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Satya Prakash
New Delhi, August 24
As round 500 Constitution Bench issues cling hearth, the Supreme Court on Wednesday notified that 25 five-judge Constitution Bench instances shall be listed from August 29, two days after Justice UU Lalit is scheduled to take over because the forty ninth Chief Justice of India.
According to a discover issued by the highest court docket, these five-judge Constitution Benches issues shall be listed for instructions, together with submitting of frequent compilation, brief written submissions and tentative indication as to time to be taken by legal professionals for making their submissions and thereafter, the instances can be listed as per instructions of the court docket.
According to a latest analysis by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, a complete of 492 instances are pending earlier than Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court. There are 41 essential and 301 linked issues pending earlier than five-judge Benches. So far as seven-judge benches are involved, there are seven essential and eight linked issues. Similarly, there are 5 essential and 130 linked issues pending earlier than nine-judge Benches.
The Constitution Bench issues notified for listening to included: the extent of immunity loved by lawmakers below Articles 105 and 194 of the Constitution; minority standing of Sikhs in Punjab; WhatsApp’s privateness coverage and its customers’ proper to privateness; does India want unique Courts of Appeal above excessive courts and beneath the Supreme Court; constitutionality of EWS quota; religion-based reservation in for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh; Islamic practices of polygamy, Nikah Halala, Nikah Mutah, and Nikah Misyar; method wherein Governor’s energy of remission is exercised; the highest court docket’s energy below Article 142 to dissolve a wedding between consenting events; system for appointing Election Commission members and validity of Section 6A(1) of the DPSE Act which gives immunity for officers of the extent of Joint Secretary and above.
However, the petitions difficult Presidential Orders nullifying Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories which had been referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench by the highest court docket on August 28, 2019 don’t determine within the checklist of 25 instances notified on Wednesday.
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