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Any Sedition Case Against Channel For Showing Bodies Being Thrown Into River?Justice Chandrachud Takes Sarcastic Dig
Taking a sarcastic dig at the growing trend of registering sedition cases against media, Justice DY Chandrachud remarked whether any sedition case has been filed against a news channel for showing a dead body being thrown in the river. The quip came during the Suo Moto COVID case hearing when amicus curiae Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora was submitting that guidelines had to be formulated...
Narada Case : Judges Of Division Bench Can't Be Part Of 5-Judge Bench, Argues WB Advocate General
The Advocate General of West Bengal, Mr.Kishore Dutta, on Monday raised preliminary objections to the 5-judge bench hearing the CBI's applications in the Narada scam case.He challenged the competency of the 5-Judge Bench hearing the pleas filed by CBI seeking to transfer the Narada Scam case to the High Court and to declare the bail hearing of the trial court on May 17 as vitiated on account...
We Expect To Vaccinate Entire Eligible Population By End Of 2021, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Central Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is expecting to vaccinate the entire eligible population by the end of year 2021.Solicitor General of India, Mr.Tushar Mehta, made this submission before a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat which is hearing the suo moto case on COVID-related issues(In Re Distribution of Essential...
COVID Vaccines : Why States Have To Pay Higher Prices? Price Must Be Uniform, Supreme Court Tells Centre
"There needs to be one price for COVID-19 vaccines across the nation", said the Supreme Court during the suo moto case on COVID-related issues (In Re Distribution of Essential Services and Supplies During Pandemic). A 3-Judge Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat posed tough questions to the Central Government on the rationale of the dual...
"You Want Us To Shut Our Eyes. You Can't Take Us For a Ride": Delhi HC Pulls Up Drug Controller For Dissatisfactory Probe Against Gautam Gambhir For Hoarding Covid Drugs
"You want us to shut our eyes. You can't take is for a ride. If you think we are so gullible, we are naive, we'll give you back hard. You better do your job." remarked the Delhi High Court on Monday while pulling up the Drug Controller of the Delhi Government for its "dissatisfactory inquiry/Investigation" in the matter concerning hoarding of covid drugs by Gautam Gambhir and AAP MLA...
After Gujarat High Court Now Karnataka High Court Starts Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings On YouTube
After Gujarat High Court last year announced that it would commence live streaming of Court proceedings on YouTube, the Karnataka High Court will today begin live-streaming proceedings on Youtube on a trial basis.Today at 2:40 pm, the Live Telecast of Proceedings in WP 1322/2020 (PIL) Connected with WP 2336/2020 in Court Hall-1 would be telecast Live on Youtube.The proceedings could be...
West Bengal Post-Poll Violence : Calcutta High Court Constitutes 3-Member Committee To Enable Displaced Persons To Return Homes
A five-Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court has constituted a three-member Committee to enable persons displaced during the West Bengal post poll violence to return to their homes peacefully. "Law and order is the domain of State and it is duty bound to see that people can return to their homes. It is the paramount role of the Government, which has no political garment so far as rule...
'It's Time We Define Limits Of Sedition' : Supreme Court Stays Coercive Actions Against Telugu Channels On Sedition FIR
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed coercive action against two Telugu channels - TV5 news and ABN Andhra Jyoti- in the FIRs registered by Andhra Pradesh police alleging sedition against them.The channels have filed writ petitions seeking the quashing of FIRs and also contempt petitions contending that the Andhra Police action violated the April 30 order of the Supreme Court which...
'People Are Not Getting Vaccine Slots; Getting Distress Calls' : Supreme Court Questions Co-WIN Registration Requirement For Vaccination
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed serious concerns at the mandatory requirement of registration in the Co-Win app for getting a slot of COVID vaccination, as a large section of the Indian population is deprived of access to smart phones and internet."You keep saying digital India, digital India, but you are not aware of the ground realities", Justice Chandrachud told the Solicitor General...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Against Twitter For Non Compliance Of IT Rules, 2021
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice in a plea filed against the non-compliance by Twitter India and Twitter Inc with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) after Senior advocate Sajan Poovaya appearing for Twitter told the court that they have already appointed a grievance redressal officer on May 28.A single...
Covid-19: Allahabad High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed By It And Subordinate Courts Till August 2
Noting that the Covid-19 situation has still not improved and all the Courts including the district courts, tribunals as well as the High Court are working in virtual mode with limited capacity, the Allahabad High Court has decided to extend all interim orders, etc. till August 2, 2021.On April 24, the High Court had extended all the interim orders passed by various Courts and Tribunals in...
'You Can't Just Say You Are The Centre & You Know What's Right. We Have A Strong Arm To Come Down On This' : Supreme Court Questions COVID Vaccine Policy
The Supreme Court on Monday posed tough questions to the Central Government about the rationale of the dual pricing and procurement policy of the COVID vaccines adopted by the Central Government.The Court asked if it was the policy of the Central Government to let States compete with each other for getting vaccines from private manufactures and let states and even municipal corporations...