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Jul 1, 2022 12 tweets 2 min read
SC comes down heavily on Nupur Sharma and says she and her loose tongue has set the entire country on fire. Her outburst is responsible for unfortuante incident at Udaipur, the bench says Referring to her apology and withdrawal of comments on Prophet, the bench says it was too late in the day to withdraw. SC says on her complaint a person is arrested, but despite multiple FIRs she has not yet been touched by Delhi police.
Jul 1, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
Ousted from power, MVA moves SC seeming suspension of 39 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs till the deputy Speaker decides the disqualification petitions filed against them. MVA also pleads with SC that since the disqualification proceedings are pending, none of the 39 Sena rebel MLAs be allowed to participate in the Assembly proceedings. This new application will be mentioned today at 10.30 for urgent hearing.
Jun 29, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
Sena chief whip Sunil Prabhu in his petition termed Governor's decision to call for floor test as illegal as he didn't take into account deputy Speaker's disqualification notices to 16 of 39 rebel MLAs. He said none of 39 MLAs wrote to Governor withdrawing support to MVA govt. Prabhu said the floor test decision has been taken "on the 'aid and advice of the leader of opposition', which is not contemplated under Constitution." He said Governor has called for floor test after meeting Devendra Fadnavis and without seeking CM Uddhav Tackeray's response.
Jun 29, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Maharashtra governor calls for floor test in Assembly for MVA government at 11 am on June 30. Image The Governor’s letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray says the special session would commence at 11 am and all speeches by leaders of parties would be completed by 5 pm when the Trust Motion will be put to vote.
Jun 25, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Delhi government was served with the oxygen audit report three days back. The June 22 affidavit says reports are attached with it
Sep 14, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
Centre tells Delhi High Court that same sex marriage is not recognised in law till date and that several questions of law arises in the issue which could only be settled by legislature and not the judiciary. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta told Chief Justice D N Patel led bench that moral values of Indian society and culture are codified in various laws. Who will decide who is the husband and wife in a same sex marriage for the purpose of prohibitory degrees of matrimony, he asked.
Jun 29, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
1/n On controversy over he sitting on Harley Davidson bike, CJI S A Bobde said he wanted to buy one after retirement and had asked a dealer at Nagpur to show him one. Dealer had sent him this bike and CJI took a feel of it without riding it, sources close to CJI told TOI. The CJI does not even know whose bike was it, the sources said. He does not even know any political leader's son owning it. He just wanted to have a look at the bike, being a bike enthusiast through his life.
Oct 31, 2018 11 tweets 2 min read
SC asks Centre to give details of the pricing and strategic details of Rafale fighter aircraft in sealed cover in 10 days. SC also asks Centre to give copies of the decision making process details without any strategic or secret details to petitioner and parties who have filed PILs.
Oct 3, 2018 6 tweets 1 min read
CJI Ranjan Gogoi brings radical change in court proceedings by announcing that there would not be any more mentioning for urgent hearing before CJI, which previously used to be a 20 minute affair daily. CJI Gogoi says unless someone is going to be hanged today or evicted out of his house today, except these no other matter can be mentioned for urgent hearing.