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West Bengal pay panel proposes 5% annual increment, 11-year pension restorationWest Bengal's seventh pay commission will revise employee pay and benefits. It aims for pay parity with central government employees and im...
Rights forum report seeks restoration of J&K statehoodA human rights forum released a report on the seventh anniversary of Article 370's abrogation. The report recommends restoring full stateho...
SC seeks ECI's response on MDMK's plea against SIR in Tamil NaduThe Supreme Court is reviewing a plea against Tamil Nadu's electoral roll revision. Several political parties have also approached the apex...
Election Commission ready for 'One Nation One Election' with 6-month notice, says panel chiefExpressing a readiness for simultaneous polls, the Election Commission has stated that it can proceed with just six months' notice. Ongoing...
Six former CJIs said simultaneous elections won't undermine federalism, Constitution: JPC chiefMembers of the parliamentary panel, comprising legal specialists, concluded that One Nation One Election adheres to constitutional framewor...
NSE IPO: Why investors should look beyond trading volumes before buying the stockNSE IPO: Stock exchanges operate on a distinct business model from sectors such as banking, manufacturing, or technology. They neither lend...
SC bats for creation of young lawyers' professional assistance fund to stop 'brain drain'The Supreme Court has called for a "Young Lawyers' Professional Assistance Fund" to combat the exodus of bright legal minds facing financia...
Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi calls for review of Constitution’s basic structure doctrine, terms it “vague and ever-growing”Rakesh Dwivedi, a senior advocate, has criticized the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution. He describes it as vague and ever-growi...
Govt using Waqf Bill to dilute constitution, defame minorities, says Gaurav GogoiCongress's Gaurav Gogoi accused the government of misusing the Waqf (Amendment) bill to undermine the Constitution and defame minority comm...
Secularism held to be part of basic structure of constitution: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court reviewed petitions challenging the inclusion of 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Indian Constitution's Preamble. Petition...
Centre moves SC for review of verdict denuding states of power to declare SEBCThe Centre has maintained that the amendment did not take away the power of the state governments to identify and declare SEBC and the two ...
Kesavananda Bharati, petitioner in landmark SC judgement on Constitution, is no moreThe case in which Bharati had challenged Kerala Land Reform laws nearly four decades ago set the principle that the SC is the guardian of t...
Landmark SC judgement on basic structure of Constitution came on Kerala seer Bharati's pleaIn 1970, Bharati, the hereditary head of Edneer Hindu 'Matha' in Kasaragod district of Kerala, had moved the top court challenging the stat...
10% quota for poorer sections doesn't violate basic structure of Constitution: JaitleyThe union minister noted that the original Constitution (unamended) in its Preamble mentions equality of opportunity and justice for all wh...
Tinkering with Article 35A would undermine basic structure of Constitution: MehboobaMehbooba said one of the main purposes of the PDP-BJP alliance was to bridge the growing gap between the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Does NJAC conform to basic structure of Constitution: Supreme Court"Don't put the new law to good or bad. If it meets the parameters of the basic structure, work it out," a five-judge Constitution Bench hea...
NJAC Act violates 'basic structure' of Constitution, SC toldSCAORA, Bar Association of India (BAI) and few others are challenging validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014.