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Umar Khalid’s bail plea: a timeline of court hearings and adjournments

In jail since September 2020, Umar Khaild’s bail plea has been adjourned seven times by the top court

The Hindu

Lawsuit: Mississippi Town Declared Houses 'Blighted' Without Notice

Mississippi only gives property owners 10 days to challenge a blight finding that could lead to their house being seized through eminent domain.

Reason

Taxing Nudity: Discriminatory Taxes, Secondary Effects, and Tiers of Scrutiny—part 1 in a series

Serial-blogging my recent article in the Journal of Free Speech Law

Reason

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Supreme Court raps Maharashtra Speaker for ‘disregarding’ court order

SC slams Speaker for reducing anti-defection proceedings against CM Shinde to a "charade". Gives Speaker two months to decide proceedings before next elections. SC holds Speaker accountable as election tribunal, gives him opportunity till Oct 16 to set out time schedule. Warns of peremptory order if not done.

The Hindu

Maratha quota case | Curative petition will come up in due course, says Chief Justice of India Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud on October 13 said a curative petition against the apex court’s judgment holding the Maratha reservation law unconstitutional will be listed for consideration in due course. The Chief Justice was responding to an oral mentioning for an early listing of the curative plea.

The Hindu

Supreme Court to hear plea by academics on November 2

SC lists petition on Nov 2 raising concern of academia over seizure of mobile phones, computers as “electronic evidence” by investigating agencies. Academicians contend it violates their right to privacy. SC had held in Pegasus case that citizens have a reasonable expectation of privacy. MHA said digital devices must be…

The Hindu

The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a hunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by justices

The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a massive piece of marble at least two feet in length crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides

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Should the 50 % legal ceiling on reservation be reconsidered?

The Hindu Parley podcast discusses whether the 50% legal ceiling on reservation should be removed in the wake of the Bihar caste survey results

The Hindu

Radical SCOTUS is "not an accident"

Salon talks to the Emmy-winning documentarian about SCOTUS corruption, Mitch McConnell and the court's rich history

Salon

A Possible Reprieve for the Mentally Ill on Death Row

Scott Panetti was deemed incompetent for execution.

Texas Observer

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

The Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalises consensual same-sex acts between adult men. The decision boosts the trend in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region towards decriminalisation. Now, a slight majority – nine out of 16 member states – do not prohibit gay and lesbian…

The Conversation

Delhi riots: SC to hear Umar Khalid's bail plea on November 1

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the bail plea filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, (UAPA) case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the North-East Delhi riots in February 2020. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC to again hear matter of 26-week pregnancy termination tomorrow; Asks petitioner to take call

The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a split order on a married woman plea seeking termination of 26-week old pregnancy. Read further on Dynamite News: Read further on Dynamite News:

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Redistricting case has historic connection to South Carolina campaign

Michael B. Moore's campaign for Congress will be affected by a Supreme Court gerrymandering case. His ancestor faced a similar situation.

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Bilkis gang-rape case | SC asks Centre, Gujarat to place record related to remission granted to convicts

The Supreme Court on October 12 directed the Centre and the Gujarat government to submit by October 16 the original records related to the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The Hindu

Seven-judge Bench agrees to take a call on giving Money Bill case priority

Supreme Court sets up seven-judge Bench headed by CJI Chandrachud to hear petitions challenging Modi govt's passing of key Bills as Money Bills, denying Rajya Sabha opportunity to discuss or pass amendments. Also to decide if fundamental rights subservient to parliamentary privileges.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawsuit against Black Lives Matter leader endangers free speech rights

The U.S. Supreme Court should take the case of a Black Lives Matter leader in Louisiana who is being sued by a police officer who was injured in protests led by BLM.

Salon

The man behind SCOTUS right-wing rule

The inside story of how Leonard Leo built machine that remade American legal system — and what he plans to do next

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Taxes on Wealth and on Unrealized Capital Gains Are Unconstitutional

Moore v. United States: The big tax case before SCOTUS this year.

The Hindu

Listing of 1,250 FIR quash petitions on a single day creates anxiety among Madras High Court lawyers

Madras HC lists 1,250 FIR quash petitions; judge clarifies he won't dismiss en masse, asks lawyers to withdraw cases not meeting SC parameters.

The Independent UK

Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned

“To the family of the victim, I sincerely apologize for all of it,” death row inmate Jedidiah Murphy said before he was exected on Tuesday

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Supreme Court sounds ready to keep South Carolina congressional map - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to reverse a lower court ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw a congressional district.

The Hindu

Action sought against five persons for vitiating Supreme Court proceedings of Chandrababu Naidu’s case

Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record (AoR) D. Siva Rami Reddy has complained to Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking action against five persons who logged into the live streaming of the proceedings pertaining to TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) in skill development scam case on…

The Hindu

Money Bill, AMU’s minority status, Quota within quota: The cases before the new CJI-led seven-judge Constitution Bench | Explained

On October 12, the seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear matters about the passage of laws as ‘money bills’, Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status, re-distribution of quota within SC reservation, freedom of press vis-a-vis legislative privileges, and the competence of State legislatures to levy additional taxes.

The Hindu

Jharkhand HC to hear Heman Soren's plea against ED summons on October 13

hief Minister Hemant Soren had earlier filed a writ petition in the Jharkhand High Court challenging the summons issued against him in a money laundering case by the ED.

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