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Supreme Court Upholds Appointment Of Technical Assistants As Assistant Engineers In TN PWD
While upholding the decision of the Tamil Nadu Government to appoint Technical Assistants as Assistant Engineers in the Public Works Department, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) expressed displeasure over the attitude of the Association of Engineers in Tamil Nadu to grab all posts of Assistant Engineers in the State without leaving the posts for the candidates promoted from the...
IT Rules Amendment | FCU Not Mandated To Disclose Truth Despite Purported Purpose To Ensure Informed Citizenry: Kunal Kamra To Bombay High Court
On Tuesday the petitioners in a plea challenging the 2021 IT Rules Amendment submitted before the Bombay High Court that there is no provision for the government fact check unit (FCU) to fulfil its purported intent of keeping the citizens informed.“The ostensible purpose of the Rule is to ensure an informed citizenry. But the Rule doesn't require anything more than merely saying that...
'You Can't Insult Allopathy' : Supreme Court To Baba Ramdev & Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna [Read Full Courtroom Exchange]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) interacted with Patanjali Ayurved's Managing Director (MD) Acharya Balakrishna and its co-founder Baba Ramdev in the contempt proceedings initiated against them over the publication of misleading medical advertisements despite undertaking given to the Court in November last year. The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah...
Plea For 100% EVM-VVPAT Verification : Human Intervention Creates Problems, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) heard petitions seeking complete verification of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) against Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.After hearing the matter for over two hours, the bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta posted the matter on April 18 for further hearing. Notably, the first phase of the Lok Sabha...
Supreme Court Seeks States' Responses On Steps Taken In Mob Lynching Cases
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) directed the States, which have not yet responded to the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) regarding the increase in mob lynching incidents, to file detailed affidavits specifying the steps taken by them in respect the mob-lynching incidents mentioned in the PIL.The petitioner has added all States...
Baba Ramdev & Acharya Balkrishna Personally Apologise To Supreme Court, Patanjali Ltd Agrees To Publish Public Apology
Baba Ramdev, co-founder of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, personally appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) and expressed unconditional apology for publishing misleading advertisements and making comments against Allopathic medicines in breach of an undertaking given to the Court.Acharya Balkrishna, the Managing Director of Patanjali, also personally apologised to the Court....
Plea For 100% VVPAT Verification Of EVM Votes : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today petitions seeking 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others.Responding to the petition filed by ADR, the Election Commission of India had cited practical difficulties in verifying all VVPATs. Earlier, a bench led...
'UGC Regulations Binding On Universities' : Supreme Court Directs Regularization Of Teachers At Jamia Milia Islamia
Observing that the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations are binding on the Universities, the Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) directed the reinstatement of the teachers at Jamia Milia Islamia (“University”) on a permanent basis who were denied regularization by the University even after UGC's letter to University directing regularization of the teachers who were selected through...
Contempt Case Against Patanjali, Baba Ramdev : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today the contempt case against Patanjali Ayurved, its MD Acharya Balkrishna & Baba Ramdev for publishing misleading medical advertisements.On the previous hearing date, the Court had rejected the second apology tendered by Patanjali. The Court also noted that Balkrishna and Ramdev had sworn an affidavit with non-existing flight tickets to evade...
Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) asked the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court to enable e-filing facility at e-Sewa Kendras of all the District Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The Court also stated that a hybrid hearing before the High Court through a virtual set-up in the District Courts of Western UP may take place in compliance with the Allahabad High Court Rules...
Statement Made Before Court Ultimately Matters Than Statement Under Section 50 PMLA : Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday (April 15) orally observed that there was a difference between the admissibility of a statement of an accused recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and its evidentiary value.Justice Khanna observed that the evidence before the Court is the actual statement made by the person in the Court itself and not...
IT Rules 2021 | FCU Meant For Total State Censorship On Anything Govt Doesn't Want People To Know, Discuss, Debate Or Question: Kunal Kamra Tells Bombay High Court
On Monday, the petitioners in pleas challenging the 2021 IT Amendment told the Bombay High Court that the purpose of a government fact check unit (FCU) is not to protect the public from misinformation but to bring total state censorship over anything that the government does not want people to know, discuss, debate or question.“Under the impugned Rule, it is not the actual falseness or...