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Bengal panchayat polls | SC refers to State’s ‘history of violence’ to confirm deployment of Central forces to secure July polls

The Supreme Court on June 20 dismissed petitions filed by the West Bengal Government and the State Election Commission against the Calcutta High Court order to requisition Central security forces for panchayat elections.

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Madras High Court to hear on July 10 a plea to implement 10% EWS quota in T.N. govt. jobs, educational institutions

The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 agreed to hear on July 10 a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed against non-implementation of 10% Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota in Tamil Nadu government jobs and educational institutions despite it having been introduced through a constitutional amendment which came…

The Hindu

Manipur violence | SC refuses urgent hearing on plea seeking Army protection for Kuki tribals

The Supreme Court refused to hear within 24 to 48 hours a plea by the Manipur Tribal Forum Delhi seeking a judicial order to protect Kuki tribals amid ethnic violence in Manipur.

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Kannur panchayat moves SC for permission to euthanise dangerous dogs

The Kannur district panchayat in Kerala moved the Supreme Court on Monday for permission to euthanise “suspected rabid” and “extremely dangerous” stray dogs in its limits.

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No Right to Lie About Current Indictments on Gun Purchase Form

From U.S. v. Holden, decided Friday by the Seventh Circuit (Judge Frank Easterbrook, joined by Judges Diane Wood and Doris Pryor); seems quite correct to me: "Our legal system provides methods for challenging the Government's right to ask questions—lying is not one of them. A citizen may decline to answer…

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T.N. Senthilbalaji arrest | Minister is feigning illness, want him back in custody on discharge from hospital: ED to SC

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on June 21 a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate against an order of the Madras High Court allowing the shifting of arrested Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji to a private hospital.

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Bengal panchayat polls | SC to hear plea against Calcutta HC order directing deployment of Central forces tomorrow

The Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court agreed to urgently hear on June 20 a plea by the West Bengal State Election Commission and State Government challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court directing the SEC to requisition and deploy Central forces across West Bengal for the panchayat elections.

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Humza Yousaf to unveil latest independence paper on 'Building a new Scotland'

The First Minister will attempt to revive the campaign for Scottish independence this week after Nicola Sturgeon's previous referendum plan was rejected by the Supreme Court.

Daily Record

A case of propriety versus politics

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s unconditional backing and retaining of V. Senthilbalaji, a political turncoat, as a Minister without a portfolio citing only his “hospitalisation” raises uncomfortable questions.

The Hindu

The supreme court made a surprising ruling for Native American rights

A white couple challenged an adoption law that protects Native children. Thankfully, the conservative court didn’t buy their argument

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Voting rights advocates welcomed a Supreme Court win. But the fight isn't over

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

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Reservations For Two

Justices Gorsuch and Alito have diametrically opposite perspectives on Indian Tribes

Reason

V. Senthilbalaji | From villain to anti-hero

In Tamil Nadu, some politicians crave for the attention accorded to a groom while attending weddings and seek to be the focal point even in a funeral home. V. Senthilbalaji, 47, Minister in the M.K. Stalin Cabinet, hospitalised following his recent arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged…

The Hindu

Power games: the anatomy of an arrest

Minister V. Senthilbalaji was questioned for 18 hours by the ED and when he complained of chest pain, was initially admitted to the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital at Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Chennai

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The call for the withdrawal of Jharkhand’s new “60-40” recruitment policy, being opposed everywhere in the State by student unions, shows no sign of abating. While ‘60-40 Nai Chalto’ campaigns continue on social media, their influence is also seen in protests ranging from the ‘Assembly gherao’ and the Chief Minister’s…

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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court was sensibly conservative on tribal rights

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen is conservative in the good, old-fashioned sense of the word. In upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, the court reaffirmed precedent and declined an invitation to revolutionize the law with a reactionary constitutional holding. Along the…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Why affirmative action matters in college admissions

In the fall of 1987, my parents drove me from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, to Evanston for my freshman year at Northwestern University. At that time, people on campus would sometimes refer to Northwestern as the “Harvard of the Midwest.” I certainly understood the message. Northwestern was a highly selective, very expensive…

The Independent UK

Mondaire Jones, one of the first Black gay members of Congress, on ‘powerful forces’ trying to pull America backward

‘Growing up, I had never imagined someone like me could run for political office, let alone get elected to Congress,’ Jones tells Gustaf Kilander

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Legal expert finds 'mistake' in key plank of Supreme Court indyref judgment

THE Supreme Court’s judgment to deny Scotland an independence referendum by dismissing the country’s right to self-determination was wrong, a…

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Kerala will approach Supreme Court on slashed borrowing limit, says Thomas Isaac

Amid the row over Kerala’s slashed open market borrowing (OMB) limit, former Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has said that the State would approach the Supreme Court against the Centre’s decision

Reason

Feds May Need Warrants To Search Cell Phones at the Border After All

Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.

The Texas Tribune

What the possible end to race-conscious admissions means for Texas universities

Here’s what you need to know ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s expected ruling on two cases challenging the policy commonly known as affirmative action in college admissions.

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Supreme Court issues notice to former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's wife Preeti Chandra

The Supreme Court issued notice to former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra’s wife, Preeti Chandra, on Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea challenging the Delhi HC order granting bail

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Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children

The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, in a June 15, 2023, ruling. Tribal leaders praised the decision as upholding the basic constitutional principles governing the relationships among Native…

The Independent UK

Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw dies at 84

Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw has died at age 84

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