#SupremeCourt is hearing a batch of petitions from women army officers seeking to be granted permanent commission in the Indian Army @adgpi#permanentcommission
Justice Chandrachud: till when did the Unit assessment scheme hold fort?
Sr Adv V Mohana: till 2005
DYC J: How many candidates got selected based on this UAC. If we were to replace UAC like HC said what alternate method of appraisal should we direct?
Mohana: they are saying the consideration is only for that period. Out of 4 petitioners, they have done meritorious
SC: Have their case been re-considered in the light of our judgment?
ASG Sanjay Jain: after this plea was filed, we saw the marks its in the range of 55.
ASG also places the counter affidavit before the court.
Sr Adv Huzefa Ahmadi: you had directed overall assessment to be taken and not stop at 5 to 10 years. these officers also have ACRs and so way was to evaluate the ACRs and check if they score above 60 percent
Ahmadi: UAC was introduced as an appraisal mechanism from 1999 onwards. army had noted that the efficacy of UAC had to be reviewed. #supremecourt#permanentcommission
Ahmadi: the counter does not deal with this specific part of the issue highlighted
Mohana: tribunal and HC proceeded as if the officers have been discharged and nothing remains
DYC J : Why dont you (centre) and Col Bala take into account the updated records since you did not take into account their record after 5th and 10th year. This is with regard to all fairness shown by you #supremecourt#permanentcommission
DYC J: We are not saying ignore UAC but please look into the ACRs. if they have subsequent ACR which is outstanding then dispensing such officers will be such a disservice to the army and the nation #supremecourt#permanentcommission
ASG: In a lighter vein the coverage we receive in media is also very disheartening
#BombayHighCourt refuses to restrain #NawabMalik and #NCP party members from publishing any material against father of #SameerWankhede and his family members till pendency of his defamation suit.
“Although plaintiff has right to privacy, the defendant has right to freedom of speech and expression, there has to be balancing of fundamental rights” Court read order.
“Whether the tweets made contain allegations pertaining to discharge of official functions? Whether the publications prove to be false? Whether there was reasonable verification of facts?” Court read order
#SupremeCourt is hearing a petition challenging the change in the land use of a plot where the new official residences of the vice president and the Prime Minister are stipulated as part of the ambitious Centra Vista project in Delhi
Adv Shikhil Suri: Rejoinder has been filed
SC: You argue the case
Suri: I saw the time
SC: it's fine the time is for us and not you
Adv Suri: The point of having no recreational play area is not legal
SC: you have to show how the modification is not permissible in law
Suri: we are saying it's not in public interest and no use in converting a green area into residential one
#SupremeCourt is hearing a plea by “Utran Se Besthan Railway Jhopadpatti Vikas Mandal” against demolition of over 10,000 slum dwellers living near the railway lines in the city of Surat, Gujarat
Sr Colin Gonsalves: State says they are committed to implement Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and rehabilitation is to be borne by executing agency which is railways here. Corporation has also washed it's hands off. Now they PMAY has to be adopted
SC: why in railway land and why not corporation or state land. PMAY cannot be in railway land
Gonsalves: Railways in their affidavitss say that encroachers on railway property is large and for this they want to clear 2.6 kms.
Supreme Court bench led by Justice MR Shah to hear Gujarat Govt in the Covid Death Compensation case. SC had rapped the state for "overreaching directions" by constituting Scrutiny Committee to compensate COVID Deaths #supremecourt
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta: Let me propose a solution
Justice Shah: we don't want to know the reason why or how something has not been done
SG: Please have it on Friday
Justice Shah: now they have come out with a list of documents to be submitted to scrutiny committee. what are you saying ! show us the application form
#SupremeCourt is hearing a public interest litigation regarding the operation of the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam, a longstanding dispute between the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. #mullaperiyardam
Sr Adv Jaideep Gupta: there is a new writ petition filed. Writ was seeking finalising of all these matters.
Sr Adv Shekhar Naphade: please take these matters on a non miscellaneous day
SC: We have part heard on the NMD days
Gupta: the rule curve has to be settled now. we want the rule curve to be looked into. there is urgency in the sense that it needs to be heard