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The Janata Dal (Secular) is a left of centre Indian political party. (It should not be confused with the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U), although that party has common origins with the JD(S).) The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ... The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India. ... Justice K.G. Balakrishnan; First Dalit cheif justice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan aka Justice K G Balakrishnan, an Indian Judge and member of the Indian Supreme Court, has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Composition and Jurisdiction of District Courts In India : administration of justice at district level is done through law courts which are presided over by a judge. ... An Indian political scandal commonly refers to some action by a politician deemed unacceptable in law or by custom, or which is held to be morally unacceptable to the politicians peers or the electorate. ... The Republic of India, the second most populous country and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is considered as a major power and a potential superpower. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... “Leftism” redirects here. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Janata Dal (United) is a political party in India. ...

The JD(S) traces its roots back to the Janata Party organized by Jayprakash Narayan that united all anti-Indira Gandhi parties under one banner for the 1977 national elections. The Janata Party (Peoples Party in Hindi) was an Indian political party that contested the Indian Emergency (1975-77) and became the first political party to defeat the Indian National Congress in the 1977 elections, forming the national government from 1977 to 1980. ... Jayaprakash Narayan (October 11, 1902 - October 8, 1979), widely known as JP, was an Indian freedom fighter and political leader. ... This article is under construction. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...

H.D. Deve Gowda, a Janata Dal member, became Prime Minister in 1996 of a United Front government. Haradanahalli Dodde Deve Gowda (born 18 May 1933) was the eleventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India (1996–1997) and the 14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka (1994–1996). ... Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger one of the major Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal and a group of Congressmen led by V.P. Singh. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

A split occurred in 1997 when some leaders left to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party and form the Janata Dal (United) party. That party was led by George Fernandes. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is one of the two major national political parties in India. ... George Fernandes (born 3 June 1930) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. ...

H.D. Deve Gowda is still the leader of the party and is a JD(S) MP for the Hassan district in Karnataka, India. His party is the third-largest in the Karnataka state legislature and for a time governed in a coalition with the Indian National Congress party (INC), the first coalition government in Karnataka. There was much controversy over the JD(S) allying with the INC in Bangalore as the INC formerly had an outright majority and was diminished to second place with the BJP having a plurality. The BJP saw the rise in seats for both BJP and JD(S) as being a sign that the voters did not want an INC state government and were very upset when the kingmaker JD(S) party decided to ally with the INC to gain a majority. However, the JD(S) considered INC to be the lesser of the two evils on account of its erstwhile secular and centre-left credentials. Hassan (or Has-Sun) is an Arabic name given to males. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... , Bangalore (proposed to be renamed Bengaluru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

Janata Dal has been split once again between its two leaders as JDS(Siddaramaiah) group and DeveGowda group. Recently the Deve Gowda group has joined hands with BJP, and together now govern Karnataka, in the eyes of some betraying the JD(S)'s commitment towards secular ideology. Siddaramaiah and his supporters such as former union minister C.M Ibrahim have joined the Congress party. Siddaramaiah contested the Chamundeswari assembly by-poll as a Congress candidate and trounced the joint candidate of Deve Gowda group and BJP. Born on August 12, 1948 Siddaramana Hundi, a remote village in Varuna Hobli of Mysore District, Shri. ...

The ideologically dedicated section of the JD(S) led by veteran Socialist leaders such as Surendra Mohan, M.P Veerendre Kumar, Mrinal Gore and PGR Schindhia has expelled Deve Gowda and his supporters for aligning with the 'communal' BJP and betraying the JD(S)'s commitment towards secular ideology.

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