-Hindustan Times The top court ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation into the initial stake sale of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to Anil Agarwal-run Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd (SOVL) in 2002 The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the initial stake sale of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to Anil Agarwal-run Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd (SOVL) in 2002 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led...
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SC agrees to examine whether education is service within Consumer Protection Act
-PTI/ The Hindu The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the issue whether education is a service within the Consumer Protection Act. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and B.V. Nagarathna noted that a similar legal issue is pending adjudication in another case and tagged the matter along with it. "Having regard to the pendency of Civil Appeal No 3504 of 2020 (Manu Solanki and Others vs Vinayaka Mission University), the issue as...
More »'Totalitarian Govts Rely on Falsehoods to Establish Dominance': Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
-PTI/ TheWire.in "Democracy and truth go hand in hand. Democracy needs truth to survive," the Supreme Court judge said at a lecture. New Delhi: Totalitarian governments constantly rely on falsehoods in order to establish dominance and the citizen’s right to speak truth to power is integral to the functioning of a democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Saturday, August 28. LiveLaw, which covered the online lecture, reported on it with...
More »Supreme Court says secrecy of vote a must in any election -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Nobody can be permitted to dilute right to free and fair polls: Bench. The Supreme Court on Friday held that in any election, be it to Parliament or State legislature, the maintenance of secrecy of voting is “a must”. Secrecy is a part of the fundamental right of freedom of expression. The confidentiality of choice strengthened democracy, it stated. “In direct elections to the Lok Sabha or State legislature, the maintenance of...
More »Shouldn't Misuse Anti-Terror Law To Quell Dissent: Supreme Court Judge -A Vaidyanathan
-NDTV.com "Deprivation of liberty for even a single day is one too many. We must always be mindful of the deeper systemic issues of our decisions," Justice DY Chandrachud said. New Delhi: Anti-terror law should not be "misused for quelling dissent" Supreme Court Judge Justice Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud said on Monday as he was addressing an event on the legal ties between India and the United States. "Criminal law, including anti-terror legislation,...
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