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Centre moves Supreme Court, wants Rajiv Gandhi case convicts’ release reviewed: what is its argument?Subscriber Only

November 18, 2022 08:32 IST

The Supreme Court's decision in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case is final, but the Constitution does allow scope for a review. Reviews are, however, not usually admitted — and overturning a verdict in a review is rare.

Cleared by SC Collegium, kept pending by Govt: A few prominent cases of delayed appointment of judges Subscriber Only

November 14, 2022 18:35 IST

In one case, advocate C Emalias, who was recommended for the Madras HC, had his name dropped as the delay in appointment saw him cross the age of 55.

The Act prohibits the “conversion of any place of worship” from as they stood on 1 August, 1947. However, there exist exceptions. (PTI photo/File)

Challenges to the Places of Worship Act: What law says, why SC will examine itSubscriber Only

November 14, 2022 17:35 IST

Challenges to the Places of Worship Act,1991 have been posed through petitions filed by many people, including former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay.

Justice Ravindra Bhat, who wrote the minority opinion along with Chief Justice of India U U Lalit, also identified this shift in affirmative action while striking down the amendment. (File Photo)

Reservation criteria shift from caste to income, community to individualsSubscriber Only

November 8, 2022 23:26 IST

The 103rd amendment delinked the need for class-based reservations from “inadequacy of representation” and the “need to show backwardness”, and provided guardrails to reservations connected with poverty by allowing a 10 per cent quota based on income criteria of individuals.

A bench of Supreme Court judges during a verdict on 10 per cent quota in colleges and government jobs for the poor or EWS (Economically Weaker Sections). (PTI)

4 questions in EWS judgmentSubscriber Only

November 8, 2022 17:26 IST

Apurva Vishwanath breaks down the contents of the four separate judgments into the key issues they addressed

Five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court upholds the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which provides for the 10 per cent EWS reservation amongst the general category. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)

Quotas for poor among ‘forward castes’ upheld: Here’s the case and what the SC has ruledSubscriber Only

November 8, 2022 08:13 IST

The 103rd Amendment inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6) in the Constitution to provide up to 10 per cent reservation to the economically weaker sections (EWS) among non-OBC and non-SC/ST sections of the population.

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With EWS reservation up for Supreme Court review, a look at the case so farSubscriber Only

November 8, 2022 08:24 IST

Calling the amendment “an attack on the constitutional vision of social justice” and “a fraud on the Constitution”, those petitioning against it contend that if upheld, it will be the end of equality of opportunity.

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SC directions on hate speech: How courts have read IPC Sec 295A, other provisionsSubscriber Only

October 22, 2022 15:07 IST

While India does not have a formal legal framework for dealing with hate speech, a set of provisions of the Indian Penal Code, loosely defining hate speech, are invoked. Take a look.

Why SC will examine the question of age of marriage of a Muslim womanSubscriber Only

October 17, 2022 19:06 IST

Can the personal law of a religion override the provisions of the law to prevent child marriage? Courts have differed in the past, and the NCPCR has challenged a decision of the Punjab and Haryana HC.

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Gyanvapi mosque committee moves Allahabad HC: What is the order they’ve challengedSubscriber Only

October 15, 2022 14:31 IST

The Gyanvapi mosque side had argued that the civil suits to worship Maa Shringar Gauri and other deities within the mosque premises were barred under three specific laws. Here's what they argued, and what the Varanasi court ruled.

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