CONTEXT Recently the Supreme Court of India has upheld the authority of a committee of the Delhi Assembly to summon a senior official of Facebook. This verdict of the supreme court is an extremely nuanced recognition of the extent of …
NEWS In the current context, the feasibility of the All India Judicial Service requires to be studied. BACKGROUND The idea for an ‘All India Judicial Service (AIJS)’ was first proposed by the 14th Report of the Law Commission of India …
NEWS An urgent review of the Kedar Nath judgment is necessary as ‘sedition’ violates the basic right of speech and expression. CONTEXT Recently in the Vinod Dua’s case (2021), the Supreme Court of India reaffirmed the law of sedition laid …
Background In May, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 which extended reservation to the Maratha community in public education and employment in excess …
NEWS India’s failure to honour adverse international judicial rulings hurts its image as an investment destination. CONTEXT Recently the Commerce Ministry reported that India attracted the highest ever FDI of $81.72 billion in 2020-21. However, several economists have argued that …
NEWS The Delhi court ruling is a way forward in finding a balance between civil rights and the imperatives of anti-terror laws CONTEXT Recently, Delhi High Court has granted bail to three activists, who have been in jail for over …
CONTEXT As per popular perception, Indian courts are not associated first with the delivery of justice, but with long delays and difficulties for ordinary litigants. According to data released by the Supreme Court in the June 2020 newsletter of the …
CONTEXT A Supreme Court Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud recently flagged indiscriminate use of the sedition law against critics, journalists, social media users, activists and citizens for airing their grievances about the governments COVID-19 management. The apex court opined …
NEWS The Maratha reservation case shows that divesting States of the power to determine backwardness hits federalism. CONTEXT Recently the Supreme Court of India declared as unconstitutional a Maharashtra law which provided for reservation to the Maratha community in …
CONTEXT A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously declared a Maharashtra law, which provides reservation benefits to the Maratha community taking the quota limit in the State in excess of 50%, as unconstitutional. SETS ASIDE HC VERDICT The …