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Analysis: Here s what the Supreme Court and High Courts of India had to say this week
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This segment highlights the important issues of the Indian Legal System of the week objectively and with a magnified legal lens factually.
What made Headlines from the Supreme Court of India this week?
1. The Top Court issued Notice on a plea challenging validity of provisions under the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Bobde issued notice to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Culture. The Act, as alleged, takes away the power of Court and Religious Sects to restore their places of Worship. Challenge has been sought against Sections 2,3,4 Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 on the grounds of Article 14,15,21,25,26 and 29 of the Constitution.
SC issues formal notices to WhatsApp, Facebook in UPI data protection case Credit: Aditi Agrawal
The Supreme Court on Monday issued formal notices to Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, and Amazon in response to a petition seeking regulations on data collection by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) companies. The plea filed by Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Binoy Viswam says that Indians’ right to privacy should be protected from being misused by “giant corporations” for their “financial ends”. It has also sought that WhatsApp Pay’s full-scale operations be halted until complies with the necessary legal provisions.
During the hearing, it was pointed out that WhatsApp, Facebook, and Amazon were yet to file their counter-arguments. The Supreme Court had initially sent notices to these companies in October 2020.
HC warns of holding senior officials salaries for not clearing empanelled lawyers 6-month old bills
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Last Updated: Jan 08, 2021, 03:30 PM IST
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A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh asked the authorities to clear all the bills which are six months old or more or else the court will stay the salaries of senior officials, including secretary level.
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The high court granted time to the authorities to clear the advocates bills and listed the matter for further hearing on February 12.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Friday warned the Centre and the AAP government of putting on hold the salaries of senior officials if they fail to clear the bills, pending for six months or more, of lawyers empanelled by them.