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 – 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 – indiatimes.com New Delhi: The tourism ministry is not “actively” seeking bids for the Taj Mahal, India’s most famous monument, under its ‘Adopt A Heritage’ initiative, officials familiar with the matter told ET. It’s not even on the immediate adoption list, given the various issues related to the mausoleum. “So much is happening there,” said
Source – indiatimes.com Chandigarh: Even though the office of Haryana advocate general (AG) has given categorical opinion asking to withdraw the petition related to the scams exposed by Magsaysay awardee Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, the state government continues to rigorously pursue the case before the Punjab and Haryana high court. The petition was
Source – news18.com New Delhi: In a state of crisis for over four years, madrasas in West Bengal can finally appoint new teachers as a “stop gap arrangement”. The Supreme Court has lifted its restraint order against appointing teachers, enabling 614 government-aided madrasas in West Bengal to appoint more than 2,600 teachers after a hiatus of four
Source – thewire.in The ban on highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) currently being discussed in India will not only protect the environment and improve the public health but will also achieve another rarely acknowledged goal – a rapid and major reduction in the number of Indians dying from suicide. The Supreme Court, which is currently deliberating on the case
Source – hindustantimes.com B.N. Srikrishna is a genial, 77-year-old former Supreme Court judge who recites Shakespeare and Sanskrit scriptures with equal facility. But he’s making the likes of Google, Amazon and Facebook more than a little nervous. Srikrishna is leading the effort to draft new data-privacy laws for India that will regulate how tech giants from
Source – thehansindia.com By passing guidelines to the Union of India and others for proper management of religious shrines in W.P (Civil) No. 649/2018 a division bench of the Supreme Court has, indeed, done a yeoman service to the humble, submissive and innocent devotees in the country. Responding to the petition filed by Ms Mrinalini Padhi,
Source – dnaindia.com Taking serious note of alleged exploitation of devotees by ‘sevaks’ at the Puri Jagannath temple in Odisha, the Supreme Court today passed a slew of directions to prevent any such malpractices and mismanagement, just ahead of the annual Rath Yatra next month. The top court said it is of prime importance that all
