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PIL filed against governors' sacking

The petition, filed by B P Singhal, stated that the government's decision to remove the governors of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Goa and Gujarat was unconstitutional, as the Constitution categorically provides for a fixed tenure of five years for them

Shankaracharya: Plea seeking CBI probe dismissed

Shankaracharya: Petition seeks CBI probe

No date fixed to hear PIL on governors' ouster

The Supreme Court declined to fix a date for hearing a PIL challenging the removal of four governors by the United Progressive Alliance government but said it will examine the petition when it comes up for hearing

The long struggle against Section 377

The following is the chronology of events leading to the SC unanimously decriminalising part of controversial Section 377.

The long fight against Section 377

Timeline of events relating to proceedings on the issue.

Fight against Section 377: The journey so far

Timeline of events relating to proceedings on the issue.

UPA governors wanted to quit, but Congress refused

Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil was the first who expressed his desire to put in his papers even before Modi government took charge, but he was told by Congress leaders not to do so as it would then put pressure on the others to do the same, reports Anita Katyal.

Governors' removal sparks war of words between Congress, BJP

When the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government came to power in 2004, then Home Minister Shivraj Patil lost no time in replacing four governors appointed by the NDA dispensation.