Was Stirred by Common Man's Predicament After Demonetisation, SC Judge Says
Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who had delivered a dissenting opinion on the legality of demonetisation in January last year, also said that it was “embarrassing” that some governors had to be told what to do.
Half of #US#Governors 'Stand With #Texas' in Defying Supreme Court at #Border
OLIVIA ROSANE
Jan 25, 2024
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RN Ravi 'Not Fit to Be Governor in Any State or Union Territory': N Ram
The former newspaper editor said that Tamil Nadu governor's statement on Gandhi was 'shameful'. Ravi had said, 'India’s national freedom movement led by Mahatma Gandhi became a non-event after 1942.'
The Kerala Governor is Violating the Sanctity of His Own Post By Withholding Assent for Bills
The Sarkaria Commission report on Centre-state relations observed that a governor's power to reserve Bills for presidential consideration must be “used sparingly” and in limited contexts, adding that reserving a large number of Bills would be contrary to the constitution's federal spirit. SN Sahu writes.
Obituary: When Sankaraiah said, ‘We fought for freedom, not pension’
He sacrificed his degree for the freedom struggle and was denied an honorary doctorate just before his death because the Governor refused to sign the order.
Supreme Court directs Punjab governor to decide on pending bills
In a separate plea by Tamil Nadu, the court highlighted that Article 200 of the Constitution mandates the governor to return the bills ‘as soon as possible’.
Tamil Nadu Governor’s indefinite holding back of Bills a matter of ‘serious concern’, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Union of India through the Home Ministry and asked the Attorney General of India or Solicitor General to be present in court when the case is listed on November 20 for next hearing.
Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy, Kashmir professor in 2010 ‘provocative speeches’ case
The FIR against Ms. Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi.
‘Irresponsible’: J&K Parties Slam LG Sinha’s ‘80% Are Happy With Central Rule' Claim
Omar Abullah said LG Manoj Sinha is "inventing" surveys to "justify his unwillingness to conduct assembly elections" in the region, which has been under central rule since 2018.
J&K: Dalit IAS officer files complaint of “harassment, humiliation” against L-G, Chief Secretary
In a major development, a Dalit whistle blower IAS officer Ashok Kumar Parmar has knocked the doors of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) against Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and chief secretary Arun Mehta for “inflicting harassment and humiliation upon him.”
Supreme Court judgment delivered four decades ago counters President’s rule in J&K
The minuscule verdict, containing just one paragraph, was produced by senior advocate Shekhar Naphade before a five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud hearing the challenge to the repeal of Article 370 from the Indian Constitution.
TN CM Stalin writes to President, demands assent for anti-NEET Bill
In the letter, CM MK Stalin says that the delay in granting assent to the bill has caused immense anxiety and stress in the minds of people and have led to ‘sad incidents of suicides’.
Two Leading Kashmir Universities Drop Agha Shahid Ali, Basharat Peer from English MA Courses
The University of Kashmir, the Valley’s premier higher-educational institution, has dropped three poems by Ali along and journalist Basharat Peer’s memoir from its English MA curriculum. The Cluster University Srinagar has left out two poems by Ali.