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"Will Lead To Farmers Being At The Mercy Of Corporates": Bharatiya Kisan Union Bhanu Moves Supreme Court Challenging Farm Laws
Bhartiya Kisan Union Bhanu has filed an Intervention Application before the Supreme Court in the plea filed by Tiruchi Siva, Member of Parliament (DMK), challenging the three Farm Acts that have sparked protests across the country. Stating that as the Applicant, the Union through its President Bhanu Pratap Singh, received no response to the Representation duly served to...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On SLPs Against Kerala High Court Judgment On Minimum Wages Rules
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices on two special leave petitions filed against a judgment of the Kerala High Court dealing with amendments brought to the Kerala Minimum Wages Rules.The SLPs were filed by the State of Kerala and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.The High Court had struck down an amendment brought to the Rules which mandated the payment of wages electronically through...
'Court Cannot Provide Panacea For All Ills' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Action Against Politician-Criminal Nexus Based On Vohra Committee Report
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed as withdrawn a plea which sought for acting on the recommendations of the Vohra Committee Report of 1993 on the nexus between criminals and politicians."The Court cannot provide panacea for all ills", orally remarked Justice S K Kaul, the presiding judge of the bench.The bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, granted...
'Impossible To Pass Orders On A Petition Like This' : Supreme Court On Plea For More Stringent Punishments For Corruption, Black Money Etc
"You cannot expect the judiciary to take over all roles", stated the Supreme Court on Friday while dismissing as withdrawn a plea seeking for directions to Centre to ascertain the feasibility of confiscating 100% black money, benami property etc. and to award life imprisonment in offences related to corruption. A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul heard the submissions...
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...
