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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the consultative process for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner would ensure independence of the poll panel. The court was hearing a batch of pleas seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of Election Commissioners...

SC to Centre on Swamy’s ‘Ram Sethu’ plea, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why it is dragging its feet in filing a response on a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction that Ram Sethu should be declared a national heritage monument.Swamy told a bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices...

Give views on women’s quota bill re-introduction, Supreme Court tells Centre, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

NEW DELHI: Entering a new domain, the Supreme Court on Friday sought the Union government’s response in six weeks to a PIL, which sought re-introduction of the lapsed women’s reservation bill to provide 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha and assemblies.When a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J...