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The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

Why are top Indian wrestlers protesting on the streets?

Athletes demand action against India’s wrestling body’s chief, whom they accuse of sexually harassing female wrestlers.

Al Jazeera

Attorney-general orders Jari Wise inquest be held, hours after Tasmanian judge rules one out

Faith Tkalac says she has "no words" and is overwhelmed with relief after Tasmania's attorney-general intervenes to order an inquest into her son's death, hours after the Supreme Court rejected such a move.

ABC News

Naidu jittery as SC vacated stay on SIT probe: Minister

The Minister said that a Cabinet Sub-Committee was constituted soon after the YSRCP came to power in 2019, which had submitted a report in February 2020 itself.

The Hindu

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Thomas vote boosted benefactor's power

"The Crows used their fortune to buy access to and curry favor" with elites, one advocate said

Salon

SC asks govt. whether Mishra is so indispensable to ED

The Supreme Court had categorically directed the government to not give any further extension to Mr. Mishra in a judgment in September 2021.

The Hindu

With staunch religious and political opposition, will same-sex marriage be accepted in conservative India?

India's Hindu nationalist government and religious leaders are staunchly opposing same-sex marriage as a landmark case plays out in the country's Supreme Court, but others say there is nothing to fear.

ABC News

RSS’ women’s wing conducts survey among doctors and AYUSH practitioners on the LGBTQ+ community

The responses will be shared with the Supreme Court that is currently hearing the same-sex marriage issue, said Madhuri Marathe, organising secretary of the group that was launched in 2021.

The Hindu

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Supreme Court ethics hearings face tough, but necessary, road to reform

The hearings, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, began this week and are perhaps the only vehicle, at this stage, to leverage public pressure that could lead to an ethics code for the nation’s highest court.

Chicago Sun-Times

What I Hope to Learn from Justice Stevens' Papers on Kelo v. City of New London

The author of one of the Supreme Court's most widely hated rulings left us extensive files on the case, which have just been made public. They could help shed light on key unanswered questions about.

Reason

Delhi court summons BBC, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive over ‘defamation’

Hearing a defamation case by a BJP leader, a Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to the BBC over the banned documentary India: The Modi Question.

Newslaundry

SC upholds NCLAT verdict setting aside M.K. Rajagopalan’s bid for Appu Hotels

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) verdict setting aside the approval given to MGM Healthcare managing director M.K. Rajagopalan for making a ₹423-crore bid to take over Appu Hotels Ltd, which owns and operates Le Meridien in Chennai and Coimbatore.

The Hindu

Women wrestlers move SC seeking permission to file affidavit in sealed cover, matter to be heard on Thursday

NEW DELHI: The seven women wrestlers, who have levelled allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to file an affidavit in sealed cover.

The Times of India

Barred from polls, a Greek neo-Nazi seeks way back to politics

Ex-Golden Dawn member Ilias Kasidiaris launches a party before the May 21 vote, but the Supreme Court disqualifies it.

Al Jazeera

Andhra Pradesh: Naidu’s arrest certain in Amaravati land scam case, says Sajjala

The Supreme Court has set aside the Andhra Pradesh High Court order issuing a ‘blanket stay’ on inquiry into Amaravati land scam, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy says, and adds that the government has sufficient evidence to prove the TDP government’s wrongdoing in the case

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Democrats still aim to probe oil giants’ climate-change knowledge - Roll Call

Senate Democrats aim to continue a House investigation into the oil industry's so-called supermajors and what they knew about climate change.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan government, Imran Khan’s PTI agree on simultaneous polls

Late-night talks between the ruling alliance and Khan’s party, however, end without any agreement on an election date.

WEKU

There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

The Hindu

SC backs MHA call to defer Rajoana mercy plea

The Supreme Court on May 3, 2023 left it to the government to consider the mercy petition by Balwant Singh,

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2002 Naroda Gam riots case | Court criticises Supreme Court-appointed SIT; says evidence of prosecution full of contradictions

A special court in Ahmedabad which acquitted all the 67 accused in the Naroda Gam post-Godhra riots case has criticised the probe conducted into it by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Supreme Court and said the evidence of the prosecution’s witnesses was full of contradictions and could…

The Hindu

Supreme Court sets aside HC stay on inquiry into Amaravati land scam

In a legal victory for the Jagan Mohan Reddy Government, the Supreme Court on May 3 set aside an Andhra Pradesh High Court order issuing a “blanket stay” on an inquiry into the Amaravati land scam and the alleged role of the previous Telugu Desam Party regime.

The Hindu

The Kerala Story: SC tells petitioners to approach State High Court for disclaimer

The Supreme Court on May 3 refused to entertain a petition by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind to direct the makers of the movie ‘The Kerala Story’ to carry a disclaimer that it is a work of fiction.

Chicago Sun-Times

Senate Democrats’ effort to overhaul Supreme Court ethics faces GOP opposition

Democrats hope to strengthen ethics rules governing the nine justices in the wake of reports that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted expensive vacations from a GOP donor.

ABC News

Tasmanian ex-wife of Shane Barker tells court she 'doesn't remember' saying she wanted him killed

The Supreme Court in Launceston has heard from Shane Barker's ex-wife, who said she did not recall saying she should get a hit man to kill her husband.

The Hindu

SC Collegium shows that critical published articles of a former senior do not stymie a competent lawyer’s chances to become HC judge

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has recommended the names of three advocates for appointment as judges of the Bombay High Court.

The Guardian - US

Democrats call for new supreme court ethics rule amid Clarence Thomas scandal

Democrats accuse top US court of ‘lowest ethical standards’ but Republicans say criticism of Gorsuch and Thomas is unfounded

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