political law

Washington, April 9 – An Indian-American Congressman has warned President Donald Trump that any move to withdraw the United States from NATO without congressional approval would be illegal and would weaken national security.In a letter sent after Trump’s White House meeting with NATO Secretary...

New Delhi, April 8 The Union Cabinet is believed to have cleared the draft bill for amendments to the Women's Reservation Act on Wednesday, which will ensure an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816, with 273 reserved for women, and its implementation in the 2029 general elections...

Panaji, April 8 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday described the High Court's order regarding the Ponda assembly by-election as "shocking," after the HC declared the Election Commission of India's poll notification "null and void," effectively cancelling the April 9 contest."The...

Panaji, April 8 The Bombay High Court on Wednesday declared the Election Commission of India's notification for the Ponda Assembly by-election as "null and void," effectively cancelling the April 9 poll. The Congress said it would challenge this decision in the Supreme Court.Justices Valmiki...

Jabalpur, April 6 Sanjay Pathak, an MLA from the ruling BJP and a mining baron, issued an unconditional apology through his lawyer in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a criminal contempt case on Monday. However, the High Court directed him to appear in person at the next hearing on April 21.A...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to the first week of May the hearing on a petition filed by the CBI challenging the suspension of Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sura Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...

Bhopal, April 3 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday that Rajendra Bharti, a Congress MLA from Datia, was disqualified in compliance with the Supreme Court's 2013 judgment, and the action was legal.The annulment of Bharti's membership of the assembly triggered a...

New Delhi, April 1 Key cases listed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday:* The Supreme Court will hear petitions related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.* The Supreme Court will hear a plea to mandate the public disclosure of the ultimate beneficial...

Jalna, March 31 The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Congress leader challenging the election of Shiv Sena MLA Arjun Khotkar in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, citing that the petition lacked merit.The petition, filed by Congress's Kailash Gorantyal, stated that...

Kochi, March 31 – The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2024 amendments to the Kerala Lokayukta Act, providing significant relief to the state government while also introducing a key safeguard on decision-making timelines.A Division Bench comprising Chief...

Fatehgarh Sahib, March 28 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday that the state will make stricter laws regarding sacrilege, and anyone found guilty of "beadbi" (sacrilege) of the Guru Granth Sahib will face imprisonment up to life.The Mann government will convene a special...

Kolkata, March 20 TMC MP and senior lawyer Kalyan Banerjee moved the Calcutta High Court on Friday, questioning the Election Commission's transfer order of several IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal shortly after the announcement of assembly elections in the state.The petitioner named Chief...

Jaipur, March 14 Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday questioned the Centre over the detention of activist Sonam Wangchuk, saying the entire matter raises serious concerns about the functioning of the Union government.Gehlot said the news of Wangchuk's release was welcome...

Sultanpur (UP), March A special court for MPs/MLAs here on Monday has scheduled March 12 for hearing arguments in a 2018 defamation case against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi, related to his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Advocate...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea filed by a man challenging the "logical discrepancy" category in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi...