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NEW DELHI: Acknowledging rampant misuse of public interest litigation for ulterior motives or for pursuing pet agendas, SC on Wednesday said it would have dismissed a PIL petition if it had been filed by a lawyers’ body presently challenging the Sabarimala custom of barring entry of women of menstruating age.This remark came from a bench…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that landmark rulings decriminalising adultery and same-sex consensual relationships were based on a “subjective” interpretation of constitutional morality and should be considered “not a good law.“The submissions were made before a nine-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during hearings on…
NEW DELHI: Stressing that the biggest threat to the independence of the judiciary “is from within”, Supreme Court judge Ujjal Bhuyan expressed on Saturday his dissent and disappointment with the collegium’s decision to transfer Justice Atul Sreedharan from MP high court to Allahabad HC on the Centre’s suggestion, and said it “reveals a striking intrusion…
B Sudershan Reddy with Lalu Yadav NEW DELHI: A group of 25 senior legal luminaries on Monday strongly criticised joint opposition vice-presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy for meeting Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, arguing that the engagement with a convicted politician casts doubts on his judgment and allegiances.Yadav had shared on X…
Amit Shah and Kapil Sibal NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah‘s “morality pitch” to back the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 met a strong counter from Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal who accused the Modi government of “weaponising” laws to target the opposition.“I don’t think in the history of India, there has been a…
