SC may consider pleas challenging validity of law to appoint CEC, ECs, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it may take up the pleas challenging constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Act, 2023, through which the Chief Justice of India was removed from the selection panel appointing election commissioners, on February 4. The batch of petitions were mentioned by advocate Prashant Bhushan before […]
SC verdict on validity of Preamble modification in 1976 likely on Nov 25, ET LegalWorld
Refusing to refer the matter to a larger bench, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to pronounce its decision on November 25 over the validity of the 42nd Constitutional Amendment passed in 1976 to add the words “socialist” and “secular” in the Preamble. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, which earlier […]
SC upholds validity of UP madrassa law, says it does not violate principle of secularism, ET LegalWorld
In a big relief to madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrassa Education Law and set aside an Allahabad High Court verdict quashing it on the ground that it was violative of the principle of secularism. The high court erred in […]
Will decide constitutional validity of laws granting immunity to husbands, says SC, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will decide the constitutional validity of penal provisions in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) which grant immunity from prosecution to a husband for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex with him. […]
SC upholds constitutional validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. A Constitution Bench, headed by CJI D. Y. Chandrachud, was dealing with a clutch of petitions challenging the vires of Section 6A, which was inserted to give effect to the Assam Accord and formed the basis of the […]