Tag: Bench

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today declined to disqualify candidates against whom cognisance of chargesheet have been taken by courts, saying no further disqualification under the law could be added but urged Parliament to enact a law to address the malaise of criminals entering legislatures. At the same time, the apex Court directed political parties […]

Strange are the ways of the judiciary. Oblivious of the intricacies of law, ordinary mortals like this author fail to understand how one member of the five-judge constitutional bench, Justice Chandrachud, came to a conclusion that is diametrically opposed to the majority verdict based on the same set of evidence and arguments and counter-arguments that […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJP today lambasted the Odisha government for abolishing State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) and accused it of being anti-people and implementing dictatorial policy. Addressing a press conference, senior BJP leader Biswa Bhusan Harichandan said, “The State government’s act is anti-people. During BJP-BJD coalition government, I had protested BJD’s conspiracy. If BJP comes to power […]