Shares of the mining companies were trading mixed after the Supreme Court gave state governments permission to levy mineral cess. Today, (July 25), a majority decision by the Supreme Court’s nine-judge constitution bench declared that governments are authorised to impose taxes on land that contains minerals. The highest court also […]
Supreme Court
If you want to know why people hate lawyers, just look at the majority’s opinion — which flies in the face of all common sense. One day it will be taught in law schools as the prime example of how literalism is the bane of law — and how conservatives have […]
The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration overstepped when it changed course from predecessors and banned bump stocks, which allow a rate of fire comparable to machine guns. The decision came after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles equipped with […]