#SupremeCourt is likely to adjourn today's hearing on the new Ordinance on ait pollution in Delhi-NCR.
#CJI to SG Tushar Mehta: There are many commissions, many brains working but ensure there is no smog in the city.
Sr Adv Vikas Singh, in lighter vein: Last time my lords said that Mr Mehta will be personally responsible if something happens to any one of us. I am coughing now.
Mehta: I will advise Mr Singh to stop consuming a few things.
SG Mehta informs the court that the members of the Commission have also been notified. The Commission will start functioning from today itself.
Hearing deferred after a week.
#CJI on not having retd judges in Commission: "After all, we are a court of law. We won't abdicate our responsibilities but we are also aware of our constraints. We cannot enter the executive's domain. The government has resources and money and they will have to ultimately act."
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#SupremeCourt expresses anguish at Secretary of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly's letter to #ArnabGoswami, questioning him how did he produce the missives sent to him by the Speaker & Privilege Committee since they are confidential in nature.
#CJI: How can someone be thrateaned like this? How can someone be stopped from approaching a court by extending him threats like this? We don't appreciate such conduct. We will want an amicus to assist us on this.
"Any authority in the country can penalise someone for approaching this court. This is in teeth of Art 32. How dare this officer wrote something like this in his letter?" #CJI adds, reproaching the Secretary of the assembly.
#SupremeCourt takes up appeal by #AndhraPradesh Govt against the high court order of staying the SIT probe into alleged irregularities into projects started by previous TDP govt, including land acquisition in Amaravati.
Sr adv Dushyant Dave appears for @ysjagan's Govt, says the HC order is extraordinary as it stops the entire investigation into allegations of fraudulent practices and abuse of power. He cites the report by the sub-committee, on the basis of which a SIT was constituted.
It is impossible for a high court to interfere at a pre-investigatiom stage & stays all proceedings, contends Dave. He adds a busybody like a member of TDP moves the high court talking about image of his party & the petition is admitted.
"The whole problem arises since governments don't put economic value to a forest. We don't want to stop developmental projects in the country but we can't have natural wealth of the forests eroded," #CJI tells Attorney General while hearing #Jharkhand Govt's suit against Centre.
#Jharkhand Govt has challenged the Centre's decision for virtual auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining in the state.
As #SupremeCourt mulls a panel of experts to assess the environmental aspect with regard to mining, Attorney General opposes the proposition.
#Jharkhand Govt submits in the #SupremeCourt that all seven areas, where commercial mining is being proposed, fall in the eco-sensitive zone.
#CJI tells AG the court's conscience must be satisfied about the environmental aspect & hence the Centre should hold its hands for now.
The reply alleges an insidious propaganda by political parties, a section of media to malign the Yogi Govt despite a "diligent probe".
This affidavit claims political parties, a section of media is trying to give a communal & casteist colour to #Hathras incident & hence, the #SupremeCourt should monitor the #CBI probe in a time bound manner. This will ensure a free probe besides weeding out false narratives.
About the midnight cremation of the #Hathras victim, UP Govt says she was cremated in the presence of her family members, who agreed to attend in order to prevent further violence. Affidavit adds it was done to maintain law & order.
With Justice KM Joseph not being a part of the bench today, sr adv Sanjay Hegde asks if the old bench will be back or the matter will need to be argued all over again. SG Mehta objects to a lawyer questioning bench's composition