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.
In 2016, SC had held that Speaker cannot decide disqualification proceedings filed under anti-defection law against MLAs when a resolution seeking him/her removal is pending.
The 2016 ruling says a speaker can't initiate disqualification proceedings against MLAs if a notice for her/his removal is pending. It came to rescue of MLAs led by Eknath Shinde last year.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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