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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Centre, States On Plea Against Mining in Densely-Forested, Eco-Sensitive Areas
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to various States and the Union on a PIL against mining in densely- forested and eco-sensitive areas of the country.The petition by was heard by a bench led by the Chief Justice S. A. Bobde by Sudeip Shrivastava through advocate Prashant Bhushan.The plea challenges the Union of India's decision to allot different coal blocks by way of auction...
Petitioner Cites Pegasus Issue In Supreme Court To Argue Against Allowing WhatsApp Payment Services
The controversy regarding snooping of WhatsApp users using Israeli spy software 'Pegasus' found a mention in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.The 'Pegasus-Whatsapp' issue was referred to by Senior Advocate Krishnan Venugopal to argue that the system of WhatsApp was not secure and reliable so as to allow it to launch payment services.Venugopal was appearing for Binoy Viswam, Rajya Sabha MP...
Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees To Examine Whether Probing Constitutionality Of Declaration Of 1975 Emergency Is Feasible After 45 Years
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether a simplictor declaration that Emergency of 1975 was unconstitutional and that whether it would be feasible or desirable to probe this issue after a passage of 45 years.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari & Hrishikesh Roy issued notice on the petition by a 94 year old and granted leave to the petitioner to amend...
'Whether Mandatory Sacramental Confessions Before Priests In Churches Violates Article 21 & 25 Of Constitution': Supreme Court Issues Notice
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging the alleged practice of mandatory sacramental confessions in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.The Bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde issued notice notice on petition filed by Mathew Mathachan and CV Jose who seek protection of their rights as well as the rights of similarly placed persons within the Malankara...
Supreme Court Dismisses Judicial Officer's Petition Alleging Unprofessional Activities By Top Court's Registry
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition by a Judicial Officer of Maharashtra alleging unprofessional activities of it's Registry in terms of unequal treatment to him as well as the common man in terms of listings as well as pointing unnecessary defects.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun refused to entertain the petition.The Judicial...
Loan Moratorium Case- No Requirement Of Specific Resolution Plan For Borrowers For Invocation Of Resolution Framework: RBI Tells Supreme Court
Reserve Bank of India has informed the Top Court that borrowers opting for resolution of COVID-related stressed loans shall not be required to submit any specific plans. RBI has stated that borrowers may invoke resolution framework by submitting a request to the lending institutions.The Resolution Framework does not require any resolution plan in any form to be submitted to the...
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"We Must Ensure That There Is Equitable Distribution Of COVID19 Vaccine": Justice Indira Banerjee
"We must ensure that there is equitable distribution of the COVID vaccine, that the benefits of the vaccine are not just confined to the affluent countries but also extended to the less-developed in the underdeveloped countries", Justice Indira Banerjee expressed on Friday.The Supreme Court judge was speaking at a webinar on "World Human Rights Day" organised by St. Thomas College of Law...
Breaking: No Bail For Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani, Remanded To Mumbai Police's Custody For Two Day In Fake TRP Scam Case
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court Mumbai has remanded Republic TV Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani for two days police custody in the fake TRP Scam case registered by Mumbai Police.Vikas Chandani has been arrested by Mumbai Police from his residence early morning today.On Thursday Chief Executive Officer of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd (owner of Republic TV & Republic Bharat)...
Population Control- Any Coercion To Have Specific Number Of Children Is Counter-Productive, Leads To Demographic Distortions: Centre Tells Supreme Court
"The family welfare programme in India is voluntary in nature which enables couples to decide the size of their family and of the family planning methods, best suited to them...In fact, international experience shows that any coercion to have a certain number of children is counter-productive and leads to demographic distortions", the Centre has asserted in its affidavit before the...
