Month: November 2019

Kerala on high alert ahead of SC verdict on Sabarimala review petitions.

Source – hindustantimes.com Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Wednesday that his government would implement the Supreme Court order on Thursday on a bunch of review petitions questioning its September 2018 order which allowed women of all ages to worship at the Sabarimala Temple even as the administration made elaborate security arrangement for the pilgrimage season at

Supreme Court discusses ‘voluntary code of conduct’ for Cabinet Ministers.

Source – thehindu.com A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether Cabinet Ministers at both the Central and State levels should have a “voluntary model code of conduct” which addresses their private and public activities. The submissions about such a code were made before the five-judge Bench led by Justice Arun

Sabarimala shuts door on 3 Andhra Pradesh women.

Source – deccanchronicle.com Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram: The Sabarimala temple opened with high religious fervour on Saturday though politicos tried to score points and three women made an unsuccessful bid to worship at the shrine. The police sent back three women devotees from Andhra Pradesh below the age of 50 after checking their identity cards on Saturday afternoon. The

Explained: What bringing the Chief Justice of India’s office under RTI means.

Source – indianexpress.com On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and including Justices N V Ramana, D Y Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna, upheld a Delhi High Court