Month: January 2020

Internet access a fundamental right, Supreme Court makes it official: Article 19 explained.

Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court has declared access to internet a fundamental right. A government cannot deprive the citizens of fundamental rights except under certain conditions explicitly mentioned in the Constitution. The ruling came on hearing of a plea in connection with Internet blockade in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5 — in the view

New Telangana secretariat building to cost around Rs 300-400 cr, state govt tells HC.

Source – thenewsminute.com The Telangana government on Wednesday informed the Telangana High Court that it would require Rs 300-400 crore to build the new proposed secretariat. The state also sought a 12-month period to finish the construction of the new buildings. An expert committee last year had recommended demolishing the original buildings and constructing a

Meghalaya CM’s cousin goes missing, wife names NPP leaders in police complaint.

Source – newindianexpress.com SHILLONG: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma’s cousin and Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) member Boston Marak has been allegedly kidnapped from his residence in Tura district and his whereabouts were not currently known, police said on Thursday. Marak’s wife has claimed that NPP MLA Benedict Marak, also member of the

Andhra Pradesh HC notices to CBI, Centre in Vivekananda murder case.

Source – newindianexpress.com VIJAYAWADA:  The Andhra Pradesh High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and Union Home Secretary to file counter-affidavits in the petitions seeking CBI probe into the murder of former MP YS Vivekananda Reddy. Former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was also asked to file a counter-affidavit and the

I was just 19: Nirbhaya convict files curative petition in Supreme Court days before hanging.

Source – www.indiatoday.in Days after a court issued the death warrants against all four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya Delhi gang-rape case, one of the convicts on Thursday filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court. Convict Vinay Sharma’s lawyer AP Singh said a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the death

Madras High Court Concludes Hearing on Vedanta Plea Challenging Closure of Sterlite Plant in Thootukudi.

Source – news18.com Chennai: The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a petition moved by mining major Vedanta Limited challenging the closure of its copper smelter unit in Thootukudi in Tamil Nadu in May 2018. Concluding the hearing of arguments after 39 days, a special bench of Justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan said