Radio jockey Malishka Mendonsa and her team at Red FM are facing widespread criticism for a video that shows them dancing in front of Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra before an online interview.
Supreme Court refuses to stay challenge to IT rules The apex court agreed to consider transferring them to itself for an authoritative pronouncement on the regulations’ constitutional validity
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the multiple high court proceedings on petitions that have challenged the Centre’s new IT rules, but agreed to consider transferring them to itself for an authoritative pronouncement on these regulations’ constitutional validity.
Various petitions have accused the new IT rules, which are aimed at regulating digital and social media outlets, of violating the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution.
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NEW DELHI: Observing that use of ‘toolkit’ for political propaganda can’t be banned in a democratic country like India, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking probe against Congress and its de-registration for allegedly creating a toolkit to malign the image of PM Narendra Modi on handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, at the outset of hearing, asked the PIL petitioner to ignore such a toolkit if he didn’t like it but the court could not pass a general order to ban it.
The petitioner advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, however, contended that toolkits have been banned in many countries, including Singapore. The bench thereafter reminded him that India is a democratic country and it can’t be done in a democracy. The court said if using of toolkit results in violation of any law then remedy lies under criminal law and court cannot pass order in a PIL The court also observed that valuable court time is wasted i
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Petitioner Shashank Shekhar Jha on Monday withdrew his PIL from the Supreme Court seeking an investigation of Toolkit by NIA, to get guidelines by Government of India against hoardings and other anti-national acts and seeking suspension of membership of Congress Party, if the allegations are found to be true, against the party. A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrahud and also comprising Justice M R Shah, asked the lawyer-cum-petitioner, Jha, to withdraw his petition or else may move the High Court under appropriate law somewhere else, but not in Supreme Court.
PIL seeking probe in Toolkit matter by NIA withdrawn from SC ANI | Updated: Jul 06, 2021 07:52 IST
By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Petitioner Shashank Shekhar Jha on Monday withdrew his PIL from the Supreme Court seeking an investigation of Toolkit by NIA, to get guidelines by Government of India against hoardings and other anti-national acts and seeking suspension of membership of Congress Party, if the allegations are found to be true, against the party.
A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrahud and also comprising Justice M R Shah, asked the lawyer-cum-petitioner, Jha, to withdraw his petition or else may move the High Court under appropriate law somewhere else, but not in Supreme Court.