Demo To Jallikattu: SC To Hear 25 Pending Constitution Bench Cases
By Ritika Jain Two five-judge Constitutional Benches of the Supreme Court heard at least eight matters early this week and fixed timelines for final hearings in these cases. Some of these long pending matters have been languishing in cold storage for more than a decade. 15 years after it was posted for reference before a five-judge bench, the Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit will start hearing arguments on September 14 on whether Muslims can be declared as a socially and educationally backward class in Andhra Pradesh. Since the issues are overlapping, the bench s...