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Letters to The Editor — July 13, 2023

Readers’ mail to The Hindu’s Letters to The Editor

The Hindu

Senthilbalaji postponed heart surgery from June 18 to 21 to cooperate with ED, counsel tells Madras HC

Minister V. Senthilbalaji's scheduled surgery postponed to cooperate with ED's custodial interrogation. Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta argued ED had permission to interrogate & duty to investigate money-laundering offences. Madras HC directed case to be listed for Fri & reminded SC's insistence on early disposal.

The Hindu

SCOTUS lawyers paid Thomas aide on Venmo

"There is no excuse for it," says former White House ethics chief

Salon

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Legacy Preferences, Citizenship, Migration, and the Implications of a Constitutional Ban on Hereditary Privilege

Some scholars and commentators argue that legacy preferences at public universities are unconstitutional because they are a form of hereditary privilege. If so, the same is likely true of the far more consequential hereditary privilege of citizenship that severely restricts the right to live and work in the United States.

Reason

Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah question govt.’s normalcy narrative in Jammu and Kashmir

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah questioned the normalcy narrative portrayed in the latest affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court

The Hindu

MP Angus MacNeil will not re-join SNP group after suspension

The MP said he would sit as an independent until at least after the SNP’s October conference.

The Independent UK

Three capitals case: Supreme Court adjourns hearing of SLP filed by A.P. govt. to December

The Andhra Pradesh government has challenged the impugned order of the A.P. High Court, which ruled that the State has no legislative competence to decide on the capital issue, and it should develop Amaravati as the capital in a time-bound manner

The Hindu

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Veteran SNP MP Angus MacNeil blasts party over independence as he resigns whip

The Western Isles MP was given a seven-day suspension from the Westminster group last week after he accused the chief whip of bullying.

Daily Record

Supreme Court has a long history of protecting Americans’ rights. Not any more.

The recent regressive Supreme Court rulings represent an astonishing rejection of the principles of racial and economic justice that guided the court for more than 60 years.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Modi’ surname remark | BJP MLA Purnesh Modi files caveat in Rahul Gandhi defamation case

BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, the complainant in the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking that he be heard if the Congress leader moves a plea challenging the high court verdict refusing to stay his conviction in the Modi surname remark case.

The Hindu

SC fixes Umar Khalid’s bail plea hearing on July 24

The Supreme Court said it would hear a plea by former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a UAPA case on July 24 related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020.

The Hindu

ED beyond an individual will continue action against rampant corruption by cozy entitled dynasts : Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that Enforcement Directorate (ED) is an institution beyond an individual. He said the Supreme Court has upheld the amendments to the Central Vigilance Act (CVC) and those rejoicing the court verdict are “delusional” for various reasons.

The Hindu

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says it's time for Supreme Court justices to bring their conduct in line with the standards of other branches of government

The Independent UK

The unseemly politics of the Uniform Civil Code

A common civil and penal code would ensure that all are equal under the law

The Hindu

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WEKU

Justice Sotomayor's staff urged schools and libraries to buy her memoir or kid's books

The works have earned Sotomayor $3.7 million since she joined the court in 2009. Her taxpayer-funded staffers have been deeply involved in organizing speaking engagements intended to sell the books.

The Hindu

Tribe members should be part of supervisory teams: Supreme Court to Manipur

The Supreme Court on July 11 asked the Manipur government to ‘duly consider’ including members of the Zo-Kuki tribes in the teams of MLAs and Ministers formed by the State to oversee the supervision and management of relief camps for victims of the violence.

The Hindu

Senthilbalaji case: PMLA requires ED to possess materials, indicating ‘guilt’, before resorting to arrest, argues Kapil Sibal

ED cannot be treated as an investigating agency empowered to unearth the truth through custodial interrogation, senior counsel Kapil Sibal argued before the Madras High Court

The Hindu

SC ruling on ED chief a slap on government’s face, says Congress

The Congress on July 11 said the Supreme Court verdict holding that two extensions given to Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra as “illegal” was a vindication of the party’s stand and a “slap on the government’s face”.

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The Times of India

Congress questions Amit Shah's locus standi over remarks on ED

NEW DELHI: The BJP and the Congress clashed on Tuesday over the Supreme Court holding the Centre's order extending the tenure of Enforcement Director (ED) director Sanjay Kumar Mishra as illegal.

The Hindu

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court adjourns to July 17 hearing of pleas against remission to convicts

The Supreme Court has adjourned to July 17, due to paucity of time, the hearing of pleas challenging the remission granted to all convicts in the gang-rape case of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots

The Hindu

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir welcome Supreme Court’s decision to hear petitions on Article 370 daily

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on July 11 welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution on a day-to-day basis.

The Guardian - US

The US supreme court has hijacked American democracy

The court has vastly overextended its own power and flaunted its corruption. It will take a political movement to stop them

Dynamite News

SC to hear DERC chief issue, Delhi Services Ordinance on July 17

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned for July 17 a plea of Delhi government relating to the appointment of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) Chairperson. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Supreme Court asks SEBI why law was tweaked to remove provisions prohibiting opacity in FPI ownership

The Supreme Court asked SEBI to explain why the law was tweaked in 2018 to junk crucial provisions prohibiting opacity in the ownership structure of FPIs, leading to investigation into the Adani Group hitting a wall

Zenger

Critics Fear Erosion Of Checks And Balances As Israel Restricts Supreme Court’s ‘Reasonableness’ Standard

Israeli Knesset Passes Partisan Bill to Restrict Supreme Court's Use of 'Reasonableness' Standard

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