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Key eyewitness identifies Yasin Malik as main shooter in 1990 IAF personnel killings

IANS | November 23, 2025 1:23 PM

Jammu, Nov 23 (IANS) In a breakthrough during the trial of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, Yasin Malik, for the killings of four IAF officials in Rawalpora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city on January 25, 1990, a key eyewitness has identified the separatist leader as the main shooter in the TADA court.

Justice Surya Kant to take oath as 53rd CJI tomorrow

IANS | November 23, 2025 9:13 AM

New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Justice Surya Kant will take oath on Monday as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI), marking the beginning of his 14-month tenure in the country's highest judicial office.

A legal, political battle that parties must fight jointly: Oppn as SC to hear plea for postponement of SIR in Kerala

IANS | November 21, 2025 1:23 PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) As the Supreme Court on Friday prepares to hear a plea seeking the postponement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala ahead of the upcoming Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGI) elections, Opposition leaders on Friday said the matter represents both a legal and political battle that all parties must actively engage in.

‘Deemed assent’ antithetical to Constitution: SC on Presidential reference

IANS | November 20, 2025 12:33 PM

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that courts cannot impose timelines on the Governor or the President for granting assent to Bills and that the concept of “deemed assent”, invoked earlier this year in the Tamil Nadu Bills case, is “antithetical to the spirit of the Constitution” and violates the principle of separation of powers.