Source – thequint.com Recently, Delhi’s administration was in a limbo for days due to a dharna staged by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Cabinet ministers over the issue of the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal’s alleged intervention in the elected AAP government’s functioning. The Delhi government, therefore, asked for a clear demarcation of powers between the L-G
Source – ft.com Forty kilometres inland from the south Goa beaches beloved of European backpackers, lies the Codli iron ore mine: two yawning grey-ochre pits that were, until recently, among India’s most lucrative mineral resources. But now the mine — controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources — has the feel of a site being reclaimed by nature. Birdsong
Source – dnaindia.com The term civilianisation denotes the incorporation of civilian values into military life. The process of civilianisation is subtle and occurs either through the exposure of military personnel to civilian legal culture or through the introduction of civilian lawyers into the military legal system. The first landmark judicial intervention in the military legal system
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accord an urgent hearing to a TMC MLA’s plea seeking to stay a central government move to set up a ‘Social Media Communication Hub’ that would collect and analyse digital and social media content. A vacation bench of justices S Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra asked advocate Nizam
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish asking him to explain why he should not be a party to a copyright violation case. An SC bench issued the notice to Nitish, seeking his response on a petition filed by former JNU scholar turned politician Atul Kumar Singh.
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Delhi high court (HC) today asked who authorized the sit-in + , or ‘dharna’, that Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government ministers including Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal have been on since June 11 at the Lieutenant Governor’s official residence. The observation by a bench of Justices A K Chawla and Navin Chawla came during the
Source – news18.com New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is finding it difficult to distance himself from a legal battle that has uncharacteristically nothing to do with his politics. Embroiled in a plagiarism row, the CM has now been issued a notice by the Supreme Court to explain why he should not remain a party
Source – thehindu.com The Cambridge Analytica scandal and reports of alleged breach of the Aadhaar database have provoked a citizen advocacy group to launch a campaign to protect the privacy of individuals in India. A set of lawyers and policy analysts have put together a model Bill — the Indian Privacy Code, 2018, — with an
Source – siliconeer.com The Delhi High Court gave an urgent hearing, June 15, on a plea which dubbed the air pollution in the national capital as “emergency-like situation” and sought answers from the Delhi government and state pollution control committee on the measures taken to curb it. The high court said that the matter brought before
Source – indianexpress.com The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh’s plea against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “absenteeism” from Parliament, saying the judiciary did not act as the headmaster of the legislature or legislators under the country’s democratic framework. A vacation bench of Justices Sangita Dhingra Sehgal and C Hari Shankar also
