-Down to Earth In this decade, 231 more crops have been removed from the protection of piracy provided in Section 3 of the Biodiversity Act, bringing the total to 421 The Supreme Court, in a November 22 order, has ordered the Karnataka High Court to continue hearing a Public Interest litigation (PIL) on biopiracy which it had sent to the National Green Tribunal in 2013. Biopiracy refers to the practice of commercially exploiting...
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No one should sleep empty stomach, govt duty to ensure foodgrains reach the last man, says SC
-PTI/ ThePrint.in A bench of Justices MR Shah and Hima Kohli directed the Centre to submit a fresh chart with the number of migrant and unorganised sector workers registered on eShram portal. New Delhi: It is our culture to ensure nobody goes to sleep empty stomach, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and asked the central government to see to it that foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) reaches the...
More »Supreme Court launches portal to file online RTI applications
-Scroll.in The portal can be used only by Indian citizens to file applications and first appeals on matters related to the top court, under the Right to Information Act. The Supreme Court on Thursday launched its online portal through which citizens can file applications under the Right to Information Act for matters related to the court. The portal can be used only by Indian citizens to file applications, first appeals and to make...
More »PIL against deletion of voter without intimation: SC issues notices -Abraham Thomas
-Hindustan Times In their plea, former bureaucrats MG Devasahayam, Somasundar Burra, and Aditi Mehta referred to the Registration of Electors Rules that allow the Registration Officer to entertain any objection, hold a summary inquiry and rectify any errors without hearing or notifying the affected party. The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond in four weeks to Public Interest litigation (PIL) challenging the rule...
More »With new norms, TV channels must broadcast ‘socially relevant’ content
-The Hindu The provision has been introduced as “airwaves/frequencies are public property and need to be used in the best interest of the society” The Union Cabinet has approved the new guidelines for uplinking and downlinking of television channels in India, under which all the stations holding permission — except for the foreign channels and where it may not be feasible, -- would have to broadcast contents on issues of national importance...
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