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CJI clarifies Constitution Bench wouldn’t consider broader definition of religion

Counsel Shyam Divan says that 123 (3) of the Representation of the People Act refers only to the religion of the candidates Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr The seven-judge Constitution Bench led by Ch...

Delhi HC: 25 percent quota in EWC no ceiling

Recently, a division bench of the Delhi High Court had to pass an order to get a seven-year-old child with a prosthetic leg admitted to a private school in his neighbourhood in the Economically Weaker...

Railway Budget: End of Journey

Starting 2017, there will be no separate Rail Budget in February-end. The Union Cabinet has given its green signal to the Railway Ministry’s move, merging Rail Budget with the Union Budget. Finance Mi...

Block info on gender selection: SC

In a recent order in a public interest litigation filed by Dr Sabu Mathew George, seeking that internet search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft comply with the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnost...

Five new chief justices appointed in high courts

At a time when the stand-off continues between the executive and the judiciary over appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, a major development took place recently that offers a ray of hope. Th...

MPISA, 2016: Boon or bane?

The Maharashtra government once again seems to be courting controversy.  In 2015, it had to withdraw a circular on sedition laws – which had billed legitimate criticism of an elected government and it...

Zakir Naik’s NGO placed on FCRA watch list

The Government of India has, for the first time, issued a gazette notification under Section 12(4) of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), putting the Islamic Research Foundation of controv...

NCRB Report 2015: The Many Faces of Crime

The latest National Crime Records Bureau report titled, “Crime in India – 2015”, confirms some assumptions, but reveals some startling facts For Delhi to be the crime capital of the country, with t...

The Haji Ali verdict is significant    

In an important judgment, the Bombay High Court recently overturned a four-year ban on the entry of women to the Haji Ali Dargah, off the Worli coast in south Mumbai, much to the cheer of intellectual...

A case for Maternity Benefit Bill

The Maternity Benefit Bill, 2016, which provides for amendments to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, has recently been introduced in parliament and passed in the Rajya Sabha.

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