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LIVE STREAMING OF SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS

Following a full court meeting, the Supreme Bench's top court agreed that all Constitution Benches hearings would begin live streaming on September 27.

posted by V.P.Nimbalkar 22nd Sep 2022

PM CARES Fund

The PM CARES Fund has had three new trustees nominated by the central government: veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, former Supreme Court justice K.T. Thomas, and former deputy Lok Sabha speaker Kariya Munda.

posted by V.P.Nimbalkar 22nd Sep 2022

Live streaming of SC proceedings

The Supreme Court recently made the decision to broadcast live its proceedings in significant Constitution Bench cases starting on September 27. Nearly four years after a request for transparency, this decision was made.

posted by V.P.Nimbalkar 22nd Sep 2022

Death penalty and Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently submitted questions about the rules for imposing the death penalty to a bigger Bench. The intervention is viewed as a crucial step in closing loopholes in the way death sentences are handed down by trial courts.

posted by V.P.Nimbalkar 22nd Sep 2022

KURMI COMMUNITY

People from the Kurmi community blocked railroad tracks in several locations in Eastern India in protest over not being recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (ST) and not having their language included in the Constitution's Eighth Schedule.

posted by V.P.Nimbalkar 21st Sep 2022