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Daily Dose Ep 1438: Gauhati HC to hear Manipur cases, Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from the Supreme Court, New Delhi, South Africa, Greece and the US.

Newslaundry

Muslim Law Board’s stand sought on nikah halala

Law Commission seeks AIMPLB's position on nikah halala, muta and minimum age for marriage. Board opposes halala, views muta as "non-issue". Reiterates opposition to UCC, asks why only Muslims targeted

The Hindu

Federal judge: West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales

A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill

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Manipur violence | Supreme Court shifts 27 CBI cases, including crimes against women, to Assam

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud told petitioners that the Supreme Court was not asking the Assam government to nominate the pre-trial judges to look into cases arising out of the CBI’s investigation into the Manipur violence, but the Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta. Issuing a series of…

The Hindu

PM degree row: SC rejects Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's plea against HC order trashing his request to stay defamation case by Gujarat University

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging the high court order rejecting his request to stay the criminal defamation proceedings filed by the Gujarat University over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualification.

The Times of India

Billionaire-linked US thinktank behind supreme court wealth tax case lobbying

Manhattan Institute one of eight conservative advocacy groups that filed amicus briefs urging the court to hear Moore v US

The Guardian - US

Manipur Violence: SC relocates 21 CBI cases to Assam; Asks Gauhati HC to ensure fair trial

The Apex Court also said that applications for production of the accused, judicial custody and other proceedings in connection with the investigation are allowed to be conducted in online mode. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC asks CWMA for report on sharing of Cauvery water before Sept. 1

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to submit a report on the status of discharge of the river water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, especially its availability for the next fortnight. The court recorded Karnataka’s dissatisfaction with a CWMA order to release 10,000 cusecs…

The Hindu

Supreme Court declines to stay release of Amarmani Tripathi, his wife Madhumani

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the release of former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani. Read further on Dynamite News

Dynamite News

Life convicts Amarmani Tripathi, wife set to be released after 16 years in Uttar Pradesh jail

Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani, serving life terms in poet Madhumita Shukla murder case, are likely to be released from the jail in Lucknow later in the day, Gorakhpur jail superintendent Dilip Pandey said on August 25.

The Hindu

Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling

Indonesia’s top court overturned two officers’ acquittal in the stadium crush, but handed down short sentences.

Al Jazeera

Second Amendment Roundup: Looking for Historical Tradition in All the Wrong Places

The Government drops reference to the slave codes as a historical analogue in Rahimi.

Reason

Should the CJI be part of the committee selecting the CEC?

The experts discuss whether having a Cabinet member instead of the CJI on the selection panel of the Election Commission affects the neutrality of the panel

The Hindu

Cauvery water dispute | Tamil Nadu’s request for more water has no legal basis: Karnataka

Karnataka: 2023 not normal water year, Tamil Nadu's plea for 24K cusecs based on erroneous assumption.

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At the Races: Prime time fault lines? - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Hindu

Testimony of Manipur victims being taped before magistrates

CBI records statements of Manipur sexual assault victims; 27 cases registered; 80 officials, personnel roped in; statements recorded under Section 164 of CrPC; medical reports of victims being collected; Union Home Minister appealed to Meitei, Kuki communities to abjure violence and have dialogue.

The Independent UK

A top court in Pakistan will rule on a conviction appeal from ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan

Officials say a top court in Pakistan’s capital is expected to issue a crucial ruling on an appeal from the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan against his recent conviction and three-year sentence in a graft case

The Hindu

Cauvery dispute: All-party delegation to meet PM

Leaders of major political parties in Bengaluru agree to take a delegation to PM Modi to explain Karnataka's water situation in rain deficit year. They will urge PM to notify Krishna Tribunal 2 award and seek forest clearances for Mahadayi drinking water project. CM Siddaramaiah says Karnataka will argue for…

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Allahabad HC affirms ‘constitutionally recognised right’ of an individual to change gender

“The petitioner claims to be suffering from Gender Dysphoria,” the petition stated.

The Hindu

Why trouble begins in rain-deficit year and what can be done

The demand for a scientific distress formula, according to Karnataka Water Resources Department officials, stems from the fact that currently the allocation for the States in a distress year is “ad hoc”, and both the Cauvery tribunal and the Supreme Court have not clearly spelt out the formula.

The Hindu

Article 370 hearing: Omar, Mehbooba express satisfaction

National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party leaders Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti expressed satisfaction and optimism after their petitioners concluded arguments in the Supreme Court hearing on abrogation of Article 370.

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Are Capital Gains Taxes Headed to the Supreme Court?

A conservative think tank wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a controversial state capital gains tax.

The Independent UK

What the GOP candidates have said about abortion rights

All GOP candidates have declared themselves anti-abortion but have varrying opinions on a federal ban

The Hindu

Karnataka will stress on scientific distress formula for sharing Cauvery water during hearing in Supreme Court

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Karnataka is facing rain deficit this year, and it is a cycle that happens once in 5-6 years. Due to poor rainfall in catchment areas of Cauvery, Kabini, Harangi and Hemavathy, State was unable to release the stipulated amount of water. Need solution for rain…

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007

8/23/2007: John Yates, aboard the Miss Katie boat, threw fish overboard to avoid an inspection. He was prosecuted for destroying property to prevent a federal seizure. In Yates v. United States (2015), the Supreme Court held that the fish was not a "record."

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