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The federal mandate: A call for more collaboration

As it gets ready to lead a coalition government of allies, and strong regional allies at that, the BJP may want to reset its federal playbook

Volleyball Federation of India election: Chandigarh barred from voting| HC issues notice to Centre, Indian Olympic body

The issue came to rise when the returning officer on January 30 declined permission to CVA nominees to cast their vote in the upcoming elections of VFI’s governing body, scheduled on February 17

PIL in SC seeking to include CJI in selection committee for CEC, EC appointment

It seeks direction to the Centre to include the Chief Justice of India in the selection committee for the appointment of the CEC and ECs which currently comprises of the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister.

Article 370 order upsets nation’s federal balance

You cannot call yourself ‘Republic of India’ in pleas: SC pulls up CBI

Under the law, the CBI is supposed to be an independent agency that can probe acts of illegalities of both Centre and state governments.

J&K can’t claim sovereignty after it acceded to India: SC in Art 370 case

According to a Constitution bench headed by CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the integration of J&K with the country was “absolutely complete.”

Can’t seek immunity from legal provisions because contract in President’s name: SC

Defending the Centre, ASG argued that the contract in the case stands on a different footing as it is entered into in the name of the President

Same-sex marriage is a demand for dignity

This demand aligns with our right to equality, dignity, and intimate expression, which are damaged by denying LGBTQIA people the right to marry who they choose

TG writes to CM for mentioning them as ‘caste’, instead of gender for caste survey

Reshma Prasad, founder secretary of Dostana Safar, which espouses the concerns of members from the third gender community, in her letter to the CM, requested him to issue orders to mention TG as a gender; remove its reference as a caste, and to allow them to specify their caste at birth, along with their TG identity, during the survey.