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Fresh SC bench to be formed to hear pleas challenging 'nikah halala', polygamy

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will form a Constitution Bench to conduct proceedings on pleas against Nikah-Halala and polygamy, practiced among Muslims.Read further on Dynamite News:

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Profile | Justice Chandrachud whose dissents are as powerful as his judgments

Chandrachud had held that the Chief Justice and the judges of the court were constitutional offices and not a hierarchy

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Constitution Bench to check if greater curbs can be imposed on Ministers’ speeches

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta accepted that a public functionary should be more guarded in speech than an ordinary person

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Supreme Court to hear on October 12 pleas challenging demonetisation

“Does this survive at this stage? In those days, it was relevant. Does it survive now,” Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, who headed the five-judge Bench, asked as soon as the hearing in the case that commenced on September 28.

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Constitution Bench to consider questions of law on demonetisation on September 28

The case is coming up before a Constitution Bench after six years

The Hindu

Date set for hearing of Centre-Delhi dispute for control over bureaucrats

In May, a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice Ramana had, in a judgment, referred to a Constitution Bench the limited question concerning ‘services’ or bureaucracy for an authoritative pronouncement

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Death penalty cases: SC refers key issue to Constitution Bench

In many death cases, an accused person is condemned to the gallows by the trial judge on the same day he or she is convicted of a crime.

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Karnataka hijab ban | Wearing hijab is an expression of the self, says Sibal

The senior counsel says the Supreme Court should refer the case to a Constitution Bench

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Constitution Bench to hear Centre-Delhi govt. battle for control over bureaucrats on September 27

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Uddhav Thackeray faction gets relief from Supreme Court

The Bench, headed by CJI Ramana, asked ECI to hold action on Shinde’s claim over party and symbol

The Hindu

Delhi versus Centre row: SC to consider plea for early listing of case

Delhi government urges Supreme Court to pronounce an authoritative judgment on the battle between the Centre and Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for control over bureaucrats in the National Capital.

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Explained | Pardon and remission, and who grants them

How do pardon powers of the President and Governor differ from government’s jurisdiction to release convicts?

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Third and final round: On the tussle over Delhi’s status

Proposed Constitution Bench hearing should end the wrangling over NCT’s status

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Centre-Delhi row heads to Constitution Bench

5-judge Bench of the Supreme Court to deal with the issue of control over bureaucracy in Capital

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How a key petition pending in SC raises questions on the finality of NRC in Assam

Matiur Rahman has been waging a legal battle against the inconsistencies that exist in India’s National Register for Citizens (NRC) regime since November 2012. Some of the questions that prompted his writ petition to the Supreme Court of India were: How could there be one standard citizenship law for the…

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