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Delhi High Court Stays CIC Order Directing Air Force To Disclose RTI Information About Prime Ministers' Entourage On Foreign Trips
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the operation of the order passed by the Central Information Commission(CIC) directing the Indian Air Force to divulge under the Right to Information Act(RTI) information relating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's entourage on foreign trips.The stay order passed in a petition filed by the Air Force challenging...
One Year Of CAA : Supreme Court Passive, High Courts Pro-Active In Upholding Right To Protest
Exactly a year ago, on December 11, 2019, the Parliament passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019(CAA). The constitutionality of the Act - passed with the ostensible object of granting protection to refugees fleeing religious persecution from neighboring nations - was seriously debated on account of its exclusion of Muslim migrants and non-Muslim majority neighboring countries from its ambit. Why was the Act not received well? The changes brought to the core...
BREAKING: NBSA Slams TV Channels For Vilifying Reports Against Rakul Preet Singh; Zee Asked To Apologize; Videos To Be Taken Down
The News Broadcasting Standards Authority(NBSA) has found the news channels Zee News, Zee 24 Taas, Zee Hindustani, TimesNow, India Today, AajTak, India TV, News Nation and ABP News at fault for their vilifying and slanderous reports linking Hindi film actor Rakul Preet Singh to drugs.While the three channels of Zee Network have been asked to air a public apology for their reports against...
SC Directs All State Standing Counsel To Consider 'Convenience Note' Submitted By Adv Sumeer Sodhi As Standard Format To Present Cases On Behalf of States
This is how a case can be presented on behalf of the State, the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit remarked in an order while appreciating the presentation by a state counsel Sumeer Sodhi who submitted 'convenience notes'.Advocate Sumeer Sodhi had appeared on behalf of State of Chattisgarh in a criminal appeal preferred by the accused in a murder case.The court, in...
Govt. Seized Of Your Lordships' Judgment & Will Be Amending 2020 Tribunal Rules At Earliest: Attorney General Tells Supreme Court
AG K. K. Venugopal on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that the government of India shall amend its Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities [Qualification, Experience and Other Conditions of Service of Members] Rules, 2020 at the earliest to bring them in conformity with the November 27 judgment.The bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao was hearing the writ petition by NCLT...
Supreme Court Stays NGT Order Which Led To Halting Of Highway Expansion Work Of NH-844
As regards the highway expansion project between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the NGT order to the extent it required the NHAI to first procure the Environmental Clearance from the Union MoEF, change the alignment to avoid loss to water bodies and construct a flyover for the entire stretch of the reserved forest, on account of which the project to widen...
Farmers Protest : SCBA Executive Committee Condemns Use Of Force Against Protesters; Says 'Peaceful Protest Corner Stone Of Constitution'
The Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) passed a resolution on Thursday condemning the "use of force and repressive measures" against peaceful protesters.The resolution comes in the context of the farmers protest against the recently passed three farm laws.The Committee noted that the farmers have been holding non-violent protests and that they have sought to...
Supreme Court Allows Ashok Arora To Argue In Person Plea Against His Suspension As SCBA Secretary
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the special leave petition filed by former Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ashok Arora against the Delhi High Court order wherein his plea seeking a stay on his suspension from SCBA was rejected. A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and BR Gavai heard the matter and allowed Arora to argue in person. However, due to...
Tata Sons v Cyrus Mistry : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing - Day 3
Senior Advocate Harish Salve has started his submissions for Tata Sons on the third day of the hearing in the appeal against the NCLT direction to reinstate Cyrus Mistry as the Executive Chairman.Live Updates from the hearing available here (Updates of Day 1 here, Updates of Day 2...
No Coercive Action Against 'Roshni Act' Beneficiaries For Now, Centre Tells Supreme Court; SC Asks J&K HC To Hear Review Petitions
The Solicitor General on Thursday told the Supreme Court that no coercive action will be taken for now against the beneficiaries under the 'Roshni Act', which has been declared as unconstitutional by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in October.The submission was made before a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana during the hearing of petitions filed against the High Court verdict by persons...
Maratha Reservation : 50% Ceiling Not Absolute; If Situation Demands State Can Provide More Quota, Submits Rohatgi In Supreme Court
In the Maratha reservation matter, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to hear from January 25 the challenge against the the constitutionality of the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, which provided for a quota to Marathas in jobs and education.The bench refused to pass any order to lift the stay put by a three-judge bench...