-Hindustan Times The court sends a former Bajrang Dal leader back to jail for allegedly leading a mob that killed a police officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district in December 2018. Lynching because of suspected cow slaughter cannot be permitted, observed the Supreme Court on Monday as it sent a former Bajrang Dal leader back to jail for allegedly leading a mob that killed a police officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district...
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EWS: Govt panel favours retaining Rs 8 lakh income cut -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph 'Retain the norm that excludes families owning five acres or more of agriculture land' A panel appointed by the central government to review the income cut-off for the Economically Weaker Sections quota after the Supreme Court questioned the existing figure favours retaining it at Rs 8 lakh, sources have said. The three-member committee’s report has been submitted to the apex court, with its contents yet to be made public. The sources...
More »Centre conradicts itself on caste census in Parliament -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph Minister says GOI has not enumerated caste-wise population, other than SCs and STs in Census since independence, not in line with statement made to SC The Centre has told Parliament that it “has not enumerated” caste-wise populations other than those of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes since Independence, contradicting a statement it made in the Supreme Court three months ago. In that court affidavit of September 21, the social justice...
More »Law still unsettled on worship in public places -Kanu Sarda
-The New Indian Express Former MP Mohammed Adeeb had moved the apex court asking for action against Haryana officials for failing to comply with earlier directions to curb communal sentiments resulting in hate crimes. NEW DELHI: With controversy raging in Gurugram over Friday namaz in public spaces and a former Rajya Sabha MP approaching the Supreme Court over the right to practise religion, a look at the precedents reveals that various court...
More »Supreme Court to examine NGO’s plea on MGNREGA dues -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Shortage of funds that was being cited was a gross violation of the law: Swaraj Abhiyan The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine an NGO’s plea that crores of workers were in a crisis as funds-starved states had run up wage dues of Rs 9,682 crore under the Centre’s flagship 100-day job scheme MGNREGA that has witnessed an increase in beneficiaries because of the pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice...
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