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Dec 13, 2018
Governor's Rule to end in Jammu & Kashmir on 19 Dec; President's Rule to come into force if state machinery isn't restored in time
Under the Governor's rule, the State Assembly is either kept in suspended animation or dissolved. If it is not possible to restore state machinery before the expiry of the six-month duration, the provision is extended. -
Dec 06, 2018
Witness Protection Scheme: SC directs Centre to implement law ‘in letter, spirit’; says majority of acquittals due to witness hostility
The top court said that Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 shall be the 'law' under Article 141 and 142 of the Constitution, till the enactment of suitable parliamentary or state legislations on the subject. -
Nov 27, 2018
Samvidhan Divas: CJI Ranjan Gogoi invokes importance of Constitution, warns of 'chaos' if its advice goes unheeded
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday said it was in "our best interest" to heed the advice of the Constitution as not doing so would result in a "sharp descent into chaos". -
Nov 26, 2018
Supreme Court refuses to entertain fresh petition against Article 370, says matter already part of pending pleas
The petition has alleged that due to vote bank politics, successive governments did nothing to repeal Article 370 and Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir was adopted much after the Indian Constitution came into force. -
Nov 26, 2018
Ayodhya ordinance: In light of manifest judicial inaction, Centre’s move can be questioned on morality, not legality
In addition to the legality, it is also democratically expedient for the government to take a call on this issue. -
Nov 16, 2018
The Brahminisation of justice or why our English-only Supreme Court needs a taste of linguistic democracy
The privilege that English enjoys in the Supreme Court needs to be diluted in order to make its portals accessible to those who speak languages different from the clipped and accented English of foreign-educated but exorbitantly expensive lawyers -
Nov 10, 2018
Narendra Modi in Chhattisgarh: By peddling untruths in Jagdalpur speech, PM undermined democracy's fundamental conventions
Modi was unsparing when he referred to the ‘urban Maoists’, breaking into English to use this phrase in a speech otherwise delivered in Hindi. -
Nov 02, 2018
'In Supreme Court, you must speak in English': CJI Ranjan Gogoi tells judge after hearing him argue in court in Hindi
A judge may hold his court in Hindi, but he must speak in English when addressing the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi reminded an additional district judge after hearing him argue his promotion plea in Hindi -
Oct 05, 2018
SC's Aadhaar verdict reiterates supremacy of Constitution, shows State can't intrude upon citizens' privacy
The Aadhaar judgment, read together with the privacy judgment reveal that the Supreme Court of India takes data protection and privacy seriously. -
Oct 03, 2018
SC's Sabarimala, Ayodhya, triple talaq verdicts: 'Essential part of religion' under Article 25 must adhere to doctrines of that religion
The absence of publicly available information on whether a mosque forms an essential part of Islam highlights that perhaps in Ismail Faruqui too, the Supreme Court did not engage adequately with this issue, prompting Justice Nazeer to dissent from the majority opinion in the instant case.
