Articles tagged with: Explained

Legally Explained: SC challenge to Aadhaar so far, and how on Day 2 Shyam Divan infused new energy into the case that is NOT about privacy - or is it?

As the challenge to compulsory Aadhaar identification to file IT returns was heard by the Supreme Court for the second day today (27 April), the mood among the anti-Aadhaar activists has been upbeat.

Legally Explained: Can I get my neighbour’s cell phone tower removed now, after SC applied ‘precautionary principle’

In a first of its kind, the Supreme Court on 30 March directed the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to deactivate one of its cell phone towers, located in a residential area in Gwalior since 2003, on the mere suspicion by a petitioner that it might have caused the cancer of a resident, working in its vicinity, as first reported by the Times of India.

Legally Explained: Why (and how) Kalikho Pul’s suicide note alleging judicial corruption is finally being (not) dealt with

The suicide note of former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister, Kalikho Pul, has landed the apex court in a bit of a dilemma, with its decision to judicially hear as a writ petition the letter written by his widow, Dangwimsai Pul, backfiring today, as we had reported.

Explained: Twists and turns in Cauvery stalemate reached an uneasy resolution

The Cauvery climax, which was originally scheduled for 6 October, unraveled itself yesterday.

Today in Cauvery: SC threatens ‘wrath of law’ but has few options • Draws battle lines for 6 Oct climax

6 October is likely to be the climax in the ongoing Cauvery hearing in the Supreme Court, if one were to interpret today’s outcome in Court No 4 in the afternoon.

Legally Explained: Why the SC struck down the Singur land acquisition (and what it means) [via Mint]

Land acquisition: More than just a Nano problem
Land acquisition: More than just a Nano problem
On 31 August, a two-judge Supreme Court bench comprising justices Gopal Gowda andArun Mishra delivered two separate judgments on the Singur land dispute, with split reasoning, but reached similar results.

Legally Explained: Did Justice Chelameswar start a revolution today in the SC collegium?

Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the fifth-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, and a member of the SC’s collegium, made the news today with the New Indian Express publishing his refusal to participate in a Supreme Court collegium meeting, as a protest against the collegium’s failure to comply with the principle of transparency of its proceedings.

Legally Explained: Why the HC allowed women into Haji Ali and what this means for religion and equality

Why did the sun set on Haji Ali's briefly sexist period?
Why did the sun set on Haji Ali's briefly sexist period?
A Bombay high court bench of justices VM Kanade and Revati Mohite Dere had held on Friday (26 August) that the ban on women entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah of Mumbai, contravened Articles 14, 15 and 25 of the Constitution.

Legally Explained: How has the SC managed to keep dodging its RTI obligations? [via Mint]

On 17 August, before it broke for a long weekend of four days, a three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, Prafulla Chandra Pant and AM Khanwilkar referred a challenge to its immunity from the Right to Information (RTI) Act to a five-judge constitution bench. The decision, made after a brief hearing, was a surprise as well as a disappointment.

Legally Explained: Irom Sharmila and what courts & judges think of the draconian AFSPA

So, one of the longest fasts in world history has come to an end with the Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila, abandoning her ineffective fast to force the Government to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).

Legally Explained: What BCCI, Katju, Lodha & Trump could have in common

So, after some time out, ex-Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju (Retd.) is in the news again, seemingly putting a spanner in a variety of works.

Legally Explained: How the HC resolved the knotty turf war between Kejriwal & Lt Governor (and why it still ain‘t over)

So, finally, the Delhi high court ruled in favour of the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, and the Central Government, in their turf war with Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.

Legally Explained: Why and how SC dismissed a petition seeking to reopen investigation of Amit Shah role in Sheikh encounter?

On 26 November, 2005, the Gujarat police killed Sohrabuddin Sheikh, while he was in police custody. The police claimed he was involved in alleged criminal extortion racket, arms smuggling, and murder cases. Thereafter, Sheikh’s wife, Kauser Bi disappeared. A year later, Sheikh’s associate, Tulsiram Prajapati, a witness to Sheikh’s killing, was killed in another encounter with the state police.

Legally Explained: Did Rahul Gandhi defame the RSS? Wasn't he told to apologise or something by the SC?

We explain what’s going on in the Supreme Court between Rahul Gandhi, the RSS and lots of heavyweight lawyers right now. And wasn’t RaGa already told he should apologise or something?

Legally Explained: A rape survivor's SC plea to permit 20+ week abortion and similar cases in history

Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar today told a Supreme Court bench of justices JS Khehar and Arun Mishra that the government would constitute a medical board to examine a rape survivor tomorrow, who has challenged section 3(2)(b) of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 that prohibits abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, even if there is a risk of death to the mother or foetus.

Legally Explained: Has SCOI averted a crisis in Arunachal Pradesh or was it mostly academic?

The Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench judgment of 13 July, quashing president’s rule in Arunachal Pradesh, was a massive judgment in every way, and not just because it set off a series of dramatic events loaded with suspense.

Questions answered: AIPMT & NEET 2016 and whether the Supreme Court will fix things today?

A last-moment PIL and orders passed by the Supreme Court of India has created a fair bit of confusion, not to mention feelings of unfairness amongst students sitting for the pre-medical exam.

Explained: Will the SC now start charging all rich corporates before admitting their cases? And would it matter?

Pay to play: A good idea as far as rich corporates and litigation go?
Pay to play: A good idea as far as rich corporates and litigation go?
So, Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur today lectured senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi…

AIPMT cancellation legally explained: Entrance tests may never be the same after 2015’s spy games

Medical school: Closer on TV
Medical school: Closer on TV
As was being speculated, the Supreme Court of India has cancelled the All India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Test (AIPMT) for the academic session 2015-2016 and has asked the organising body, the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE), to re-conduct the test within four weeks, which the CBSE today told the apex court was impossible.

Are the government’s amazing fast-track commercial courts a cure for our legal system’s ills? Legally Explained by Nick Robinson

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Legal scholar Nick Robinson explores how (and if) the proposed new commercial fast-track courts might work.