The Supreme Court declined to examine a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's transfer of 63 IPS officers and 16 senior bureaucrats in West Bengal, citing insufficient time before the scheduled election. The mass reshuffle included top-tier officials, the Director General of Police and the Chief Secretary among them, making it among the most sweeping pre-poll administrative changes in recent state election history. The petitioner argued the transfers were conducted wholesale under the cover of poll-preparedness rather than as a genuine electoral integrity measure. The Court's refusal to intervene on timing grounds effectively allows the ECI's personnel decisions to stand without judicial review ahead of the vote. The outcome matters beyond West Bengal: it signals that pre-election administrative reshuffles, even at scale, are unlikely to be stayed by courts when petitions arrive close to polling dates, handing election bodies broad operational latitude in the final window before elections.
India's Expenditure Finance Committee has cleared a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, up 64 percent from ISM 1.0's Rs 76,000 crore. The proposal now goes to the Cabinet, as two chip plants begin commercial output and a third, CG Semi, is set to open July 4, 2026.
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, preserving the Fed's independence from presidential removal power. A separate ruling the same day gave Trump broader authority to dismiss leaders of other independent federal agencies.
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who faced unproven mortgage fraud allegations. The ruling preserves Fed independence for now and keeps a politically charged removal case alive in the courts.
The US Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
