Senior Advocate Nakul Dewan mentions matter regarding internet shutdowns before #SupremeCourt: This is an MA in the Anuradha Bhasin Matter. It was filed last year.
CJI Ramana: Already the internet has got.. what remains in this matter?
Sr. Adv. Dewan: We are seeking further directions for the effective compliance of your Lordships order.
For eg, Meghalaya is not even aware of the order.
CJI Ramana: Mr. Counsel, this judgment is in the #Kashmir context, we have already.. the govt. immediately has restored internet. What do you want again?
Dewan: I’ll tell you what has happened. In our MA there are 5 different states have taken different positions- Andhra, Gujarat, MP, Meghalaya and Tripura.
CJI Ramana: Again you have filed a fresh MA? We heard the matter, the pandemic came and by the time it came up again, internet was restored, we thought no further..
Dewan: This is not about J&K at all, this is about other States.
Supreme Court is hearing pleas challenging the rehabilitation policy including the eligibility criteria framed by the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad with respect to the demolitions at Khori Gaon #khorigaon
Haryana AAG Arun Bhardwaj : When matter was filed initially before Chandigarh HC, Aadhar was not their basis. A list of Documents are required for preparation of Aadhar card
SC: Bench: We were saying for grant of provisional allotment, go through whatever documents they have
Justice Khanwilkar: go through to show their residence, which will later be verified by you. Can’t that be done counsel?
AAG: to that extent it’s possible. We are not inclined to take it as a proof, that is our submission
Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan appears before a Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and BV Nagarathna on behalf of doctors appearing in the #NEETPG exam seeking uploading of answer key.
Sr. Adv. Sankaranarayanan: For some reason a completely different method has been adopted with us. We don’t get to keep our question paper, answer sheets or the answer key. All we get is the roll number with our score.
Counsel appears before #SupremeCourt Bench led by Justice Chandrachud seeking directions for the vaccination of 13 inmates of a home maintained in Ghaziabad.
It was submitted that the Petitioner is a registered Charitable trust and among its objected maintains a home for orphans, destitute widows, abandoned & aged.
The home presently provides shelter to 13 inmates, some suffering from dementia, old age ailments and some of them are wheel chair bound. Some of the inmates were stated to have Aadhar Cards while the rest were found abandoned on the street.
Justice Chandrachud: A PIL has been filed under Article 32. Specific issue canvassed is during covid pandemic patients had to take recourse to taking medical facilities in private hospitals due to dearth of public infrastructure. #supremcourt#covid19
Justice DY Chandrachud: There were instances of overcharging and hapless patients In the circumstances the petitioners have relied upon certain instances where local bodies such as Pune Municipal Corp had issued notice to private hospitals for overcharging patients.
Justice DY Chandrachud: Mandamus has been sought to set up a mechanism by central govgt to scrutinise bills of patients who believe they have been overcharged. This conerns a wide strata of society. Issue notice , returnable after 4 weeks.