Author: Harsheen Kaur Luthra

Would be Longest CJI in Recent Memory The 50th Chief Justice of India, Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, was sworn in at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu gave him the oath of office. Justice Chandrachud was recommended by outgoing Chief Justice UU Lalit as his successor on October 11; the President accepted the recommendation the following day, on October 17. Justice Chandrachud will serve as CJI from November 10, 2024, for a term of more than two years, one of the longest in recent memory. Serving the ordinary citizen is my priority,” CJI Chandrachud In his first…

Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra Following a copyright infringement allegation, a court in Bengaluru ordered Twitter to temporarily prohibit the handles of the Indian National Congress (INC) and its popular movement, Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress party is undertaking the 3,570-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ that began at Kanniyakumari on September 7, 2022, and will end at Srinagar covering 12 States in 150 days. The organizing team for the Bharat Jodo Yatra is under the direction of Digvijaya Singh. Congress is viewed as using the yatra as a tactic to increase its chances of winning the 2024 elections. It was launched on…

In a relief to several public servants, the Supreme Court has provided more time to join the Employees’ Pension Scheme by upholding the Employees Provident Scheme of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) as “legal and valid”. The Supreme Court Order on Employees’ Pension Scheme The order of apex court came in response to the appeals filed by Employees Pension Provident Fund Organisation and the Central Government challenging the Kerela, Rajasthan and Delhi High court judgments which had quashed 2014(Amendment) Scheme. Most importantly, the court made use of its extraordinary authority granted by Article 142 of the Constitution to grant…

PM Modi launched Mission LiFE, Lifestyle For Environment which aims to be India’s signature global initiative at the United Nations to nudge individual and collective action to protect and preserve the environment. Mission LiFE a global initiative PM Modi on day 2 of his visit to Gujrat, launched Mission LiFE (Lifestyle For Environment) at the Statue of Unity at Ekta Nagar in Kevadia today (October 20) in presence of United Nations Secretory-General Antonio Guterres. This mission aims to be a global mass movement toward protecting and preserving the environment. Mission LiFE aims at following a three-pronged strategy for changing people’s…

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections are expected to be close, with the opposition Congress suffering from factionalism and disjointed leadership among its state units while the incumbent BJP is constrained by anti-incumbency feelings. Tussle Between BJP & Congress in Himachal Pradesh In a week, on November 12, voters in Himachal Pradesh will choose representatives to fill the 68 seats in its Legislative Assembly. In the State, where the Congress and the BJP have alternately formed governments for more than three decades, many voters have voiced conflicted feelings about both parties. Eleven of the BJP’s current MLAs, including one Minister, have…

The state in news, Kerala, has attempted to make a similar act to curb superstitious and inhuman evil practices in the past, named The Kerala Prevention of Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices, Sorcery, and Black Magic Bill, but this bill is yet to come in existence as an act, currently, this bill is under the consideration of State Home Department.

A plea filed by Dr. Syeda Ambreen of Karnataka’s Kalaburgi argued that practices of Talaq-e-Kinaya and Talaq-e-Bain are irrational, arbitrary, tyrannical, and are in contradiction with fundamental rights namely Articles 14, 15, 21, and 25, thus contending that these should be turned unconstitutional.