SC had observed it would form a committee leading to formation of standards for electronic media. It had also said that one "cannot say that Muslims are infiltrating the civil services." The channel was injuncted from airing any more episodes till further orders.
Centre in its reply has informed SC that it should first regulate digital media as it has a wider reach. Next ir contends that SC should not lay down standards without an amicus or committee of amicus since its one show or a few episodes. @MIB_India
News Broadcasters Association, on the other hand says their regulations are referred to by various HCs and that they have rules and an authority in place to recieve complaints against electronic media, impose cost on them or even refer them to @MIB_India for license revocation
Divan: Very difficult to prepare the reply in such a short span of time. I understand what other side is saying as I was in the same position last time and was ambushed by the IA
Divan: I have also recieved the other affidavits just now. You all will sit on Monday and can be taken up then or take it up tomorrow. I have a court commitment from Mon which will take time
SG Mehta: Since Mr Divan has a professional difficulty on Monday, we can have the hearing tomorrow.
Justice Chandrachud: We can ask CJI to constitute a bench tomorrow for this case and we can have the hearing tomorrow at 10.30 am and finish it off
Senior Adv Anoop Chaudhari: we cannot be expected to file a reply by tomorrow
Justice Chandrachud: How long is the affidavit by @SudarshanNewsTV ?
Chaudhari: 92 pages!
Justice Chandrachud: Mr Divan has submitted his unavailability from Monday. All counsels have agreed for a hearing tomorrow. We will urge the CJI to constitute a bench tomorrow at 10.30 am
SG Mehta: Please keep it at 12 pm
Justice Chandrachud: We will start at 12 and finish it at 1.30 pm tomorrow
Counsel for Press Council of India: Please allow me to make submissions after Mr Divan
Justice KM Joseph: Who is your client, Mr Divan? A Cable TV operator or a broadcaster? Rule 6 applies to the cable TV network operators.
Senior Adv Preetesh Kapur for PCI: Yes that is why electronic media is on a different footing as they use public property like air waves
Senior Adv Divan: I had given an assurance that links or pendrives are given to the court Master. It was not given, I will ensure you have the links atleast today via the court master
Plea by Delhi CM & AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi excise policy scam to be mentioned before CJI DY Chandrachud led bench at 10:30 am
All eyes on Court 1 of Supreme Court
The three-judge bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud to assemble shortly
Sr Adv AM Singhvi with his battery of juniors in the front row all set for the mentioning
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#ArvindKejriwalArrested #ArvindKejriwal #SupremeCourt
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The sitting of the Delhi assembly session has been cancelled
AAP leader Atishi Marlena has stated that Arvind Kejriwal will run the Delhi government from Jail
Kejriwal also to be produced in a Delhi court today. His medical examination was completed today morning
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#Breaking
βDonβt underestimate Indian voters. They know who is leading and who is misleading.β
Delhi High Court rejects a PIL seeking directions to ECI and MHA to act against Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal for making "misleading and false statements" damaging the "credibility of Republic of Indiaβ.
A man named Surjit Singh Yadav had filed a PIL alleging that Gandhi, Kejriwal and Yadav had defamed the government of India by claiming that the Central government waived of loans worth almost βΉ16 lakh crore of the industrialists.
Yadav claimed to be a farmer and a social activist and stated that the statements by the opposition politicians has resulted in creating a negative image of India and degraded the country's and central government's credibility.
Yadav further claimed that these statements may affect foreign investment and tourism and promote anarchy.
#SupremeCourt Five - Judge bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud to hear the case where it sought reply from SBI as to why electoral bond numbers were not disclosed
#ElectoralBondsCase @ECISVEEP
SCBA President Adish Aggarwala mentions a letter seeking sup Motu review of the electoral bonds judgment.
CJI DY Chandrachud: Apart from being a senior counsel, you are president of SCBA. You have written a letter invoking my suo Motu powers. These are all publicity related stuff and we will not get into this. Do not make me say anything more. It will be distasteful.
CJI: We had asked all details to be disclosed by SBI which includes electoral bond numbers as well. LET SBI not be SELECTIVE in disclosure, do not wait for orders, we believe that SBI will be candid and fair to the court. We want all information related to the electoral bonds to be disclosed which is in your possession. As chairman of SBI every part of info on electoral bonds had to be disclosed and it was to have all conceivable info related to the #ElectoralBonds @TheOfficialSBI