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In an era dominated by judicial backlog and prolonged litigation, the emphatic directive to ‘mediate, not litigate, echoes with increasing urgency

The verdict’s validation of the removal of autonomy, and administrative bias towards developers and industrialists from outside the former State, can only harden alienation in the Valley

On day 2 of the Supreme Court hearing on Article 370 abrogation, the Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud heard Kapil Sibal’s submission that there was no constitutional process available to abrogate Article 370, and the provision had attained a “permanent character” after 1957.

Supreme Court on July 28 ordered withdrawal of the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in connection with the money laundering cases against them linked to an alleged coal smuggling scam in West Bengal.

Justice Chandrachud’s predecessor, CJI U.U. Lalit, had allocated PILs to all the benches.

The Supreme Court on April 24, 2023, said it will give a date for the hearing of a petition seeking the “abolition” of the collegium system of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the High Courts.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Karnataka Lokayukta plea against the High Court decision to grant anticipatory bail to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Madal Virupakshappa in a corruption case. Read further on Dynamite News:

"I appreciate the fact that the matter ought to have come up earlier," Justice Kaul said.

Centre has to decide now on whether it would abide by assurance given to Portugal or not, the court said