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Jul 15

#BREAKING Calcutta High Court is hearing a plea by TMC MP Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra seeking action against an alleged ‘mob attack’ on her when she had gone to attend a political event.

Counsel: she was served notices for questioning after she protested against the egg-pelters and asked them to face her directly.

#CalcuttaHighCourt

Counsel: that statement was extrapolated

Court: who is appearing for the state?

Counsel: we have served notice. Even last time this happened. I have a very limited point.

Court: nobody is appearing for state? Have you served upon the GP?

Court: this is a petition by a lady MP who was subjected to egg pelting. Where is the service upon the GP?

GP: I checked but there was no service

Court: you have to serve it to the GP as well or the service is incomplete

Come back on Monday

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Jul 14

#SupremeCourt hears pleas challenging CBSE circulars that imposed mandatory learning of two languages native to India as part of the 3-language formula in class VI

CJI Surya Kant: Just verify if they have issued a clarification?

Sr Adv Anand Grover: Circulars are without authority of law. Only NCERT has authority, not CBSE. They are imposing languages without giving options. No teachers, no books available if I want to learn Punjabi (instead of Sanskrit). As a child, I must have opportunity to learn language which will give me employment

Sr Adv Gopal S: Two different batches here. we are appearing in fresh matters. For senior classes, there has been dilution. They have taken a 300 yr old language and treated English as non-native language

J Bagchi: We don't understand this word 'native' language.

J Joymalya Bagchi: What the authorities intended to do...under Constitution, it's a constitutional goal that Indian languages will take over...encouragement is made...nomenclature may require some relook...how do we use 'native Indian language'...but the spirit is clear. Can India consider English as an indigenous Indian language? Parsi at one time was official language of the court.

Gopal S: Choice is left to the states

Sr Adv Shyam Divan: Despite dilution, there is a problem

CJI: Despite this circular of 29 June 2026, issues still survive?

#SupremeCourt #CBSE

Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi: Yes. A student of class 9 who is studying French till date is told to take up a 3rd language and give exam in April! Unless you get a pass in internal, you can't...how can anyone in 9th be told to start learning, say Tamil? Which school in Delhi can give you a teacher who can teach...?

Divan: Idea was to introduce in 2030. They have advanced it to this year

CJI: We are fixing for arguments and issuing notice in fresh matters

Gopal S: In the interim, let them not give effect to this. Teachers can be dismissed.

CJI: If dismissed, we can re-instate.

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Jul 14

#SupremeCourt to shortly hear PIL challenging the 84th and 87th Constitutional Amendments, which deal with #delimitation of Parliamentary and State Assembly constituencies

Petitioner further challenges Article 55, 81, 82, 170, 330 and 332 of the Constitution, insofar as they permit reliance on population figures of 1971 and/or 2001

He also challenges the recent Special Intensive Revision (#SIR) exercise for being conducted without prior delimitation based on latest census

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana

Hearing begins

Petitioner: I have challenged constitutional validity...India is a representative democracy...representation has to be based on latest population census. Parliament has excluded 70% Indian citizens...they were born after 1971! We are not considered for representation purposes. Noida, Gurugram, Mohali did not used to exist/had low populations...see now!

CJI: Why do you say they will not be considered? We appreciate that if 70% is excluded, then what kind of delimitation? But what is the basis? Right to vote has nothing to do with delimitation. Kaunsa village hai?

Petitioner: Jhajjar

CJI: Whether your village goes to [...] or [...] constituency, it cannot deprive you of right to vote.

J Bagchi: From any constituency, even if you are not domicile

CJI: You can contest also, not only vote

Petitioner: Value of my vote has been reduced. Population has increased

J Bagchi: Vote may be diluted against entire population. But value is not diluted vis-a-vis the states. There was asymmetrical balance...but since value of vote has been on par with all states, there is not an asymmetrical approach to democracy or federalism.

CJI: Your interest and knowledge - you should continue with that. Your question probably is not really arising for consideration. Issues might require a kind of police or legislative intervention, authorities may consider

Petitioner: It can only be done by Constitutional amendment. 2/3rd majority required.

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Jul 13

#Breaking Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for the Trinamool Congress @AITCofficial against the #ED’s @dir_ed freezing of the party’s bank accounts and initiation of proceedings under the #PMLA.

ASG SV Raju is appearing for the ED.

Singhvi: Although the other side is trying to cut this matter short, under the TMC constitution, the working committee has authorised the deponent to file this petition. We have supplied the document.

#CalcuttaHighCourt

Singhvi: if your lordship sees these documents, I may be allowed to proceed. It is a much larger issue.

ASG SV Raju: This still doesn’t authorise the person to file.

Counsel: the petitioners (TMC) have been restrained from filing even by the civil court

ASG: if this petition is filed in breach of an order the these petitioners are in contempt and can’t be heard

Singhvi: they are only trying to delay the matter and not argue on merits

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Jul 8

#BREAKING Calcutta High Court hearing a plea against #Midday meal plan announced by Bengal CM @SuvenduWB.

Sr Adv Kalyan Bandopadhyay: Earlier the meals were supplied by self help groups comprised of women, like all over the country.

The CM announced that henceforth #ISKCON only would be supplying it.

@iskcon #CalcuttaHighCourt

Bandopadhyay: Therefore the scheme for students to eat and to help the self help groups is being replaced by ISKCON.

Please see the objective of the PM-Poshan scheme.

#CalcuttaHighCourt

Bandopadhyay: it seeks to provide employment to women and self help groups and to provide meals for children. Kindly see the guidelines for engagement of private bodies.

Community participation is key to success of a midday meal scheme, when the meal is cooked locally in the school premises.

#CalcuttaHighCourt

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Jul 8

#BREAKING Sr Adv Kishore Datta arguing a matter on egg-pelting at Alipore Court premises at former sports minister #AroopBiswas.

Sr Adv: Lawyers were there with eggs in hand. I feel ashamed to be a part of this fraternity. I will argue that this is criminal contempt…interfering with the course of justice.

#CalcuttaHighCourt

Court: now this matter is pending in a PIL before the Chief Justice. We have read that an SOP is to be formulated.

Datta: unfortunately, things are being invented and the judiciary had to step in. Everything is happening in front of the police, with people who are supposed to be in custody of law.

#CalcuttaHighCourt

Datta: whenever someone is in custody

Court: parading publicly, or egg throwing this menace has to stop

Datta: here the petitioner (Aroop Biswas) cooperated with the agency. As usual media was there and live streaming, and this happened

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