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Win for transparency: Parliamentary committee recommends mandatory annual reports for high courts

Last week, a committee – officially the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, and Law and Justice – tabled its 133rd report before Parliament.

Newslaundry

Delimitation: EC overlooked SC’s view, says Gaurav Gogoi

The delimitation, based on the 2001 Census, renamed one Lok Sabha and 19 Assembly seats while increasing the number of Assembly seats for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes from 16 to 19 and eight to nine respectively.

The Hindu

US court restricts access to mifepristone abortion pill, sending case to Supreme Court

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will remain on hold as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case.

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An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval

A federal appeals panel upholds a lower-court ruling banning mail-order delivery of mifepristone and allows its use only through the seventh week of pregnancy. The ruling won’t take effect until the high court weighs in.

Chicago Sun-Times

US appeals court upholds limits on access to abortion pill mifepristone

The latest ruling over mifepristone’s FDA approval is likely to send the pill’s fate to the US Supreme Court.

Al Jazeera

Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone — but nothing changes yet

A federal appeals court would restrict the use of mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions. But previous action by the Supreme Court means the status quo holds for now.

WEKU

Expert: SCOTUS may bail out Trump in Ga.

The Georgia case is "pardon-proof" — but it's not SCOTUS-proof, warns NYU Law Professor Ryan Goodman

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Abortion drug case likely headed to Supreme Court after Republican-appointed judges agree to restrict access

A widely used abortion drug will remain available under existing regulations while a legal battle plays out

The Independent UK

Wheels within wheels | Chennai’s autorickshaws riding through a midlife identity crisis

Auto rickshaws are part of Chennai's transport system since 1970s, providing a reliable mode of transport for passengers. Despite struggles, they have earned people's patronage. In the late 1980s & early 1990s, they even ferried expecting mothers to hospitals for free. In 2013, the Supreme Court directed the State to…

The Hindu

Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court

New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling

The Independent UK

SC stays railway demolition drive at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh

The Supreme Court ordered a 10-day stay of a railway demolition drive against constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

The Hindu

Article 370 is an example of federalism, say counsel

Senior advocates Dushyant Dave and Rajeev Dhavan on Wednesday argued in the Supreme Court that Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was not a “relic” but a “brilliant articulation of statesmanship” by the Indian Constitution’s framers.

The Hindu

Supreme Court: List of gender unjust terms issued by CJI DY Chandrachud

The Supreme Court on Wednesday launched a handbook on stereotype gender unjust terms and suggested alternative words and phrases for use in the judicial discourse and in orders and judgments. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933

8/16/1933: President Roosevelt adopts the Code of Fair Competition for the Governance of the Petroleum Industry. The Supreme Court declared those codes unconstitutional in Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935).

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Former CM Mehbooba Mufti invokes Lord Ram, says J&K natives still have some faith in SC

The PDP leader said it is for the top court and the Indian citizens to see whether the country will be run according to the Constitution or “as per the divisive agenda of a particular party”.

The Hindu

To remove gender stereotypes from the law, a new SC handbook

The 30-page Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes aims to free the judiciary and the legal community from the mechanical application of gender stereotypical language in judgments, orders, and court pleadings.

Reason

The Georgia Case Against Trump

Trump's Georgia indictment has much in common with the most recent federal case against him. But also breaks some new ground.

The Times of India

When CJI D Y Chandrachud returned PM Modi’s compliments with folded hands

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day on Tuesday, praised the Supreme Court for its decision to provide the operative parts of its judgments to the concerned people in their regional language. Chief Justice of India (CJI)…

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On I-Day, CJI announces plan to expand Supreme Court with 27 additional courts and 51 judges’ chambers

Currently, the Supreme Court has 17 courtrooms and two registrar courts. Its judicial strength is 32. Read more on The Hindu

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9,423 SC verdicts translated into regional languages, says CJI in his Independence Day speech

The Chief Justice was speaking at the Supreme Court’s Independence Day celebrations hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the court in his Red Fort address for its efforts to translate its judgments to regional languages to benefit the common man.

The Independent UK

Federal judges review Alabama’s new congressional map, lack of 2nd majority-Black district

A panel of federal judges on Monday began a review Alabama’s redrawn congressional map which opponents argue blatantly defies the court’s mandate to create a second district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the outcome of an election

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu moves SC for immediate release of Cauvery water by Karnataka

Tamil Nadu government moves SC seeking Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to meet pressing demands of standing crops. TN urges SC to direct Karnataka to ensure stipulated releases for Sept 2023 and make good shortfall of 28.849 tmc ft water during current irrigation year.

The Independent UK

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

New guidance from the Biden administration urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on their campuses after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions

Reason

Texas Revenge Porn Statute Doesn't Apply to Evidence Introduced in Court

The Texas nonconsensual pornography statute (chapter 98B of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code) provides: A defendant is liable … to a person depicted in intimate visual material for damages arising from the disclosure of the material if: (1) the defendant discloses the intimate visual material without the effective…

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1429: Himachal toll rises, SC on TV penalties

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, the Supreme Court, and Ukraine.

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