-The Hindu The Haryana High Court order had stayed a controversial State law which provides 75% reservation for local youths in private sector jobs earning less than Rs.30,000 a month. The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying a controversial State law which provides 75% reservation for local youths in private sector jobs earning less than ₹30,000 a month. Industry associations have said the law “affects...

-The Telegraph Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Kant gave additional advocate-general Garima Prashad time till next Friday to come out with government’s position on the matter New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday warned the Uttar Pradesh government with “consequences” if it failed to withdraw 236 notices issued in 2019 to alleged anti-Citizenship Act protesters for the recovery of compensation over damage to public properties. The apex court said the notices had violated...

-Hindustan Times In his letter dated January 27, chairman of the high powered committee for the Char Dham Pariyojana, Ravi Chopra, has said the union ministry of road transport had ignored recommendations The chairman of a panel set up by the Supreme court to oversee widening of roads under the Char Dham Pariyojana has written to the top court saying he wanted to resign as the road ministry was ignoring the committee’s...

-Newsclick.in "Whosoever comes to power; my request is to constitute a technical team and explore and work on all the possible options to address and curb this menace." Udta Punjab, a Bollywood film released in 2016, highlighted the issue of the severe drug problem in Punjab. The movie acted as an eye-opener for many in the state. After five years, as the state is ready for another Assembly poll, the film has...

-Leaflet.in/ Newsclick.in In light of the recent PIL filed before the Supreme Court demanding social security for gig/platform workers, it is critical to pay attention to how the recent labor codes, which are paraded as being progressive, are a mere lip service to social security, including for gig/platform workers, writes Namrata. In September last year, the Indian Federation of App Based Transport Workers [IFAT], a workers’ organisation consisting largely of gig transport...