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S.R. Bommai vs Union of India case verdict
The Bommai case verdict laid down the conditions under which State governments may be dismissed, and mechanisms for that process.
National
SC order on midnight petition in Karnataka
The Hindu Net Desk The Supreme Court agreed to hear at 1.45 a.m. on Thursday, the petition filed by the Congress-JD(S) challenging the Karnataka Governor’s decision to invite the BJP to form the government in Karnataka.Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra constituted a Bench comprising Justices A.K. Sikri, S.A. Bobde and Ashok Bhushan to hear the matter in court number six.The petition sought a stay on the oath-taking ceremony, as communicated by the Governor to BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa.In a midnight legal push,
International
Testimony of Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook:I. INTRODUCTIONChairman Walden, Ranking Member Pallone, and Members of the Committee,We face a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy, and you will rightfully have some hard questions for me to answer. Before I talk about the steps we’re taking to address them, I want to talk about how we got here.Facebook is an idealistic and optimistic company. For most of our existence, we focused on all the
Budget
Budget 2018-19: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's full speech
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the general budget 2018-19 in Parliament on Thursday. As he rose to present the budget for the financial year, he said, "Indian economy has performed very well since our Government took over in May, 2014. India achieved an average growth of 7.5% in first three years of our Government. Indian economy is now 2.5 trillion dollar economy – seventh largest in the world. India is expected to become the fifth largest economy very soon. On Purchasing Power Parity
Budget
Highlights of Union Budget 2018-19
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the general budget 2018-19 in Parliament on Thursday. Budget was guided by mission to strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, MSME and infrastructure sectors.Government said that a series of structural reforms will propel India among the fastest growing economies of the world. Country firmly on course to achieve over 8% growth as manufacturing, services and exports back on good growth path.Click here to read the full
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The Economic Survey for 2017-18 was tabled in Parliament on Monday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Read the entire survey and its findings here: Volume I Chapter 1: State of the Economy: An Analytical Overview and Outlook for PolicyChapter 2: A New, Exciting Bird’s-Eye View of the Indian Economy through the GSTChapter 3: Investment and Saving Slowdowns and Recoveries: Cross-Country Insights for IndiaChapter 4: Reconciling Fiscal Federalism and Accountability: Is there a Low Equilibrium
National
Full list of Padma awardees 2018
Music maestro Ilaiyaraja and cricketer M.S. Dhoni were among this year’s 89 Padma awardees, announced by the Centre on the eve of the 69th Republic Day. While Mr. Ilaiyaraja was among the three Padma Vibhushan awardees, the former India captain is among the nine Padma Bhushan recipients. Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan are the second and third highest civilian awards of the country respectively.This year 85 recipients have been selected for the prestigious awards including two duo cases.
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Read the full text of the letter submitted by four Supreme Court Judges to the CJI
Dear Chief Justice,It is with great anguish and concern that we have thought it proper to address this letter to you so as to highlight certain judicial orders passed by this Court which has adversely affected the overall functioning of the justice delivery system and the independence of the High Courts besides impacting the administrative functioning of the offices of the Hon. Chief Justice of India.From the date of establishment of the three Chartered High Courts of Calcutta, Bombay and