Indian Constitution and Jammu and Kashmir's constitution had been working in tandem through Article 370.
SC grants Centre four weeks to file response to pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in J&K; matter listed for 14 November
Fp Staff • 5 years agoReferring a clutch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to Constitution bench, the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted four weeks time to the Centre to file its response in the batch of petitions
SC Constitution Bench to commence hearing of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir today
• 5 years agoA five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is all set to commence from Tuesday, the crucial hearing on the challenges mounted against the legal validity of the Centre's abrogation of Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Daily Bulletin: Amit Shah to address seminar on NRC in Kolkata today; SC to hear batch of pleas challenging scrapping of Article 370; day's top stories and more
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHere are today's top stories: Amit Shah to visit Kolkata today; scheduled to address seminar on contentious NRC in West Bengal; 12th tranche of electoral bonds to be issued from today; day's top stories and more
SC rejects Vaiko's plea against Farooq Abdullah's detention; defers J&K cases to Tuesday, CJI says 'no time' due to Ayodhya hearings
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Supreme Court on Monday referred a clutch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to a Constitution Bench, which will take up the matter on Tuesday.
Ayodhya Case in Supreme Court: On day 32 of hearing, counsel for Muslim parties apologises for questioning 2003 Archaeological Survey of India report
• 5 years agoThe Muslim parties on Thursday apologised for questioning the authorship of the 2003 report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and also expressed regret in the Supreme Court for wasting the Constitution Bench’s time in the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute case.
Supreme Court cancels 29 January Ayodhya land dispute hearing due to non-availability of Justice SA Bobde
• 6 years agoThe five-judge bench hearing the Ayodhya case was reconstituted on 25 January as Justice UU Lalit, who was a member of the original bench, had recused himself from hearing the matter.
While Centre seeks 'justice' through triple talaq bill, activists question inaction over female genital mutilation
Neeradp • 6 years agoThe BJP has been strident in its opposition to triple talaq, including attempting to push through legislation criminalising the practice, but the saffron party has chosen to tread with caution on female genital mutilation (FGM), which is practised in the Bohra community, saying the case should be referred to a Constitution bench