Hearing petitions in Shiv Sena rift, apex court referred to larger bench question of whether Speaker can initiate disqualification proceedings when notice for their removal has been moved.
SC held Thursday that governor wrongly concluded Uddhav Thackeray had lost support of majority of Shiv Sena MLAs last year, but court did not restore him as CM since he had resigned.
Verdict came on a series of petitions filed by two factions of the Shiv Sena, after the Eknath Shinde group withdrew support to then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in 2022.
In 2018, the top court had also ruled that the President-appointed Lieutenant Governor could not act independently without the aid and advice of the Delhi government’s ministers.
Apex child rights body has, through an impleadment application, sought to assist the court in matter regarding use of state funding for religious minority education.
Manipur, Sikkim and five other states have responded to central government's call for their opinions on same-sex marriage. Rajasthan says 'it can cause disharmony'.
Procreation is not a condition for social acceptance of marriage or its legal validity, says Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud while hearing a batch of petitions.
Tribunal was hearing application by Delhi resident claiming violation of compensatory plantation scheme and construction carried out without approval of Delhi Urban Art Commission.
Bench said it was issuing direction for publication of notices in newspapers so that none of the convicts argue that they weren’t served or intimated about the case.
Ratan Tata’s political naiveté and his complete inability to engage in the ‘deal-fixing’ culture of Indian businesses made him a great ally during the PepsiCo battle of the 1980s.
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.
Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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