-Hindustan Times Delhi Jahangirpuri News Updates: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the allegation that only one community is being targetted is incorrect. Why organisations are filing the petitions and not individuals who were served the notices. The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the status quo order halting the Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive and said it may take a 'serious view' of the continuance of demolition on Wednesday after the North MCD Mayor was...
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Covid Vaccines Not Mandatory, Centre Tells Supreme Court
-PTI/ NDTV.com At the outset, Advocate General for Tamil Nadu Amit Anand Tiwari submitted that Tamil Nadu has come out with the vaccination mandate for the reason that vaccination against COVID-19 is essential to prevent serious disease in the population. New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday clarified in the Supreme Court that it has not made COVID-19 vaccines mandatory and has only said that the vaccination should be 100 per cent. The...
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-The Telegraph The apex court acted after some states rejected monetary claims by thousands of families that had lost members to the pandemic The Supreme Court on Wednesday chastised the states for rejecting the monetary claims by thousands of families that had lost members to Covid and ordered the governments to directly reach out to orphaned children with financial succour. The court said no application for ex gratia should be rejected outright on...
More »'Want to know about govt policy', SC on plea seeking revival of vaccine PSUs
-IANS/ National Herald The Supreme Court on Monday sought Centre's response on a plea seeking revival of vaccine public sector units, to boost Covid-19 vaccination amid the pandemic. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna said: "We want to know what the policy of the government is..." The bench noted that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta wass appearing for the Centre and took note of his submissions that a reply will be...
More »"Cat's Out Of The Bag": Supreme Court On Centre's Stubble-Burning Data -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Delhi Air Pollution: Supreme Court said in its order that "the major culprit of pollution" is industry, transport and road dust and "some part" is stubble burning. New Delhi: Farm fires only have a 10 per cent share in Delhi's severe pollution, the central government on Monday told the Supreme Court in a hearing on the air quality crisis in India's capital. The contribution of stubble-burning - or burning of farm waste...
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