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Delivering the First Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture on 'Constitutionalism beyond rights: Why structure matters' at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) in Patna, Justice Nagarathna stressed that a "mature federation" must prioritise dialogue and negotiation over litigation, warning that the growing tendency of governments to rush to courts reflects deeper structural concerns. "Increase in conflict between the States of the Union or between the Centre and the States does not augur well f ...Read More >
New Delhi: Neutrality of elections cannot be assured if those who conduct polls are dependent on the contestants, Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court has said, in a veiled admonishment of the Election Commission. The apex court judge raised a critical concern regarding the structural independence of those tasked with overseeing the ballot while delivering the Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture at the Chanakya Law University in Patna Saturday. Citing a 1995 verdict where the Supreme Court ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna, while highlighting that the Election Commission is the primary institution entrusted with maintaining the integrity of polls, has said if those who conduct elections are dependent on those who contest them, the neutrality of the process cannot be assured. The apex court judge raised a critical concern regarding the structural independence of those tasked with overseeing the ballot while delivering the Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lec ...Read More >
New Delhi, December 14: Reacting strongly to objectionable slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Congress protest rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala alleged that the rally exposed the opposition's dangerous mindset and was not genuinely about electoral issues. He said the slogans showed that the protest was an attack on constitutional values rather than a democratic agitation. "It is clear that this rally is not about SIR. It is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reacting strongly to objectionable slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Congress protest rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala alleged that the rally exposed the opposition's dangerous mindset and was not genuinely about electoral issues. He said the slogans showed that the protest was an attack on constitutional values rather than a democratic agitation. "It is clear that this rally is not abo ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee charged the Bharatiya Janata Party with spreading fear over the National Register of Citizens on Tuesday, hours after the alleged suicide of a man near Kolkata, who reportedly left behind a note blaming the National Register of Citizens for his death. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Hanuman Temple during Chhath Puja celebrations, in Kolkata, October 27, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Barrackpore police commissionerate Muralidhar Shar ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee charged the BJP with spreading fear over the National Register of Citizens on Tuesday, hours after the alleged suicide of a man near Kolkata, who reportedly left behind a note blaming the NRC for his death. Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Muralidhar Sharma said after visiting the spot that 57-year-old Pradeep Kar was found hanging at his residence in Panihati in North 24 Parganas on Tuesday morning. A suicide note was found in ...Read More >
The government on Thursday initiated the process to appoint the next chief justice of India as incumbent B R Gavai demits office on November 23, In an era where almost all aspects of governance and decision-making involves the usage of technology, in varying degrees, Justice Surya Kant, poised to assume the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) next month, has been a strong proponent of profound human enterprise in the domain of dispensing justice. In his recent address, Justice Surya Kant, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, the next CJI, on Thursday stoutly defended the much-criticised collegium system for selecting constitutional court judges and said it has helped the judiciary preserve its autonomy and independence in administration of justice.CJI Gavai was speaking at Royal Institute of Management in Thimphu, Bhutan, while Justice Kant was addressing Sri Lankan Supreme Court in Colombo. The CJI cited SC's 2015 judgment striking down the National Judicial Appointm ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At a solemn ceremony held at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Monday, Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya Scindia said: "India is the mother of democracy, and realising its dreams is our responsibility." He was addressing All‑India Speakers' Conference on the occasion of centenary year celebration of the election of eminent freedom fighter, scholar and jurist Vitthalbhai Patel as the first Indian President o ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 6: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday brushed aside claims of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress leader Randeep Surjewala, about the alleged irregularities and imperfections in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and advised them to lodge their complaints, if any, via proper channels. EC's pointed rebuttal comes on back of charges by the two tall leaders of respective parties, where they called the exclusion of 65 lakh names from draft ...Read More >
KOCHI: More than legal pronouncements, Justice V R Krishna Iyer's judgments were moral compasses infused with compassion, equity and deep constitutional insight, the Chief Justice of India, Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, said on Sunday . Delivering the 11th Justice V R Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture, on the 'Role of Justice V R Krishna Iyer in balancing fundamental rights and directive principles of state policy,' the CJI said, "Justice Iyer was a poet in jurisprudence and a visionary in ...Read More >
