-IndiaToday.in The NGO, whose PIL in Supreme Court led to the update of NRC, now claims financial irregularities in the process Two years after the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published in Assam, an allegation of large-scale financial irregularities in the process of preparing the document have surfaced. The allegation has been levelled by Assam Public Works (APW), the NGO that first filed a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding update,...
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Only 11 women Supreme Court judges in 71 years, three of them appointed in 2021 -Sumant Sen, Jasmin Nihalani and Vignesh Radhakrishnan
-The Hindu The share of women judges in High Courts was only 11% as of August 1, 2021 Three of the nine new judges sworn into the Supreme Court (SC) of India on Tuesday, August 31 are women. The elevation of the three women judges is significant as the share of women has always remained poor in the judiciary. The first-ever woman judge in the SC was appointed in 1989, 39 years...
More »'Win for middle-class’: Smiles & laddoos for all at Emerald Court after SC Supertech order -Tanushree Pandey
-ThePrint.in Supreme Court Tuesday ordered the demolition of two under-construction towers at Supertech's Emerald Court complex, ruling them illegal and against residents' rights. Noida: “Come have laddoos, we won today.” Anyone entering Supertech Emerald Court at Noida’s Sector 93 Tuesday was greeted by Resident Welfare Association (RWA) members with these words, and big smiles. It was a day of victory for them indeed. After a nine-year fight against real estate major Supertech —...
More »'Totalitarian Govts Rely on Falsehoods to Establish Dominance': Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
-PTI/ TheWire.in "Democracy and truth go hand in hand. Democracy needs truth to survive," the Supreme Court judge said at a lecture. New Delhi: Totalitarian governments constantly rely on falsehoods in order to establish dominance and the citizen’s right to speak truth to power is integral to the functioning of a democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Saturday, August 28. LiveLaw, which covered the online lecture, reported on it with...
More »SC gives 2 more weeks for demolitions in Faridabad's Khori village
-The Tribune The Supreme Court on Monday gave two more weeks to the Haryana authorities to implement its order to demolish around 10,000 illegal structures erected on forest land at Khori village in Faridabad, saying the demolition of illegal structures had to go on. “Adjourned for two weeks. Till then all the demolitions that are being carried out should be carried out,” a Bench said. Please click here to read more. ...
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