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High Court judge appears before Supreme Court over 'majority' remark: Sources
1 week ago

High Court judge appears before Supreme Court over 'majority' remark: Sources

India Today  

A controversy has erupted following remarks made by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The judge, who reportedly made statements endorsing the Uniform Civil Code and allegedly commented on the Muslim community, appeared before the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday to clarify his position, sources said. Responding to …

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This Election’s Surprising Bright Spot for Progressives Is a Very Big Deal
1 month ago

This Election’s Surprising Bright Spot for Progressives Is a Very Big Deal

Slate  

The 2024 election marked a painful setback for Democratic hopes of rebalancing the federal judiciary: When Donald Trump reenters the White House in January, he will have a pliant Republican Senate majority eager to confirm his hard-right judges. But federal courts don’t tell the whole story: Across the country, voters also elected liberal justices to their state Supreme Courts, which …

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[POSH Act] Majority ICC Reports 'Shockingly' Biased In Favour Of Workplace, Can't Impact Police Report Filed On Victim's Complaint: Kerala HC
1 month, 1 week ago

[POSH Act] Majority ICC Reports 'Shockingly' Biased In Favour Of Workplace, Can't Impact Police Report Filed On Victim's Complaint: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has observed that the report or findings of the Internal Complaints Committee formed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace 2013 will not have an impact against the police report made based on the victim's complaint alleging sexual harassment at workplace. Thus it is held that the report of the ICC is not the final …

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SC overrules 1967 verdict holding AMU can't be minority institution
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC overrules 1967 verdict holding AMU can't be minority institution

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the question of Aligarh Muslim Unversity's minority status to a fresh bench and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the university cannot be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law.Pronouncing the majority verdict, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud laid down tests for considering the issue of minority …

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We Helped John Roberts Construct His Image as a Centrist. We Were So Wrong.
54 years, 11 months ago

We Helped John Roberts Construct His Image as a Centrist. We Were So Wrong.

Slate  

On Sunday, New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak published a blockbuster article about the conservative justices’ efforts to shield Donald Trump from any consequences for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. More to the point, their piece—about how the three Jan. 6 cases decided last year in favor of Donald J. Trump came …

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Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court will be up for grabs after liberal justice's surprise retirement
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court will be up for grabs after liberal justice's surprise retirement

Salon  

One year after a closely-watched election tipped the Wisconsin Supreme Court towards a 4-3 liberal majority, the impending retirement of a liberal justice, Ann Walsh Bradley, is teeing off another battle for control of the state's highest court. Conservatives long held the reins of legislative and judicial power in Wisconsin until the most expensive state Supreme Court campaign in U.S. …

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Legally Speaking | Can the fundamental principles of the Constitution be altered?
9 months, 1 week ago

Legally Speaking | Can the fundamental principles of the Constitution be altered?

Hindustan Times  

On March 9, 2024, Anantkumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada in Karnataka, said that there is a specific reason why the BJP is aiming for more than 400 seats in the 2024 general elections. A check on Constitutional amendment by judicial review The Indian Constitution adopted the judicial review which entrusts the Supreme Court with …

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Supreme Court’s Colorado ballot decision exposes the lie behind conservatives’ claims of textualism
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s Colorado ballot decision exposes the lie behind conservatives’ claims of textualism

Salon  

In overturning the Colorado Supreme Court’s disqualification of Donald Trump from the ballot, the Supreme Court conveniently ducked its responsibility and covered Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in about six feet of concrete. Knowing that Congress will do nothing before the election if ever, the court held that the Section wasn’t “self-executing”—Congress would have to set up rules. Yet, …

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BJP might have lost to INDIA bloc, it still holds the key in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation
10 months ago

BJP might have lost to INDIA bloc, it still holds the key in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation

The Hindu  

Even as the Supreme Court on Tuesday held Kuldeep Kumar, the joint candidate of Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, to be validly elected as Chandigarh Mayor, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is set to experience a peculiar situation as the BJP would be holding the key surrounding decisions on varying agendas surrounding the city’s work that would come up before …

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift takes time
1 year, 2 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift takes time

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court last week that it is not for the court to recognise the marital status of LGBTQ+ people, and that it is for Parliament and the state legislatures to make the necessary amendments to the Special Marriages Act, can be seen as a judicially informed decision, or as an expression of …

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GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge
1 year, 3 months ago

GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years. “It’s a desperate gambit to avoid accountability to voters who choose their state representatives, their state senators and their Supreme Court justices.” Altering the makeup of the Wisconsin Supreme Court also holds the potential to affect …

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The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know.
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court just issued its biggest rulings of the year. Here’s what you need to know.