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged urban local bodies (ULBs) to emulate parliamentary procedures, incorporating Question Hour and Zero Hour for citizen issue resolution. He expressed concern over disruptions and emphasized the importance of debate and discussion.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said urban local bodies (ULBs) should function on the lines of Parliament with regular Question Hour and Zero Hour to raise issues concerning citizens. He was addressing the first National Level Conf ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indore's acclaimed urban sanitation and innovation model emerged as the center of attention at the two-day National Conference on Urban Local Bodies held in Gurugram, Haryana. Organised by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on July 3 and 4, the event brought together mayors, municipal commissioners, urban representatives from across India to share best practices and innovative strategies. The conference was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who emphasised the critical ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said that frequent disruptions--once a recurring feature--have now significantly reduced in Parliament of India, resulting in enhanced productivity and meaningful debate, said Lok Sabha Secretariat in a statement. Inaugurating the first-ever National Conference of Chairpersons of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of States and Union Territories in Manesar, Gurugram, he mentioned that the Lok Sabha has increasingly witnessed late-n ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing Marathi-non-Marathi row, a group of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers allegedly stormed a man's residence in the Vanaz area of the city on Thursday and threatened to assault him over an objectionable social media post targeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray. The man, identified as Kedar Soman, had reportedly posted a comment on Facebook that MNS workers found offensive and disrespectful to their leader. Enraged by the post, a group o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said that frequent disruptions--once a recurring feature--have now significantly reduced in Parliament of India, resulting in enhanced productivity and meaningful debate, said Lok Sabha Secretariat in a statement. Inaugurating the first-ever National Conference of Chairpersons of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of States and Union Territories in Manesar, Gurugram, he mentioned that the Lok Sabha has increasingly witnessed late-n ...Read More >
Pune: Passengers on board a Goa to Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was mid-air.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was "a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of shade".But a person on board the plane -- a Bombardier Q400 -- told TOI the incident triggered anxiety among the passengers. "Two to three layers of the window panel just came ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): A delegation of INDIA bloc leaders from 11 political parties met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the national capital on Wednesday to register their opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar, calling it the 'worst attack on the basic structure of the Constitution.' Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, part of the delegation that met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Com ...Read More >
Yadav said that the ECI has totally become "one-sided" and is favouring the BJP, as he claimed that the poll panel has changed its rule regarding meetings with delegations. Criticising the Election Commission of India (ECI), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the poll panel is behaving like a cell of Bharatiya Janata Party. Yadav said that the ECI has totally become "one-sided" and is favouring the BJP, as he claimed that the poll panel has changed its ru ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Noting that the Election Commission 'undermined' the basis of the democratic system in the last six months, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the poll body will 'destroy' the country's democracy. Ramesh, who is also Congress' General Secretary in charge of Communications, drew a parallel between the demonetisation in 2016 and SIR by the Election Commission, stating that the PM's 'notebandi' destroyed our economy and t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Was it the pitch? Was it the conditions? Was it the bowling? The questions doing the rounds after yet another strange show in good batting conditions by India were many. But with the exception of Shubman Gill, who became just the second Indian captain, after Mohammad Azharuddin, to score hundreds in consecutive matches in England, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, few India batters managed to answer them in a satisfactory manner. After being put into bat by England, India looked like they were i ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): A delegation of INDIA bloc leaders from 11 political parties met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the national capital on Wednesday to register their opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar, calling it the 'worst attack on the basic structure of the Constitution.' Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, part of the delegation that met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Com ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Noting that the Election Commission 'undermined' the basis of the democratic system in the last six months, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the poll body will 'destroy' the country's democracy. Ramesh, who is also Congress' General Secretary in charge of Communications, drew a parallel between the demonetisation in 2016 and SIR by the Election Commission, stating that the PM's 'notebandi' destroyed our economy and t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday met with representatives from various political parties to discuss concerns regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The SIR aims to verify the eligibility of voters and ensure accurate electoral rolls ahead of the assembly elections expected to be held later this year. Representatives of 11 political parties met with the Election Commission, including Chief Election Commissi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he would participate in the G7 Summit in Kananaskis later this month and thanked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for inviting him. Taking to his X handle, PM Modi wrote India and Canada will work together with renewed vigour, guided by mutual respect and shared interests. "Glad to receive a call from Prime Minister @MarkJCarney of Canada. Congratulated him on his recent election victory and thanked him for the invitation to the G7 Summ ...Read More >
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