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Trump's toughest immigration opponent isn't the Democrats. It's the courtsDonald Trump's push to reshape US immigration policy repeatedly ran into resistance not from Democrats, but from the courts. From DACA and ...- Trump faces new Republican resistance in Congress as midterm pressures buildRepublican lawmakers are increasingly breaking with President Trump, rebuking his policies on Iran, funding, and domestic spying. Despite D...
- SC to examine PIL for dedicated revenue judicial service for land disputesThe Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Centre and states to establish...
- Approve maternity leave for third pregnancy: HC to TN govtThe Madras High Court ruled that the government cannot discriminate in approving maternity benefits, including for third pregnancies. A div...
- West Asia War: Iran's Guards seize wartime power, blunting Supreme Leader's roleWest Asia War: Iran's leadership has changed dramatically. The Supreme Leader is gone, and the military commanders now hold the real power....
- Iran executes two more opposition group members in latest crackdown: People's MujahedinIran has executed two more members of the People's Mujahedin group. Authorities state they were hanged for spying for Israel. These hanging...
- UN concerned with Pakistan’s constitutional amendments and immunity provisionsUnder the changes adopted on 13 November, a new Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has been given powers over constitutional cases, replaci...
- Ambedkar upheld Constitution’s supremacy, wanted judiciary free from executive control: CJI GavaiCJI BR Gavai, during a felicitation by the Maharashtra legislature, highlighted BR Ambedkar's emphasis on the Constitution's supremacy. Amb...
- Attempts being made to tell world Indian judiciary, democracy in crisis: Kiren Rijiju"At times, calibrated attempts are being made from both inside and outside the country to tell the world that the Indian judiciary is in cr...
- For a new judicial professional classOpposition down the decades has been on three grounds: one, barrier to local language(s); two, disincentivising members of the lower judici...
- View: NJIC is not the first instance of the Supreme Court proposing greater centralisationAs per the Constitution, the apex court has no administrative powers over high courts or the district judiciary, the latter left to the hig...
- CJI calls for debate on social media noise impact on institutionsThe CJI said the judiciary must be completely free of all pressures if it was to act as a check on governmental power. The judiciary cannot...
- A sterling order by Delhi high courtWelcome judicial action to check executive excess
- Government's control over judiciary by replacing collegium system not in the spirit of democratic polity: GogoiCentral government attempt to exert control over judiciary by trying to replace the collegium system is not in consonance with the spirit o...
- Independence Day: Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda seeks speedy disposal of casesGowda, while speaking at Independence Day celebrations at the Supreme Court, said there were groups of people disturbing the peace of the s...
- PIL seeks to declare 99th Constitution amendment bill illegalThe amending power of Parliament was not absolute and was limited and it could not destroy the basic structure of the constitution, he said.
- Supreme Court will hear petitions against NJAC Bill & validity of 121st Constitution amendment bill next week“I have in the last 20 yrs fought for independence of judiciary. It is one subject which is non-negotiable at any cost,” says CJI Lodha.
- Govt may amend bill relating to appointment of judges: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad hinted that the Modi govt will rework on a constitutional amendment bill introduced by the previous dispensation which seeks to give...
- SC must ensure that courts follow the sense and sensibility of its rulingsThe judiciary’s job is to interpret the law, and it would do well not to usurp the functions of the executive whose prerogative is to make ...
- 'Judiciary makes executive accountable'It is the judiciary which makes the executive legally responsible to the people for its actions, Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrish...
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