-The Hindu Business Line The Supreme Court has answered only the first of the five questions posed before it — whether auction is the only permissible Constitutional mode of alienation of natural resources? It has declined to answer the remaining, lest it is misunderstood as interfering with and commenting upon the 2G verdict in which the Apex Court had cancelled as many as 122 telecom licenses. In the event, the 2G verdict stays;...

-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Union and Manipur governments on a petition filed by Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association Manipur (EEVFAM), seeking a probe into cases of extrajudicial killings in the State. A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ms. Ranjana P. Desai issued the notice and appointed advocate Menaka Guruswamy as the amicus curiae. It directed the matter to be listed for further hearing on...

-PTI The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the centre and state governments to provide basic infrastructure, including drinking water and toilets, in all schools within six months. A bench headed by Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan fixed the time limit and asked the governments to take steps to provide the basic facilities in schools across the country. The bench said that all its previous directions pertaining to providing infrastructure should be implemented within the...

-Countercurrents.org I am Neena secretary of Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association Manipur (EEVFAM). On 4 November 2008 after enjoying a family lunch, my husband Nongmaithem Michael, went to a friend’s helping him to set up his father’s shradha ceremony. Around 3 p.m. he got a phone call and left the place. At 3.32 p.m. I received a call from him saying that he was apprehended and told me to inform his sister...

-The Indian Express Notwithstanding the recent Supreme Court judgment re-drawing their eligibility criteria, Attorney General G E Vahanvati has said that the central and state information commissioners can continue for now. According to him, the SC ruling will be operative with prospective effect, but the government should not delay its review petition as the apex court’s decision is capable of creating “disarray” in their functioning. In his opinion submitted to the government...