Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi to shortly speak as part of a discussion organised by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on 'Decoding Defection'.
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Discussion moderated by Arghya Sengupta, founder and Research Director at Vidhi.
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@Arghya_justify @Vidhi_India Sengupta: I wish I could say Dr Singhvi is still a parliamentarian but he is not because of defections. So parliament's loss is our gain and he is still firmly ensconced within the legal fraternity.
#SupremeCourt is hearing the curative plea by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation against the top court’s 2021 order that required it to pay ₹8,000 crore to Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited, a subsidiary of Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Infrastructure Limited.
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CJI: We will discharge the board till 1pm. Justices Pardiwala aur Misra ko bata dena (to court staff). Maybe they can attend to urgent matters of the other benches.
Former Attorney General KK Venugopal appears for DMRC, gives genesis of case.
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Sr Adv Harish Salve appears for DAMEPL: If my ld friend needs time till lunch even we will. We have serious issues on maintainability.
Bombay High Court is hearing batch of petitions including one by comic Kunal Kamra challenging amendments to the IT Rules of 2023 which provided for formation of Fact Check Units (FCUs)
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Adv Gautam Bhatia for Association of Indian magazines making submissions.
Bhatia: We have raised three questions:
- Does the constitution authorise govt to classify speech based on values?
- Does constitution authorise govt to arbiter what is true and false…
Bhatia: classify what is true and false
- Are the impugned amendment intra vires the parent statute
Patil: This is probably the first occasion where a Union law minister with the cabinet ministers have graced the august gathering for an event of the Bar council.
Maharashtra will lead the country, as this is the first time, that 384 units have been provided to bar associations.
Sahai, petitioner in person: Students who will be appearing and droppers in June, there are several students who have qualified JEE Mains and they are eligible for JEE Advanced. This criteria of 75% was not applicable for last 2 years because of COVID.
Sahai: Same covid affected students who were eligible last year will not be eligible now.
Candidates who have passed exam this year will qualify for next year.
Supreme Court to shortly hear appeal by the Delhi Police against High Court order granting bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal in a Delhi Riots case under the UAPA.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal: SLP was already decided, that observations will not influence trial. Everytime this matter is adjourned, SG seeks time. We were granted bail 2 years ago.