The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s order declaring the Sena bloc led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the “real political party” after its split in June 2022. The speaker had also also rejected the Thackeray faction’s plea to disqualify … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergencies, based on a lawsuit … Read more
House Democrats are urging Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any decisions related to former President Donald Trump’s place on Colorado state primary ballots — a case the high court could soon take up. “Your impartiality is reasonably questioned by substantial numbers of fair-minded members of the public,” a group of eight … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by Congress leader Pawan Khera challenging the Allahabad High Court’s refusal to quash criminal proceedings against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta said it was not inclined to interfere with the high … Read more
NEW DELHI: Embattled billionaire Gautam Adani will face his moment of truth today as the Supreme Court will announce its verdict on the Hindenburg issue in which crores of investor wealth was lost. Last month, a Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had reserved its order on a batch of pleas last … Read more
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Chief Justice John Roberts warned that courts will need to consider the proper use of artificial intelligence (AI), portraying it as a new frontier for change in an annual report that follows a turbulent year for the Supreme Court. “I predict that human judges will be around for a while,” Roberts wrote in his report. … Read more
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the House Oversight Committee’s ranking Democrat, said on Sunday that he believes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself if the high court decides to hear cases regarding decisions in some states on whether to remove Donald Trump from primary ballots in 2024. The Maryland Democrat’s remarks came after officials in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution. The attorneys also asserted in a filing late Saturday night that the “historical fallout is … Read more
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