Justice Nagarathna disagreed on overruling the 1989 judgment by a seven-judge bench led by her father and then CJI ES Venkataramiah. (Agencies) NEW DELHI: Justice B V Nagarathna on Wednesday penned a lengthy opinion to disagree on all but one issue with the eight other judges on a bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud,…
Pressure is mounting on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a growing faction of anxious Liberal MPs is coordinating efforts to compel him to resign as leader of the Liberal Party. Following significant electoral losses in both the Toronto-St. Paul’s and Montreal by-elections, dissatisfaction with Trudeau’s leadership has intensified, prompting discussions among disgruntled MPs about…
NEW DELHI: Opposing criminalisation of marital rape, the Centre on Thursday told Supreme Court that a husband and wife share a unique multifaceted relationship which is not exclusively centred on sex and stressed if Parliament has thoughtfully carved out an exception for marital rape in the penal provisions (in Sec 375 of IPC), it should…
Amit Shah in Gurgaon (ANI photo) GURGAON: Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be passed in the winter session of Parliament, setting the stage for a potential showdown with the opposition both inside and outside the House.“Waqf board law… we will fix it in the next session…
NEW DELHI: In a strong indication of his govt’s intent to rollout one-third quota for women in Parliament and state legislatures, PM Narendra Modi Monday called upon BJP workers to conduct membership enrolment drive to help achieve the objective of having enough women as lawmakers in the next few years.Speaking at the launch of the…
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Parliament was compelled to enact a law in 2019 to make Muslim men who instantaneously divorce their wives through ‘triple talaq‘ liable to imprisonment as the SC’s 2017 ruling declaring it unconstitutional did not prove to be a deterrent against such unilateral sudden…
No political party in power took this short step despite SC goadingNEW DELHI: When the Constitution was just a year-old, law minister B R Ambedkar had stoically met the charge that the Hindu Code Bill, 1951, was communal in nature as it aimed to codify the personal law of one religious community leaving aside the…
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP Lok Sabha member Jagdambika Pal was on Tuesday named chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament (JPC), which will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill.A Lok Sabha notification said Speaker Om Birla appointed Pal as the head of the 31-member committee.Amid protests by the opposition in Lok Sabha on its provisions,…
NEW DELHI: Jagdambika Pal, a senior BJP Lok Sabha member, has been appointed the chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament that will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, according to a Lok Sabha notification issued on Tuesday. The official notification said Speaker Om Birla named Pal the head of the 31-member committee. The government…
NEW DELHI: The Parliament was adjourned sine die on Friday, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the session, with the two Houses passing several key pieces of legislation, including the Finance Bill, 2024, and the Appropriation Bill, 2024 — both crucial for the Union Budget.The session gained significance after the introduction of the…
