constitutional law

Hyderabad, March 11 Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed petitions seeking the disqualification of two BRS MLAs for allegedly switching to the ruling Congress, bringing to an end the issue involving a total of 10 legislators from the opposition party...

New Delhi, March 11 The Congress on Wednesday criticized Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for contrasting the 10 hours allocated for a debate on the resolution to remove the Lok Sabha Speaker with the two-and-a-half-hour debate on a similar resolution in 1954, saying that Jawaharlal Nehru had then...

Washington, March 11 Concerns about Chinese nationals exploiting America's birthright citizenship laws through a growing "birth tourism" industry surfaced during a US Senate hearing, with one witness warning lawmakers that thousands of children born in the United States are later raised in...

New Delhi, March 10 Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday intensified his attack on opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee, alleging that they are behaving like "urban Maoists" and disregarding rules and regulations.He asserted that the country will function strictly according...

New Delhi, March 10 – Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday criticized the ruling party in the Lok Sabha, stating that it was ironic that leaders who frequently criticize India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, were now quoting him in support of their arguments.Speaking during a...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the time has come for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), as it termed a plea seeking to strike down provisions of the 1937 Shariat law as a "very good case" which advisably only the legislature should look into.A bench of Chief Justice...

New Delhi, March 10 – Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, responding to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s charge that he was the "biggest interrupter" in the Lok Sabha, said on Tuesday that the opposition MP was entitled to his views but remained "immature and uninformed" enough to understand...

New Delhi, March 10 – Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, stated on Tuesday that a member of the panel of chairpersons could preside over the Lok Sabha when a resolution to remove the Speaker is being considered. In response, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi stated that "in the...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court issued a notice on Tuesday regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of the "cream layer" principle within reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, and...

Kathmandu, March 10 The Rastriya Swatantra Party has won 125 of the 165 seats through direct voting in Nepal's parliamentary elections, as vote counting under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system concluded on Tuesday, putting the RSP in a position to form a majority government.However, the...

New Delhi, March 9 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

Chandigarh, March 9 A delegation of the Punjab Congress Legislature Party met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and raised the issue of pending CAG audit reports that have not yet been presented to the state Assembly, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said on Monday.The delegation...

Kathmandu, March 9 Fourteen women have been elected to Nepal's parliament in the recently concluded general elections, accounting for just over eight per cent of the total seats.While the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 13 of the 14 seats, the Nepali Congress (NC) secured one.The...

Chandigarh, March 7 The judiciary must continue to serve as a constitutional guardian in matters concerning the environment, and not impede legitimate development aspirations, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday.He made the remark while addressing the Punjab and Haryana High...

Washington, March 7 – The Hindu American Foundation has joined dozens of faith-based organizations in urging the US Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship, warning that any attempt to limit this constitutional right would unsettle immigrant families and threaten religious diversity in...

New Delhi, March 6 The Congress has issued a directive to its MPs, requiring them to be present in the Lok Sabha from March 9 to 11. The notice seeking the removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is likely to be taken up next week.The Lok Sabha will convene for the second phase of the Budget...

Seoul, March 4 North Korea will elect representatives to its parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, later this month, state media said Wednesday, as a follow-up step after a recent party congress.The election of representatives to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) will be held on...

Kohima, March 3 – The Nagaland Assembly on Tuesday decided to refer the issue of singing the national song “Vande Mataram” in the assembly to a Select Committee for detailed examination, following objections raised by several legislators.Speaker Sharingain Longkumer announced the decision...

Bengaluru, March 3 – Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah endorsed Tamil Nadu counterpart M. K. Stalin's call for a national dialogue on recalibrating relations between the Union and states, and restoring the constitutional balance of Indian federalism.Reiterating Karnataka's willingness to...

Bengaluru, March 3 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to his counterpart in Tamil Nadu, M K Stalin, expressing the state's strong support for a renewed national discourse on Centre-State relations.Siddaramaiah said he would urge the union government to provide an institutional...