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Constitution Amendment Bill Proposing Removal Of PM, CM & Ministers After 30-Day Custody In Serious Offences Referred To JPC
The 130th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, which proposes to remove a Central or State Minister (including the Prime Minister and Chief Minister) from office if they are arrested and detained for 30 days in relation to an offence punishable with 5 years (or more) imprisonment, has been referred by the Lok Sabha to a Joint Parliamentary Committee.The Bill was introduced today by Home Minister...
Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Prohibit Online Money Games
The Lok Sabha today passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, which seeks to prohibit 'online money games' and offering of bank services, advertisements, etc. related thereto. Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced the Bill.The Bill defines 'online money game' as "an online game, irrespective of whether such game is based...
If Bills Can Be Withheld Without Returning To Assembly, Won't Elected Govts Be At Governors' Whims? Supreme Court Asks
If Governors can simply withhold their assent to Bills without returning them to the Legislative Assembly, would it not place the Governments elected by the majority at the whims and fancies of the Governor, asked the Supreme Court today during the hearing of the Presidential Reference on questions relating to the grant of assent to Bills.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR...
Supreme Court Stays Disproportionate Assets Case Trial Against TN Minister I Periyasamy
The Supreme Court on August 18 stayed the proceedings against Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy in a disproportionate asset case.The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih issued notice in the matter and ordered a stay on the proceedings before the Trial Court. The relevant part of the order states : "There shall be stay of proceedings in Special CC No. 27 of...
Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-2 : Live Updates
A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the SupremeCourt will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter, wherein...
Supreme Court Directs Haridwar Collector To Inquire Into Maa Chandi Devi Temple Trust Management; Allows BKTC's Interim Supervision
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 19) directed the District Collector of Haridwar to conduct a personal inquiry into the management of the Maa Chandi Devi Temple Trust, Haridwar.The Supreme Court also refrained from disturbing the interim arrangement put in place by the Uttarakhand High Court by which the management of the trust was directed to be under the supervision of the...
'Callous Investigation, Manipulation Of Case Diary': Court Acquits Three Men In Delhi Riots Case Citing Flaws In Police Probe
A Delhi Court has recently acquitted three men in a case concerning the 2020 North-East Delhi riots citing flaws in the investigation conducted by the Delhi Police. Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts said that there was doubt about the credibility of witnesses, probable manipulation of case diary and callous manner of investigation.The Court acquitted Akhil...
Supreme Court Dismisses NHAI's Appeal Against Kerala HC Suspending Toll Collection At Paliyekkara In NH-544 Due To Bad Condition
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) challenging the Kerala High Court's judgment which suspended the toll collection in Paliyekkara toll booth in Thrissur district due to the bad condition of the Edappally-Mannuthy stretch in the National Highway 544.The Court also dismissed the appeal filed by Guruvayoor Infrastructure Ltd,...
Delhi Court Orders Investigation Against Navika Kumar In Defamation Case By Arnab Goswami's ARG Outlier Media
A Delhi Court today directed the Delhi Police to conduct investigation against Times Now Group Editor-in-Chief in a defamation case filed by Arnab Goswami's ARG Outlier Media Private Limited.ACJM Siddhant Sihag of Patiala House Courts directed that an investigation be carried out against Kumar under Section 225 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.As per the provision, a Magistrate...
Supreme Court Directs ASI To Supervise Repair & Restoration Of Ancient Dargahs In Delhi's Mehrauli
The Supreme Court today (August 19) directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to take under its supervision the repair and renovation of the 14th-century Ashiq Allah Dargah and Chillagah of Baba Farid in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Delhi.The bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing a challenge against the Delhi High Court's order, which refused to pass...