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“Judges must not be trolled”

"The troll armies inspired by political parties and organizations target the judges and their families," said C. S. Vaidyanathan, senior advocate, Supreme Court of India and former Additional Solicitor General of India.

The Basic Structure~I

The largest Bench of the Court sat for the longest time six months and delivered arguably the most celebrated judgment in the legislative history of independent India. It conceded to Parliament but only partly the power to suitably amend the Constitution to carry forward its intent but held it could not tinker with or alter the ‘basic structure‘ of the same. Most crucially, it could not curtail the independent power of the Judiciary to review any legislation to ensure that it conforms to the ‘basic structure

Amaravati scam FIR: SC stays HC media gag

The FIR had named 13 persons, including the former advocate general of AP Dammalapati Srinivas, his wife and the two daughters of a Supreme Court judge for purchasing land in the core area of the proposed capital allegedly taking advantage of their prior knowledge that the TDP government was going to set up a greenfield capital at Amaravati.