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term, killing President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts, ending affirmative action in higher education and issuing a major decision that impacts gay rights. The decision was 5-4 with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining the court’s …

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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Breaking History and Our Future

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Nevertheless, Thursday’s decision by the Supreme Court striking down the use of race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC was no less devastating for being expected. Related From Slate There’s a Time Bomb in Progressives’ Big Supreme Court Voting Case Win It is not …

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Wrong, misleading to say SC has upheld demonetisation; verdict does not deal with outcomes: Congress
1 year, 11 months ago

Wrong, misleading to say SC has upheld demonetisation; verdict does not deal with outcomes: Congress

The Hindu  

It is “misleading and wrong” to say the Supreme Court has upheld demonetisation, the Congress said on Monday, adding that the majority apex court verdict on the matter deals with the limited issue of the process of decision-making not with its outcomes. Congress leader Randeep Surjewala, however, said the SC verdict is “deeply disappointing” as the top court has failed …

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Banning Conditional Sentences For Certain Offences Is Constitutional: Canada Supreme Court Holds In 5:4 Majority
2 years, 1 month ago

Banning Conditional Sentences For Certain Offences Is Constitutional: Canada Supreme Court Holds In 5:4 Majority

Live Law  

The Canada Supreme Court, on Friday, held that banning 'conditional sentences' for serious offences is constitutional. Handing down the judgment in 5:4 majority, the Court held, "While the crisis of Indigenous incarceration is undeniable, Ms. Sharma did not demonstrate that the impugned provisions created or contributed to a disproportionate impact on Indigenous offenders, relative to non-Indigenous offenders, as she must …

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High stakes in N. Carolina court races with majority on line
2 years, 1 month ago

High stakes in N. Carolina court races with majority on line

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The two North Carolina Supreme Court seats up for election in November have taken on extra significance as the outcome could flip the court’s partisan makeup during a period of political polarization. Ervin, the grandson of late Watergate committee chairman Sen. Sam Ervin Jr., said he’s already met that standard during his appellate career, calling himself “pretty …

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Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice running again
2 years, 3 months ago

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice running again

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly, who served for four years before losing election in 2020, announced Thursday he will run for an open spot on the court next year. “If an activist were to win next April, Wisconsin’s public policy would be imposed by four lawyers sitting in Madison instead of being adopted through our …

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What next in Maharashtra? Legislative and legal possibilities
2 years, 5 months ago

What next in Maharashtra? Legislative and legal possibilities

Hindustan Times  

As the Maharashtra political imbroglio deepens, a legal conundrum has surfaced over the possible options that the group of rebel Shiv Sena legislators, led by Eknath Shinde, could exercise amid an endeavour by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi to disqualify them. In Sadiq Ali Vs The Hon’ble Election Commission & Another, 1972, the Supreme Court affirmed EC’s views on …

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The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism
2 years, 6 months ago

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

NPR  

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan wrote a searing dissent to the court's decision to end Roe v. Wade and overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. "Whatever …

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Strengthen secularism, save the republic
2 years, 8 months ago

Strengthen secularism, save the republic

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has not been able to settle the hijab issue. Another crucial factor which makes a theocratic state impossible in India is the complex, inegalitarian, hierarchical and oppressive social structure of the majority religion. A theocratic state functions on the basis of religious laws, which in India means the Dharma Shastras according to which only a …

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Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor’s redistricting maps
2 years, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor’s redistricting maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. “The maps I submitted to the Court that were selected today are a vast improvement from the gerrymandered maps Wisconsin has had for the last decade and the even more gerrymandered Republicans maps that I vetoed last year.” …

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North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down redistricting maps
2 years, 10 months ago

North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down redistricting maps

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A divided North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s new maps for congressional and General Assembly seats Friday, declaring that state courts had authority to throw out lines engineered to secure a long-term Republican advantage in an otherwise closely divided state. The court’s decision reversed a ruling last month from a panel of three trial judges …

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Elizabeth Warren Announces Support For Expanding The Supreme Court
3 years ago

Elizabeth Warren Announces Support For Expanding The Supreme Court

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced Wednesday that she supports expanding the Supreme Court by at least four more seats, aligning herself with a small but growing number of progressive lawmakers demanding reforms to the high court. “I come to this conclusion because I believe the current court threatens the democratic foundations of our nation.” Warren said conservatives on …

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Trump transformed the Supreme Court that mostly helped advance his agenda
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump transformed the Supreme Court that mostly helped advance his agenda

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump will exit the White House on Wednesday but leave behind three of the nine Supreme Court justices and a majority that was willing to partner with him for much of his agenda. Trump responded to the Roberts’ opinion in the dispute over the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by saying, “Do you …

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