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02/03/2023, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing On Plea Challenging Internet Shutdown In Rajasthan

Recently the Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan shut down internet services in several districts from February 25 to February 28 in view of a competitive examination for the recruitment of school teachers.  This comes a day after India topped the global list of internet shutdowns in democracies — with 84 shutdowns in 2022 — for […]

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21/02/2023, 7 months ago

Making law is not in our domain: Supreme Court reply to petition on uniform personal law

In the case of Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. UoI And Ors, the bench was held by supreme court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. Lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed 4 PIL and Lubna Qureshi filed one petition and Doris Martin filed one petition, the bench was hearing 6 petitions.  Senior […]

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16/02/2023, 7 months ago

Court accepts apology of Salman Khurshid, quashes FIR for controversial remark

 Almost everyone has watched the movie ShahenShah, Its famous dialogue “Rishte Me Toh hm unke Bap Lagte hai”  by Actor Amitabh Bachchan. But this dialogue uttered by Congress leader and Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid in the 2019  Lok Sabha election campaign in reference to the Current CM of UP Yogi Aditya Nath has landed him […]

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15/02/2023, 7 months ago

Parliament has power to convert state into UT, change boundaries: Supreme Court

The first part of the constitution talks about India’s official name and its states. In the same Article 3 of the constitution, it gives power to the parliament to form any new state and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of any existing state.   In the case of Haji Abdul Gani Khan vs Union of […]

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15/02/2023, 7 months ago

PIL before Supreme Court to fill vacant Deputy Speaker post in Lok Sabha, Legislative Assemblies

Article 93 defines the election of both speaker and deputy speaker of Lok Sabha and Article  178 provides the election of speaker and deputy speaker of the Legislative assembly of the state.  In absence of a speaker, the role of deputy speaker becomes most important to handle the Lok Sabha proceeding and Legislative Assemblies. But […]

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14/02/2023, 8 months ago

No Right to Vote for Nominated Member in MCD Mayor Election : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, presided over by DY Chandrachud, adjourned the hearing on the AAP and Shell Oberois’s petition until February 17th (Friday), in response to the Delhi lieutenant governor’s decision on whether to allow the nominated member to vote on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) or not.  DY Chandrachud’s bench also stated that “the […]

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12/12/2022, 10 months ago

Parliament passes Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act

In order to decrease the usage of energy derived from fossil fuels, the Rajya Sabha has approved a Bill to amend the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. Earlier, in August 2022, the Lok Sabha approved the bill.  The Energy Conservation Act of 2001 is being amended by the proposed bill. It encourages energy saving and efficiency. […]

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06/12/2022, 10 months ago

PIL against Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (UP Gangsters Act)

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (UP Gangsters Act)

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29/11/2022, 10 months ago

Article 25 does not include right to convert

According to the Central government, there is no fundamental right to convert people under the Constitution's protections for the free exercise and spread of all religions.

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