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J&K retained an element of internal sovereignty — what Justice Kaul said in Article 370 judgment

In separate but concurring opinion, Justice Kaul also recommends setting up panel to probe human rights violations in J&K, both by state and non-state actors.

J&K ‘surrendered’ sovereignty in 1949, Article 370 a temporary provision — breakdown of SC judgment

Top court finds fault in process by which Parliament sought to interpret Article 367 to substitute 'Constituent Assembly' with 'State Legislative Assembly' in Article 370(3).

After Article 370 judgment, solicitor general praises Modi’s ‘iron will’, Shah’s ‘brilliant strategy’

Tushar Mehta says abrogation of Article 370 reversed a ‘Himalayan constitutional blunder’, adds that Monday was a historic day for him too.

‘Culmination of integration’ — SC upholds abrogation of Article 370 that gave J&K special status

A 5-judge bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud has asked Election Commission to conduct elections in J&K by September 2024, saying they can't be put on hold until statehood is restored.

Woman can be ‘karta’ or head of a Hindu Undivided Family, rules Delhi HC

Upholding single judge's order, HC bench says 2005 amendment to Hindu Succession Act gave women all the rights a coparcener has, including right to be a karta.

Chief secretary must comply with directions of Delhi government, says Supreme Court

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said that the actions or inactions of a chief secretary must not put the elected government at a ‘standstill.’

SC seeks govt data on illegal immigration to Assam & N-E states post-1971, steps taken to curb it

Five-judge bench is hearing challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act by Assam indigenous groups. Court also seeks details on extent of border-fencing and timeline to finish it.

Three SC judges are set to retire by May 2024. Here are the key cases pending their decisions

From abrogation of Article 370 to whether there should be sub-quotas in the SC/ST reservation, Justices S.K. Kaul, Aniruddha Bose, & A.S. Bopanna have several cases pending before them. 

UP DSP was suspended twice for filing closure report in SC/ST case. Then HC came to his rescue

Setting aside charge sheet & govt proceedings against DSP Abhishek Yadav, Allahabad HC called it a ‘glaring case of exercise of administrative discretion to be vitiated for malice in law’.

‘Rules disregarded’ in listing of sensitive cases in SC — lawyer Dushyant Dave writes to CJI

Dave says the cases include ‘matters involving human rights, freedom of speech, democracy, and functioning of statutory and constitutional institutions’. Letter written Wednesday.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

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?