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Constitution amendment bill to implement women’s reservation defeated in Lok Sabha as it fails to get the mandatory two-thirds majority

OpIndia Staff -
In a significant setback for the central government, the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed to pass after it could not secure the mandatory...
Law

Massive setback to Rahul Gandhi: Allahabad High Court directs registration of FIR against the Congress MP in alleged British citizenship case

OpIndia Staff -
In a massive setback for Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court today directed the lodging of a First Information Report (FIR) and investigation...
Crime

Karnataka Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda, 16 others including 4 cops also...

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A Special Court for Elected Representatives in Bengaluru has sentenced Dharwad Congress MLA and former minister Vinay Kulkarni to life imprisonment for the murder of...
Law

Supreme Court declines to extend Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail in Assam forged document case, rejects argument that using forged Aadhaar to get bail was...

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The Supreme Court on Friday declined to extend the transit anticipatory bail granted to Congress leader Pawan Khera by the Telangana High Court in...
Editor's picks

A politician’s gamble and the undermining of the judiciary: Arvind Kejriwal demanding recusal of HC judge hearing liquor policy case is forum shopping dressed...

Divyansh Tiwari -
A political leader who uses the recusal doctrine today establishes a precedent that can be used against any judge, liberal or conservative, activist or deferential, by anyone with a grievance and a microphone.
Law

‘Most difficult task is to declare belief of millions as wrong’, says Supreme Court in Sabarimala reference, cautions that religion cannot be hollowed out...

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Sundresh also questioned whether courts can decide questions relating to religion without hearing the representatives of millions.
Law

Sabarimala hearing in SC: ‘In the name of social reform, you cannot hollow out a religion’, says Justice Nagarathna

OpIndia Staff -
The bench discussed how Articles 25 and 26 should be balanced to protect both reform and religious freedom.
Editor's picks

2002 Gujarat riots: Court acquits 9 Hindus who were falsely accused of stone pelting and inciting violence

OpIndia Staff -
It must be mentioned that riots broke out in Gujarat in 2002 after a Muslim mob sat fire to 2 coaches of Sabarmati Express near the Godhra railway station, burning 59 Hindu pilgrims alive. A total of 31 Islamists were found guilty of committing the heinous crime.
Law

‘Right to vote, right to contest elections are not fundamental rights’: Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
"Neither the right to vote nor the right to contest an election is a fundamental right… both are purely statutory rights and can be regulated by law…These rights are purely statutory in nature and exist only to the extent conferred by statute," the Supreme Court said
News Reports

The Wire demands reservations for ‘Dalit Christians’, attacks the Supreme Court’s verdict, accuses BJP of playing politics: The autopsy of a flawed argument

Rukma Rathore -
"In this context, the Supreme Court’s judgement has added to the fears among Dalit Christians," The Wire charged.
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