Police step up vigil across Coimbatore as UAPA Tribunal upholds ban on Popular Front of India

Police step up vigil across Coimbatore as UAPA Tribunal upholds ban on Popular Front of India

Intensive vehicle checks are being conducted across Coimbatore after the UAPA Tribunal on March 21, 2023 upheld the MHA’s ban on the Popular Front of India and its affiliated organisations. Photo: Special Arrangement The police stepped up security and conducted vehicle checks across Coimbatore during the late hours on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 after the … Read more

Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of EWS quota

Supreme Court upholds constitutional validity of EWS quota

The Supreme Court, on November 7, upheld the validity of reservation to economically weaker section (EWS) of society among general category by a majority judgment of 3:2. While justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi and B. Pardiwala held that the EWS quota does not violate basic structure of the Constitution, CJI U.U. Lalit and Justice Ravindra … Read more

Supreme Court upholds notification amending employees pension scheme as ‘legal and valid’

Supreme Court upholds notification amending employees pension scheme as ‘legal and valid’

The dispute primarily concerned the controversial amendments made to paragraph 11 of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995. The dispute primarily concerned the controversial amendments made to paragraph 11 of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995. The Supreme Court on Friday, November 4, 2022, upheld the Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 as “legal … Read more

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

July 17, 2021 — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act Thursday in a 7 to 2 vote, rejecting claims by the challengers that the requirement for all Americans to obtain health insurance is unconstitutional. The challengers were comprised of 18 GOP-dominated states, led by Texas, who took issue with the ACA’s individual … Read more