Topic: Supreme Court
Dalit judge now in line to be CJI as Supreme Court gets 4 new justices
Modi government clears collegium recommendations to appoint Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose and A.S. Bopanna to top court.
Supreme Court grants BJP’s Barrackpore candidate protection from arrest till 28 May
The candidate Arjun Singh has 20 criminal cases against him & has sought protection given the recent violence in the state.
SC stays HC order disallowing black money law to operate retrospectively from July 2015
The Delhi HC in its interim order had stayed the Centre's notification to make black money law operational with effect from July 1, 2015.
Papers ‘ride’ on exit poll gains at Sensex, both HT & Express say they broke EC rift story
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Rs 95 lakh to Rs 9 crore: SC fines got its legal aid agency 10 times more cash in 2018-19
SC and high courts fine litigants and advocates for frivolous petitions and contempt of court, apart from the penalties handed out as part of judgments.
Supreme Court withdraws protection from arrest for former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar
The Supreme Court told the CBI to act in accordance with the law after it vacated its February order, but granted Rajeev Kumar seven days to look for a legal remedy in the Saradha chit fun scam case.
Supreme Court just destroyed the ‘merit’ argument upper castes use to oppose reservations
Before this judgment, there was confusion among policymakers on the scope of reservation in promotion policies.
Only elected bodies should run cricket, says Supreme Court-appointed mediator Narsimha
Former Additional Solicitor General PS Narsimha is confident that the BCCI will soon form a democratically elected body which will run cricket in India.
Amit Shah ‘dreams’ of growing lotus in violence-hit Bengal & SC ‘release’ order on meme case
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Statements of rape, sexual abuse victims shouldn’t be taken at face value: Bar Council head
Bar Council of India chairman says relying on woman's statement alone goes against spirit of justice. Comment comes in wake of sexual harassment charges against CJI Gogoi.
India matlab Narendra Modi: How the PM learnt branding from Coca-Cola
Modi has followed the marketing strategy of fast-moving consumer goods and sold himself as the biggest brand of ‘vikaspanthi’ politics.
Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?
Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.
Defence
Pakistan sends a ‘message’ to Modi, test-fires nuclear missile on day of his poll sweep
Pakistan tested ballistic missile Shaheen-II, which has a range of 1,500 km. Indian security experts say timing of the test clear signal to new govt.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.