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SC orders appointment of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission chairpers
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and KV Viswanathan ordered the appointment of a DERC Chairperson while observing that the Lieutenant Governor has to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers.
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L-G has to act on aid and advice of counsel of ministers: SC on nomination
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench on Thursday held that control over services in the national capital comes under the Delhi government.
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"What was implicit has been made explicit by present judgement": Legal exp
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After the Supreme Court Constitution bench delivered its verdict in a drawn-out tussle for power between the Delhi government and the Centre, legal experts welcomed the judgement saying the controversy should not have arisen at all.
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SC reserves judgement on various pleas seeking marriage equality rights fo
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court Constitution bench on Thursday reserved judgement on various petitions pertaining to marriage equality rights for the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Eknath Shinde govt gets relief; SC says Maharashtra Governor erred, but co
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A five-member Constitution bench led by the Chief Justice of India, which had been hearing a batch of petitions filed by both the groups of the Shiv Sena from February this year, today ruled that the exercise of discretion by the then Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari to conduct a Floor Te
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Maharashtra: Supreme Court refers Sena vs Sena to larger Constitution benc
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court also said the Speaker if he finds that the motion for his removal is not as per procedure, then he could proceed with the petitions seeking disqualification of the MLAs.
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SC Constitution bench to pronounce tomorrow verdicts on Maharashtra politi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will pronounce on Thursday two verdicts relating to Maharashtra political crisis and the dispute between Delhi and the Central government on who should control administrative services in Delhi.
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Foreign judgments on same-sex marriage cannot influence decision-making pr
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Foreign judgments relating to same-sex marriages are delivered in the context of the socio-cultural environment of the relevant country, and in specific factual contexts. Therefore, they cannot influence the decision-making process in India, Sibal submitted before a Constitution Bench hearin
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Working on making available transcript of live streaming proceedings in re
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, heading a Constitution Bench dealing with a petition seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage, on Tuesday remarked that the top court is working on making the transcript of live streaming proceedings available in regional languages.
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EWS reservations: Constitution bench led by CJI to hear review petitions c
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Last year in November, the five-judge Constitution bench by a majority of 3:2 upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act which provides 10 per cent EWS reservation in educational institutions and government jobs. An amendment granting 10 per cent reservations to EWS was up
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Special Marriage Act deals with inter-faith, inter-caste heterosexual marr
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Attorney General of India R Venkataramani submitted before a five-judge constitution bench that the multifaceted dimensions of the issues, though rooted in the conception of marriage, are not to be addressed only through the prism of the Special Marriage Act, but by a comprehensive stand-alo
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Will form committee to look into issues faced by LGBTQIA+ community: Centr
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The five-judge Constitution Bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha is dealing with a batch of petitions pertaining to 'marriage equality rights for LGBTQIA+ community.
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