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Thursday Brief

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the provisions of a Maharashtra law providing reservation to the Maratha community, which took the total quota in the state above the 50 % ceiling set by the court in its 1992 Indra Sawhney (Mandal) judgment. “The 50% rule…is to fulfill the objective of equality as engrafted in…

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Tuesday Brief

It looks as if Courts are ruling our country. Any decision/policy announcement either by state govt or central govt is either challenged in High Court (HC) or Supreme Court (SC). It looks like our courts have no other work than to look into the decision taken by govt/legislature. This has increased after NDA govt took…

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Tuesday Brief

Some interesting development happened in the Madras High Court, where a petition was being heard on 26th April 21, which was filed by AIADMK leader and Tamilnadu Transport Minister MR Vijayabhaskar seeking directions for the Election Commission to implement strict measures during counting on 2nd May 21 at his Karur constituency , where 77 candidates…