The Supreme Court of India has introduced a new roster system for the allocation of cases, which will come into effect from July 3, 2023. The new system aims to bring more transparency to the top court and takes into account the domain expertise of judges, along with the pendency and inflow of cases. Under […]
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has re-appointed Tushar Mehta as the Solicitor-General of India, marking his continued tenure in the second most senior law officer position after the Attorney General. This decision was announced alongside the re-appointment of six Additional Solicitor Generals of India – namely, Vikramjit Banerjee, K.M Nataraj, Balbir Singh, S.V Raju, […]
In an escalating confrontation between Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Governor R.N. Ravi, the question of the governor’s power to dismiss a minister has come under the spotlight. The governor’s unprecedented decision to unilaterally dismiss a minister, only to retract the decision hours later, has sparked a debate about the legality of such […]
In a bold move, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has taken the fight against the Centre’s Delhi ordinance to the Supreme Court, labelling it as “unconstitutional” and “manifestly arbitrary”. The AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, has called for an immediate halt to the ordinance, arguing that it “sidelines the elected government from control over its […]
Big Blow to Twitter in India, Karnataka HC fines 50 lac In a significant legal development, Twitter has suffered a setback in the Karnataka High Court, which dismissed the social media behemoth’s petition against the Indian government’s directive to block certain tweets and accounts. The court also levied a substantial penalty of Rs 50 lakh […]
