Fill tribunals vacancies by next hearing September 13th, Supreme Court to Centre.
SC bench led by chief justice N.V. Ramana on Monday said the court was “not interested in a confrontation, but it was running out of patience”.
The Tribunals across the country were on the verge to collapse as no appointments have been made for months, if not years.
Court gave 3 options to the centre:
Close the tribunals
Make the appointments itself (or)
Initiate contempt.
Justice Chandrachud said the new Tribunals Reforms Act of 2021 is an Astonishing Replica of various provisions which were struck down by the Supreme Court in multiple judgments.
The 2021 act abolished 9 key tribunals and raised a serious threat to judicial independence by giving the government a wide range of powers.
The bench gave time to Mr. Mehta to convince the government to make appointments.
Chief justice N.V.Ramana said “if you don’t want an order from us, you pass the order of appointments ….we expect some appointments to be made by Monday.
Supreme Court to fix liability for Khori Gaon demolition
The Supreme court intended to hold someone responsible for the events which led to the demolition of unauthorized residential buildings and displacement of 100’s of families who lived on that forest land in Khori Gaon ,Village of Haryana.
The bench mentioned that it did not want to get into the tug of war between residents and the municipal body on the temporary facilities provided to the former.
It made clear that its focus is on rehabilitation of people who lost homes.
The court called upon Faridabad Municipal Corporation to mention the time required to rehabilitate the eligible people.
Supreme Court to Centre “ it has no option but to constitute a GST Tribunal
“You have to contribute to a tribunal,” a special bench led by the Chief Justice of India told the government.
The Tribunal has not been constituted even 4 years after the central GST law was passed in 2016.
While hearing the petition Advocate Amit Sahni said section 109 of the GST act mandates the constitution of the tribunal.
He added, citizens aggrieved are constrained to approach respective High Courts, and the same was overburdening the work of High Courts.
Supreme Court notice to government on plea against NEET quota
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to respond to a petition challenging the decision to provide 27% quota to other Backward Classes and 10% reservation to Economically Weaker Sections in the All-India Quota category for NEET admissions.
A bench of Justices D.Y.Chandrachud , Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli issued notice to the government on the petition filed by Neil Aurelio Nunes and others.
The quota covers undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses.
The petitioners said the selection process had already begun for the academic year and could not be interfered with.
The Bombay High Court acquits man in POCSO case
The Bombay HC has acquitted a man of charges of raping and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old.
It said,” it is well known that a child witness, by reason of his/her tender age, is a pliable witness. He/she is amenable to tutoring and inducement and is often prone to telling imaginative and exaggerated stories.
The order reads, “the minor on her own admission is a tutored witness and hence no implicit reliance can be placed on her evidence”.
Commenting on the sessions court judgment, the court said the judge had held the appellant guilty of all offences solely based on the victim’s statement.
Delhi HC tells government to take steps for hybrid hearings
The High Court was hearing two pleas seeking hybrid hearings in district courts in view of the COVID – 19 threat.
It made it clear to the Delhi government that the proposal to set up infrastructure for hybrid hearings in trail courts and quasi-judicial bodies cannot be turned down on the grounds of expenditure.
It said the pandemic was not yet over and there was a need to adopt technology as access to justice cannot be denied to citizens and expenditure incurred on the project should be considered as essential.
No coercive against Suvendu: Kolkata High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted an interim relief to leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari by directing that no coercive action be taken against him, and the state had to take leave of the court before arresting him.
The court stayed investigation in three of the five cases filed against the BJP leader.
Akhil Gogoi leads rally against cattle law
Activist and Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on Monday led a rally against the Assam Cattle preservation Act,2021.
He says that the law was an assault on the farm economy in the name of the religion.
The rally was organised in Dhemaji’s jonai. Mr. Raijor Dal, said the BJP led Assam government had introduced the cow protection law “to harm Muslims and Christians in the name of safeguarding Hinduism”
Modi to attend BRICS, SCO, Quad meets in September.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of BRICS with leaders of China, Russia, Brazil, South Africa on Thursday which will be dominated by discussions on the situation in Afghanistan dated on September 9th.
They are expected to focus on four priority areas including the multilateral reforms in bodies such as the UN, the IMF and the WTO, counter terrorism, technology and people to people exchanges.
The meeting will be held in a virtual mode, the PM will also attend via video conference Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on this month 16th and 17th.
Later the PM is expected to travel later this month to the U.S to meet the U.S President Joseph Biden and address the UN Assembly.
In Taliban War is Over, it's time for peace
Talibani spokesperson Zabihullah held a press conference in the capital Kabul. He said that any insurgency against their rule would be “hit hard” after earlier saying they had captured the Panjshir Valley, the last pocket of resistance.
He also added that ‘anyone who picks up arms and starts another resistance, without any doubts, will be our enemy, he mentioned the people need to support us for peace and reconstruction and to get out of the crises.
Three weeks after seizing power but with no government so far announced, the spokesman said an “interim” system would first be announced to allow for changes, ‘ final decisions have been taken, we are now working on the technical issues’ he said.
He assured that this time, women will be allowed to attend university as long as classes are segregated by 'sez' or at least divided by a curtain.
Extracted & Compiled by- Ch. Anupama, Student, Osmania University
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