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Redistricting case has historic connection to South Carolina campaign

Michael B. Moore's campaign for Congress will be affected by a Supreme Court gerrymandering case. His ancestor faced a similar situation.

Roll Call

Bilkis gang-rape case | SC asks Centre, Gujarat to place record related to remission granted to convicts

The Supreme Court on October 12 directed the Centre and the Gujarat government to submit by October 16 the original records related to the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The Hindu

Seven-judge Bench agrees to take a call on giving Money Bill case priority

Supreme Court sets up seven-judge Bench headed by CJI Chandrachud to hear petitions challenging Modi govt's passing of key Bills as Money Bills, denying Rajya Sabha opportunity to discuss or pass amendments. Also to decide if fundamental rights subservient to parliamentary privileges.

The Hindu

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Lawsuit against Black Lives Matter leader endangers free speech rights

The U.S. Supreme Court should take the case of a Black Lives Matter leader in Louisiana who is being sued by a police officer who was injured in protests led by BLM.

Chicago Sun-Times

The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule

The inside story of how Leonard Leo built machine that remade American legal system — and what he plans to do next

Salon

Taxes on Wealth and on Unrealized Capital Gains Are Unconstitutional

Moore v. United States: The big tax case before SCOTUS this year.

Reason

Listing of 1,250 FIR quash petitions on a single day creates anxiety among Madras High Court lawyers

Madras HC lists 1,250 FIR quash petitions; judge clarifies he won't dismiss en masse, asks lawyers to withdraw cases not meeting SC parameters.

The Hindu

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Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned

“To the family of the victim, I sincerely apologize for all of it,” death row inmate Jedidiah Murphy said before he was exected on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Supreme Court sounds ready to keep South Carolina congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to reverse a lower court ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw a congressional district.

Roll Call

Action sought against five persons for vitiating Supreme Court proceedings of Chandrababu Naidu’s case

Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) D. Siva Rami Reddy has complained to Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking action against five persons who logged into the live streaming of the proceedings pertaining to TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) in skill development scam case on…

The Hindu

Money Bill, AMU’s minority status, Quota within quota: The cases before the new CJI-led seven-judge Constitution Bench | Explained

On October 12, the seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear matters about the passage of laws as ‘money bills’, Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status, re-distribution of quota within SC reservation, freedom of press vis-a-vis legislative privileges, and the competence of State legislatures to levy additional taxes.

The Hindu

Jharkhand HC to hear Heman Soren's plea against ED summons on October 13

hief Minister Hemant Soren had earlier filed a writ petition in the Jharkhand High Court challenging the summons issued against him in a money laundering case by the ED.

The Hindu

South Carolina redistricting case could add Democratic House seats

At issue is the way the Republican-dominated state legislature equalized the population of its congressional districts.

WEKU

Supreme court conservatives appear skeptical South Carolina Republicans discriminated against Black voters

Supreme court hears redistricting case after panel ruled Republicans had undertaken an ‘effective bleaching’ in redrawing 2020 map

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Salon

Clyburn key figure in racist map case

Clyburn says GOP trying to blame him for “unconstitutional racial gerrymander"

The Hindu

Supreme Court declines interim relief to Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan in criminal case

The Supreme Court declined to grant interim relief to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s son that the trial court in Uttar Pradesh be asked not to pass a final order in a pending criminal case against him

The Hindu

Supreme Court divided on married woman’s right to abort 26-week pregnancy

Supreme Court expresses anguish over possibility of survival of 26-week pregnant woman's foetus. Asks which court will say "stop the fetal heartbeat". Bench wonders why earlier report was ambiguous. Woman's counsel asked to file affidavit on what she wants to do.

The Hindu

The cases before the new CJI-led nine-judge Constitution Bench | Explained

On October 12, a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of India D.Y Chandrachud, is set to hear long pending cases of constitutional importance, some of which are over two decades old.

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SC grants anticipatory bail to Umar Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari in property dispute case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Umar Ansari, son of Mukhtar Ansari in connection with a case relating to a property dispute case. Read further on Dynamite News:

WEKU

Texas executes man who questioned evidence in deadly carjacking of elderly woman

A Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state's lethal injection drugs and raised questions about evidence used to persuade a jury to sentence him to death was executed Tuesday.

Reason

Holding Protest Leaders Liable for Others' Violence Threatens First Amendment Rights

A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could have a chilling impact on constitutionally protected activity.

The Hindu

Regime of Delhi LG, his masters has no place for tolerance: Chidambaram on approval to prosecute Arundhati Roy

P. Chidambaram slams Delhi LG's move to prosecute Arundhati Roy in 2010 case, saying there's no justification for it. He stands by free speech & against colonial law of sedition.

Reason

Supreme Court Denies Review of Social Cost of Carbon Challenge

The Court saw no reason to consider the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that the states lacked standing.

The Hindu

When Tamil Nadu conducted a ‘caste census’ like Bihar

The Independent UK

Home Office accused of accepting Rwanda’s promises on UK asylum plan without scrutiny

The government is challenging a Court of Appeal ruling that Rwanda deportation plans are illegal

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