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Divorce can be granted on ‘grounds of irretrievable breakdown’: Supreme Court

A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on May 1 ruled that marriages can be dissolved “on ground of irretrievable breakdown”.

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Same-sex marriage hearing | How far can the courts go, asks Supreme Court

Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, for petitioners, said the court need not wait for the Parliament to legislate to fill up a vacuum. The provisions of the Special Marriage Act, insofar as they do not recognise same sex marriages, were unconstitutional. The court could act as the ‘north star’.

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Group of over 400 parents writes to CJI, seeks marriage equality for their LGBTQIA++ wards

The letter by ‘Sweekar-The Rainbow Parents’ assumes significance as it comes when a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the CJI is hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal validation for same-sex marriage for the fourth day.

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HC directs State govt. to proceed with ₹709.60 crore Lower Bhavani Project renovation from May 1

The Madras High Court has directed the State government to proceed with the ₹709.60 crore project for extension, renovation and modernisation of Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) system from May 1 since it was reported that the release of water in the canal would be stopped after the present irrigation period…

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Judge recuses himself from hearing appeals against Pinarayi in SNC- Lavalin case

Supreme Court judge C.T. Ravikumar recused himself from hearing the appeals against the discharge of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin corruption case.

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Kesavananda Bharati case | SC creates webpage to host petitions, judgments of the historic 1973 Fundamental Rights case

The Supreme Court said it has created a special webpage for the Kesavananda Bharati case in which a 13-judge Bench held that the Parliament cannot amend the ‘Basic Structure’ of the Constitution.

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Lakhimpur Kheri violence case | SC says will keep a close watch on trial’s progress

The Supreme Court on April 24 orally said day-to-day hearings in the Lakhimpur Kheri killings case in the Sessions Court may affect the pace of other pending cases before the trial judge.

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Profile | Justice Chandrachud whose dissents are as powerful as his judgments

Chandrachud had held that the Chief Justice and the judges of the court were constitutional offices and not a hierarchy

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Constitution Bench to check if greater curbs can be imposed on Ministers’ speeches

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta accepted that a public functionary should be more guarded in speech than an ordinary person

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Supreme Court to hear on October 12 pleas challenging demonetisation

“Does this survive at this stage? In those days, it was relevant. Does it survive now,” Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, who headed the five-judge Bench, asked as soon as the hearing in the case that commenced on September 28.

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Constitution Bench to consider questions of law on demonetisation on September 28

The case is coming up before a Constitution Bench after six years

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HC orders listing of S.P. Velumani’s FIR quash petitions before Bench hearing cases against legislators

Says, the case need not be heard any longer by the first Division Bench which generally hears public interest litigation petitions

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Knowing the killer: On SC referring death penalty issues to Constitution Bench

The Supreme Court of India has done well to seek norms to present mitigating factors for awarding death

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Can State impose limits on students’ fundamental rights in classroom, asks Supreme Court

Bench says the key issue is whether State place curbs on rights of students in classrooms

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Supreme Court stresses balance between kindness to stray dogs and protection from attacks

Court allows animal rights group to intervene and said the Bench would hear them in detail before passing orders

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Supreme Court fixes three key questions for examining EWS quota

The three issues include whether the amendment breaches the Basic Structure by permitting the State to make special provisions, including reservation, based on economic criteria.

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Constitution Bench to hear Centre-Delhi govt. battle for control over bureaucrats on September 27

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Does EWS quota violate Basic Structure? Constitution Bench asks Union, States, parties to ‘crystallise’ their thoughts by Thursday

Economic reservation was introduced in the Constitution by amending Articles 15 and 16 and adding clauses empowering the State governments to provide reservation on the basis of economic backwardness

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Sops for votes: On election promises

Promising gifts in run-up to polls, not welfare, is the real ‘freebie’ issue

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Steps taken to check pollution of Vembanad, Ashtamudi lakes inadequate, says NGT

Additional Chief Secretary (Environment) directed to appear before the Principal Bench with action-taken report

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Supreme Court Bench to hear Pegasus case on August 25

A committee conducted an enquiry into forensic and cyber security aspects of the case

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Supreme Court asks whether Eknath Shinde faction’s dissent amounts to ‘split’

CJI calls it a politically sensitive case

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Justice Lalit's Bench in Supreme Court starts work early, points to how school kids begin by 7 a.m.

The Bench seemed to signal that the highest judiciary is open to flexible work hours as caseload rises

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Supreme Court slams Nagaland government for delaying 33% women’s quota in local bodies

Bench says it is ‘really shameful’ to see a State where women’s employment and education were high treating them shabbily

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SC declines to interfere with Bombay HC order on Goa panchayat polls

Vacation Bench rejects the State’s plea to postpone the polls till the end of September

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