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Supreme Court gives Election Commission of India two weeks to produce data on contributions to political parties via electoral bonds scheme. CJI Chandrachud said ultimate purpose is to reduce unaccounted cash in electoral system, encourage banking channels and bring transparency.

There is no place within India’s constitutional structure to see a foetus as anything but dependent on the mother’

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of a Constitution Bench’s majority judgment which had held that only the legislature can recognise or regulate queer marriage.

SC: Electoral bonds scheme offers "selective confidentiality" which does not prevent ruling party from unearthing donors to Opposition. SBI has no statutory obligation to maintain confidentiality. Govt. argued scheme prevents black money from entering electoral system.

Raghav Chadha was suspended on August 11, the last day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, for “gross violation of rule, misconduct, defiant attitude and contemptuous conduct”.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide disqualification petitions filed under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) of the Constitution against the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde camp in the Shiv Sena dispute by December 31, 2023. Rahul Narwekar to decide disqualification petitions against the Chief…

CJI Chandrachud: Judges have vital role in stabilising rapidly changing societies. Courts provide stabilising influence, become focal points of engagement between civil society and quest for social transformation. People come to courts for voice in constitutional change, not just outcomes.

Homosexuality was decriminalised in 2018 but the supreme court has declined to change marriage laws

Supreme Court affirms queerness is Indian, not foreign; CJI D.Y. Chandrachud notes how prejudice is a remnant of colonial past. Five judges agree that queerness is not limited to urban, elite few. CJI says demand to legalise same-sex marriage should not be dismissed as foreign idea. Colonial laws heaped indignity…

In the wake of the same-sex marriage verdict, The Hindu decodes what the top court has previously said about the fundamental right to marry and whether international human rights covenants recognise such a right.

In a majority judgement in the case, the Supreme Court ruled that non-heterosexual couples do not have the right to have their relationships recognised either as marriage or as a civil union