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January 2008

SC issues notices on forced ’socialist’ allegiance

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Government over a challenge to provisions of the Representation of People Act whereby a political formation seeking registration as a political party under the Act had to necessarily swear allegiance to ’socialism’.
Incidentally the Petitioners (Good Governance India Foundation) had also sought to question the constitutionality of the [...]

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Oops they’ve done it again !

The UPA has done in Nagaland what it did to a BJP Govt in Goa in Feb 2005; a vote of confidence not going its way, proceed to dismiss the government.
No doubt the vote of confidence in Goa in Feb 2005 or in Nagaland on Dec 13, 2007 was not without contention.
But the law on this situation [...]

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The 377 verdict & the Kusum Ingots fairy tale

One of the most common query doing the rounds on blogs and otherwise after the Naaz Foundation verdict has been the applicability of the said decision outside Delhi.
The mainstream media especially the TOI through Manoj Mitta has made one and all aware of para 22 (SCC) of Kusum Ingots which reads thus:
22. The Court must have [...]

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