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West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Key Issues: Jobs distress, welfare politics and identity battles shape high-stakes TMC vs BJP contestWest Bengal Election 2026: West Bengal is voting in its 2026 Assembly elections. The political battle is intense, focusing on economic hard...- SC asks if it can remain idle when governors fail in their duty, reserves verdict on presidential referenceThe Supreme Court, acting as the Constitution's custodian, questioned its inaction if a Governor fails in their duties, while reserving jud...
- Can states move Supreme Court under Article 32? Court to decide on presidential referencePresident Murmu seeks the Supreme Court's opinion on whether a state government can invoke Article 32 against the Centre. The core issue re...
- SC: Wouldn't Guv's unlimited power render an elected govt defunct?The Supreme Court questioned the extent of a governor's power to withhold bills passed by a state legislature, raising concerns about the i...
- If constitutional functionaries don't discharge duties, can courts' hands be tied, SC asksThe Supreme Court questioned the Centre regarding potential limitations on constitutional courts if constitutional functionaries fail to ac...
- Delhi vs Centre: AAP govt resorting to theatrics, Solicitor General to SCMehta highlighted that "Protests and theatrics cannot substitute court proceedings", adding that such protests happening in Delhi are seen ...
- SC raps govt for remarks by senior persons against collegium systemA bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, A S Oka and Vikram Nath also expressed its strong displeasure over comments made by senior governme...
- Can restrictions be imposed on public functionaries? SC reserves orderThe attorney general submitted before the bench that any additions or modifications of restrictions to a fundamental right have to come fro...
- Pegasus scandal part of larger architecture to consolidate authoritarian Hindu regime: CPI(M)The Communist Party of India (Marxist) also said the purpose and pattern in the use of the spyware is evident and that it is designed to "p...
- Speaker does not have power to indicate period of disqualification: SCA bench of Justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari was referring to the then Karnataka Assembly Speaker R Ramesh Kumar's deci...
- Vice-President not 'mere post office', followed constitution: M Venkaiah NaiduUnder attack over his decision to reject an impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra, RS Chairman Naidu said his decision came after over...
- Government may cut pay of information commissioners; activists slam bidThe government is considering downgrading the status of the chief information commissioner and information commissioners in terms of salari...
- Law min unlikely to extend constitutional protection to ECsThe law ministry is learnt to have informed the EC that a political consensus is needed before the Constitution can be amended to protect e...
- States should foster the spirit of constitutionalism: Supreme Court judgeJustice Singh said that delay in execution of final judgement or decree, and that too of the apex court, should never be "countenanced by a...
- Courts can't direct action on CAG, Lokayukta reports: HCReports of CAG and Lokayukta or Commission of Inquiry are meant for "consumption" of the Legislature and can neither be used by citizens to...
- Tamil Nadu's decision to free Rajiv assassins perverse, populist: CongressJayalalithaa's decision for early release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers invited a sharp reaction from Cong, which termed it as "irresponsible, ...
- Uttarakhand government stalling Lokayukta Act: B C KhanduriThe bill passed unanimously by Uttarakhand Assembly in November 2011 was first scrutinised by the Union Home Ministry and then was approved...
- 'Oppressive Symbols of Our Democracy': Supreme Court slams misuse of beacons, sirens by VIPsThe court asked states and UTs to furnish within 4 weeks details of expenses incurred in providing security to public functionaries and oth...
- Pakistan Supreme Court strikes down new contempt law; Raja Pervez Ashraf's fate in limboPak's SC struck down the govt's new contempt law, aimed to prevent the premier being pressured to revive graft cases against President Asif...
- Buta Singh refuses to appear before CBIButa made it clear that the agency had no mandate to summon him.
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