These pending matters include questions on private property, regulation of industrial alcohol, appointment of arbitrators and whether royalty for extracted minerals is a ‘tax’.
Supreme Court in its electoral bonds judgment observed that political 'contributions enhance access to legislators which translates into influence over policymaking'.
SC says 1962 ruling upholding sedition was on basis of narrow understanding of fundamental rights then, declines govt request to defer hearings in light of pending bill to replace IPC.
A Constitution Bench of SC is hearing a batch of petitions against the presidential orders that made Article 370 inoperative in August 2019 and bifurcated J&K into two UTs.
Professors from NLSIU, Seattle University School of Law & University of Chicago Law School say in cases they studied, chief justices assigned 88% Constitution bench cases to themselves.
SC examined 6 issues in its demonetisation verdict. It ruled that RBI Act had 'inbuilt safeguard', said court didn't sit in ‘judgment over matters’ of economic policy.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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