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All 15 justices to preside over case, marking unprecedented move in court's history

BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, whose criminal defamation complaint led to the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, contended in the Supreme Court that a stay of conviction is granted only in “rarest of rare cases for exceptional reasons”.

As a general rule, Supreme Court Justices speak through their opinions. From time to time, Justices will be "interviewed"by friendly interlocutors during public events. The screened questions are usually softballs, and even then, the Justices tend to avoid saying anything newsworthy. In recent years, perhaps the biggest outlier was Justice…

At stake in the case is not only the bare relationship that the Constitution establishes between the Union and the States but also the sanctity in the subtleties in this relationship

According to an action plan, the government and the NTCA intend to introduce 12-14 cheetahs annually from African countries for the next five years. This would depend on the availability of the big cats from these countries as well as the status of habitat, prey-base and protection mechanism on the…

The meeting between farmers whose lands have been notified for the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project and the State government, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday, failed to resolve the impasse over land acquisition for the project.

HYDERABAD: In what could have a far-reaching consequence in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) elections, Justice (retd) L Nageshwara Rao on Monday debarred 57 clubs from voting/contesting the elections of the cricket body for one term or three years whichever is higher. The Supreme Court-appointed administrator also struck down the…

Israel’s Supreme Court says that a full panel of 15 justices would hear petitions in September against a contentious judiciary law that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government passed last week that spurred mass protest

A three-judge Bench headed by CJI Chandrachud was surprised to find the Centre and the State groping for facts about crimes which are “public knowledge reported widely in the national media”.

An interesting point from Ilan Wurman.

The Delhi High Court has refused to direct the Centre to impose a “total prohibition” on slaughter of cows and its progeny, saying the competent legislature has to be approached for any steps in this regard.