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Indian legal system governed by rule of law, not by rule of bulldozer: CJI B R GavaiDelivering the inaugural Sir Maurice Rault Memorial Lecture 2025 in Mauritius on 'Rule of Law in the Largest Democracy', he referred to his...- 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...
- Emergency horrible mistake, darkest period for liberty: Legal expertsLegal experts denounce the 1975 Emergency as a "horrible mistake" and a "darkest period" for Indian liberty, highlighting its profound impa...
- Constitution is supreme, asserts CJI-designate B R Gavai, says no to post-retirement assignmentJustice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, poised to become the first Buddhist Chief Justice of India on May 14, has declined any post-retirement as...
- Justice Sanjiv Khanna to be sworn in as 51st CJI on November 11Justice Sanjiv Khanna, renowned for landmark judgments on electoral bonds and Article 370, was sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India....
- Aligarh Muslim University case: SC overrules 1967 order denying minority status, refers it to regular benchThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is entitled to minority status, overturning a 1967 verdict. The 4...
- Modi Cabinet Rejig: Kiren Rijiju gets Ministry of Earth Sciences, Arjun Ram Meghwal appointed as new law ministerIn a major rejig of Prime Minister Modi-led Cabinet, Arjun Ram Meghwal was appointed as the new law minister replacing Kiren Rijiju on Thur...
- Supreme Court refuses to entertain lawyers' body plea against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Kiren RijijuThe Bombay Lawyers Association (BLA) had filed a plea in the Supreme Court against Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Vice President Jagde...
- SC to hear plea of lawyers body for action against VP, Kiren Rijiju over remarks on judiciaryThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Bombay Lawyers Association (BLA) against Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Vic...
- Same-sex marriage: Hybrid hearing on fourth day as two judges join proceedings virtuallyElaborately referring to its 2018 judgement that decriminalised consensual gay sex, the top court had said it led to a situation where two ...
- Congress questions Dhankhar's 'Parliament is supreme' comment"The Hon'ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is wrong when he says that Parliament is supreme. It is the Constitution that is supreme. The "bas...
- Legal experts denounce Vice President Dhankhar's remarks on judiciaryA number of legal experts on Thursday denounced Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's remarks questioning the landmark 1973 Kesavananda Bharati...
- 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...
- SC 'lost its way' while cancelling coal blocks, 2G licences: Mukul RohatgiReferring to the taking over of the power to appoint judges in higher judiciary by the CJI-led collegium, he also said the Supreme Court sh...
- Jaitley criticises Congress for creating hue and cry over judicial appointment issueArun Jaitley also recalled how the judges were superseded in the past and attempts were made to influence judgements.
- If PM can be entrusted with nuclear button, why he can't appoint judges: Law ministerThe remarks of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was in response to members raising issues concerning the apex court verdict overturning a n...
- Basic structure can't be dismantled to protect only judiciary independence: Arun JaitleyFinance Minister Arun Jaitley today said doctrine of basic structure, including elected government and parliament's sovereignty, cannot be ...
- Judicial orders that changed IndiaTo avoid any controversy in the selection of CVC , SC strengthened the existing guidelines to avoid tainted persons being appointed as head...
- Orders that changed the nation1964 | It was perhaps the first stand-off between judiciary and legislature. The UP legislature had ordered the arrest of one Keshav Singh ...
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