Swapan Dasgupta âRenominationâ to RS After Resignation âConstitutionally Wrongâ, âUnprecedentedâ
Dasgupta had contested on a BJP ticket from the Tarakeswar seat in the assembly election and lost. He will now return to serve the rest of his original term in the upper house despite having resigned his seat.
Swapan Dasgupta with Narendra Modi. Photo: Facebook/Swapan Dasgupta
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New Delhi: Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from Rajya Sabha and unsuccessfully contested the recent West Bengal assembly elections on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, has been renominated to the upper house of parliament by the government.
In March, a day after a political row over him contesting as a BJP candidate while also holding the post of an âindependentâ Rajya Sabha MP emerged, Dasgupta resigned from the upper house. The timing of his resignation had led to controversy.
While the toolkit battle continues, the bigger question is if the Union government will go after the social media behemoths now that they remain vulnerable to punitive action following non-compliance with the intermediary guidelines. - Issue Date: Jun 7, 2021
Vice President, Lok Sabha Speaker Veto Parliamentary Panel Virtual Meets Vice President, Lok Sabha Speaker Veto Parliamentary Panel Virtual Meets Opposition parties have protested the move since the cabinet and the judiciary have been functioning virtually because of the pandemic.
The Rajya Sabha secretariat said physical meetings can take place once things are normal.
New Delhi:
Rejecting calls from the opposition as well as some parties that support Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have refused to allow parliamentary committees to function virtually because of the pandemic.
With legislative work at a standstill, the presiding officers of the two houses of parliament have rejected requests to allow virtual meetings, citing technicalities and confidentiality clauses.
SC pulls up Centre for not filing reply on Jairam Ramesh’s plea against amended RTI Act
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Published: Monday, February 22, 2021, 20:29 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 22: The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the Centre for not filing reply on a plea by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh who has challenged the Constitutional validity of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act 2019 which gives power to the government to prescribe tenure, allowances and salary of information commissioners.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and M R Shah told the counsel appearing for the Centre, who sought some time to file reply, one year has passed since notice was issued in the matter. What have you been doing all this time? What is wrong with you? This is an important matter .
What is Wrong With You? It s A Very Important Matter : Supreme Court To Centre For Not Filing Reply In Plea Against 2019 RTI Amendments livelaw.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from livelaw.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.