LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a protest amid ‘Bihar bandh’ called by the INDIA bloc against Special Intensive Revision in the state, in Patna. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A storm is brewing in Bihar’s political landscape months ahead of the assembly election as Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the screening of the film “Udaipur Files”, a movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal’s murder case.A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi said, “Let the film be released,” while asking the petitioner to raise the matter to “the regular…
NEW DELHI: Countering petitions filed in Supreme Court challenging Election Commission’s decision for special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls, a PIL has been filed in the court for a direction to the poll panel to conduct SIRs across the country at regular intervals, particularly before elections, to ensure that only Indian citizens cast…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to grant early hearing of a batch of pleas against the Election Commission‘s drive for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.The petitions will be heard on Thursday (July 10).Bihar’s main opposition parties, Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress party, have also…
Ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud (File photo) With Supreme Court taking an unusual step of asking the govt to take back the official bungalow of CJI at 5, Krishna Menon Marg, officials are hopeful of the situation sorting out itself sparing them of an unpleasant task of serving eviction notice to a former CJI. Media reports…
Supreme Court Justice granted the government and the Attorney-General’s office until Tuesday to reach a compromise on Netanyahu’s proposal to appoint Zini as head of the Shin Bet. Source link
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, calling the process a direct threat to democratic rights. In a scathing critique, Moitra accused the poll body of acting at the behest…
The three-judge panel held that the gender-change certificate the petitioner received in 2021 “remains valid,” and any new certificate must follow the ministry’s ordinary procedure. Source link
Kapil Sibal (PTI photo/ file) NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court’s in-house inquiry report against Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Varma “has no constitutional relevance” and cannot be the basis for any impeachment proceedings, as the Constitution only recognises the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968 as…
The judges intended to clarify whether to uphold, change, or reject an advisory opinion based on the AG’s opinion regarding Netanyahu’s potential conflict of interest in hiring Zini. Source link
