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Friday, June 21, 2024
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Topic: Supreme Court

There are 3 claims to Ayodhya — law, memory & faith. It’s not a simple Hindu-Muslim dispute

Each of the three parties – Sunni Wakf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla Virajman – has identified its own comfort zone in the grand claim for Ayodhya.

Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad questions SC for retaining collegium system

Ravi Shankar Prasad says there’s a need to resurrect the NJAC proposal, which was struck down by Supreme Court despite being passed by Parliament.

Why civil services exams in some states have had higher cut-offs for SC/ST & OBC applicants

Is there any constitutional provision that allows the cut-off marks for the reserved categories to go above the general category

Clamour for NRC not different from the notion that more Muslims mean threat to Hindu society

By authorising NRC in Assam, the Supreme Court has only exacerbated people’s tendency to question their fellow Indians’ belongingness.

Has Indian cricket administration become messier after Supreme Court involvement in 2015?

Former cricketer and BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has said that Indian cricket should be run by administrators and not the Supreme Court, days before BCCI is scheduled to hold elections for the first time since January 2017.

I applaud Aarey activists. I wish I could do the same for Supreme Court

Whether it’s Aarey or Kashmir or Ayodhya, we find almost every day a new example of how far the executive manages to find its echo inside the Supreme Court.

Recusal has become a selective call of morality for Supreme Court judges

Several Supreme Court judges, including CJI Gogoi, withdrew from activist Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea case. But judges don’t recuse when they should.

Modi govt’s Citizenship Amendment Bill silent on rights of Gorkhas, Koch Rajbongshis & Bodos

The Citizenship Amendment Bill is no answer to Assam's unresolved immigration and citizenship issues.

All will respect Supreme Court decision on Ayodhya, says UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

CM Adityanath had earlier said there would be "very good news", but later dismissed it to say he was talking about a 'deepotsav' to be held in Ayodhya on Diwali.

Supreme Court stays Aarey felling: Is it prioritising trees over Kashmir & civil liberties?

The Supreme Court Monday stayed the cutting of trees in Aarey for Mumbai metro. The SC order came on a PIL filed as a letter by a law student Sunday.

On Camera

PM’s 100-day agenda may have to jettison core issues for coalition partners

Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.

PM’s economic advisor asks if India needs a new poverty line, says multidimensional index not enough

Bibek Debroy, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, also suggested that analysing inequality at the state level might provide a clearer picture of inequality, as a national estimate could be misleading.

China does a Galwan in South China Sea, Coast Guard carries spears and knives

Pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in 2020.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.