Supreme Court gets three new judges; strength rises to 37
New Delhi, Oct. 6: The Supreme Court on Tuesday got three new judges — Justice Sunita Agarwal, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh — who were administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. With their swearing-in, the strength of the Supreme Court, including the CJI, has risen […]
Rahul Gandhi Questions Election Commission Access as INDIA Bloc MPs Face Stop
New Delhi, 06 October—Giving an interesting turn to the agree script of the INDIA block’s planned march to meet the Elections Commissioners from Sansad Bhavan, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, and his sister and Wayanad MP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today staged an impromptu sit in Dharna at the Akashvani Bhavan after the two […]
EC WITHDRAWS AMENDMENT TO FORM 6
NEW DELHI: A day after Chief Justice of India denied the Supreme Court’s nod to form 6 on online voter regisstration form, the Election Commission on Tuesday withdrew the additional special intensive revision (SIR) declaration in states and union territories where the revision exercise has concluded. • The extra lineage and ancestry declaration—which asked applicants […]
RAHUL’S ATTACK OF TREASON ON PM, HM, RSS CHIEF & GYANESH KUMAR
NEW DELHI: In a no-holds-barred attack, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of “destroying democracy” through “vote chori”. He also warned that all of them would soon face action for “committing […]
EX-CDS CHAUHAN TAKES CHARGE OF VIVEKANANDA FOUNDATION
NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has taken charge as director of the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), marking his return to the national security and strategic policy space just months after retiring from India’s top military post. Chauhan assumed charge of the New Delhi-based public policy think tank on October 5. […]
TRAFFIC CURBS IN DELHI OVER INDIA BLOC MARCH
NEW DELHI: Traffic movement in parts of central Delhi is likely to be affected on Tuesday as opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc will march to the Election Commission headquarters to protest against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, police said. The traffic police said special arrangements have been in place from 8 […]
SC CLOSES 7-JUDGE REFERENCE ON LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGE
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed a long-pending seven-judge reference concerning the constitutional limits of legislative privilege and its intersection with the fundamental right to freedom of speech, after being informed that the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly had withdrawn the resolution that had triggered the proceedings. A seven-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice […]
RAHUL, PRIYANKA DETAINED IN SIT-IN METRES AWAY FROM POLL BODY OFFICE
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cut through a large crowd of protesters Tuesday morning and made his way towards the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) building, while behind him a sea of people shouted slogans against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar to demand his resignation. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cut through a large […]
Soul of the Republic: When Mass Voter Deletions Strike at the Heart of the Constitution
A Constitutional Alarm from the Bench In recent days, two voices from India’s higher judiciary have cut through the administrative fog surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls with uncommon clarity and urgency. Sitting Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and retired Supreme Court Judge Rohinton Fali Nariman have each, in separate public interventions, […]
NEWS OF THE DAY
1. “Gyanesh, It’s Done Bro”: INDIA Bloc MPs Demand CEC’s Resignation After March Stopped INDIA bloc MPs, including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, were stopped by police while marching towards the Election Commission on Tuesday. They staged a sit-in near NITI Aayog, demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. The protest followed Supreme Court observations on Form […]
