Tag: Supreme Court

Kochi flats demolition issue: Kerala govt to submit affidavit as SC deadline ends today

Source: hindustantimes.com The Kerala government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday mentioning details about the action it has taken against an order for the demolition of more than 300 flats in Kerala’s Kochi for flouting the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines. The top court had pulled up the state government for

Bullet train: Unhappy farmers to move Supreme Court against Gujarat High Court verdict

Source: dnaindia.com Unhappy with the verdict of the Gujarat High Court in the petitions challenging the acquisition of their land for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, the farmers and other similarly situated project affected persons on Thursday decided to approach the Supreme Court against the high court’s verdict. Notably, the division bench of Justice AS

Illegal detention of children in J&K: Supreme Court to hear plea filed by activists

Source: wakilsahab.in The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition filed by two child rights activists seeking clarity in reports that children are being illegally detained by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, undergoing a period of lockdown following the reading down of Article 370. A Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will

Point of View | Dissent and Sedition

Source: indiatoday.in Shehla Rashid, JNU student leader and aspiring politician from Kashmir, is the latest target of the sedition law. Her tweets on alleged army excesses in Kashmir prompted Supreme Court lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava to file a complaint with the Delhi Police. Given that the complaint cites a cognisable offence under the Indian Penal