Bombay lawyer writes to Advocate General of Maharashtra, Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, seeking consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Kangana Ranaut. Says tweets by @KanganaTeam has defamed India, its police and govt bodies.
Breaking: Plea in Supreme Court seeks to protect fundamental rights of people of District Mewat-Nuh as they are being "forcefully converted to Islam" and is in a pitiable condition compared to the "dominant Muslim group." #SupremeCourt #conversion @Districtnuh
The petition prays for restoration of land, properties, cremation sites of Hindus and form an SIT to probe instances of gang rapes, murders and kidnapping committed by "Muslims" upon the "Hindu residents of the place."
Plea says that after the establishment of Tablighi Jammat the Neo Muslims became fundamentalist Muslims and slowly
they over powered the entire area and at present they are more than 95% in the area after eliminating Hindus from the area.
A Supreme Court bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan to shortly hear Uutarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat's plea challenging the Uttarakhand HC order asking for CBI FIR against him and quashing charges against 2 investigative journalists. @tsrawatbjp @samachar_plus
Attorney General KK Venugopal for @tsrawatbjp : The CM was not a party in this case and the HC ordered a CBI probe. This is against SC verdicts which disallows destabilizing the government as such verdicts demand resignation of the CM which is happening.
AG: The question in one of the cases by you states that can the court suo motu orders an investigation. In this case, no notice was issued to the Chief Minsiter.
Justice UU Lalit led bench hears Pendyala Hemlatha, the wife of activist-poet and accused in the #BhimaKoregaon case, Dr P Varavara Rao's plea seeking his release on bail on medical grounds, claiming that Rao is being treated inhumanely by authorities
SC-- there are three dimensions- cognizance has been taken so we cannot say detention of the man is illegal
The issue if bail is before the HC
SC: Bail could be on merits or on medical grounds. Medical grounds also the High court is seized of the matter. The Nanavati hospital report is before the HC. Because 2 judges recused the matter is not getting heard. That is bothering us.
CJI led bench to hear plea seeking prosecution of 10 pharma Companies for selling "without license" medicines claiming they were #COVID19 vaccines by 'using media hype"& exploiting citizen's fear. The plea was by Adv ML Sharma #SupremeCourt
Plea says Remdesivir and Favipiravir are unapproved/uncertified/under trial drug in labs & that it has been allowed for testing only during emergencies under strict terms to report it to the regulator. Plea seeks not to used these as #covid19 medicines till certified.
ML Sharma: I have sent the WHO report which says several hundred trials show Remdisivir had little or no effect on #COVID19 patients. This has been corroborated by Chinese, Americans.
Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar resumes hearing challenge to the #CentralVista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament.
Sr. Adv. Shyam Divan argues why public participation is needed in such decisions.
Senior Advocate Divan now advances case laws on how transparency aspect is important while such decisions are taken by the executive.
Divan: Centre was to consult a heritage committee, but no such thing has been done yet
Divan: conservation of heritage has to be before and not after the entire project has been cooked. The whole notion of conservation of heritage, experts are consult at the conception stage itself