-The Telegraph The farmer groups and activists campaigning against GM crops also said government scientists had violated the Centre’s undertaking to the court by planting GM mustard in Bharatpur, Kanpur, Jhansi, Ludhiana, Sriganganagar, and Varanasi earlier this month New Delhi: Sections of farmers, activists, and scientists on Monday accused the Centre of misleading the Supreme Court by claiming that genetically-modified mustard is not herbicide-tolerant and that it will help reduce the country’s...

-Hindustan Times Under the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act Section 26(2), a recommendation by the RBI’s Central Board precedes any decision to demonetise any series of currency notes. The Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government if the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had informed it that demonetisation will result in the withdrawal of over 86% currency in circulation. Making a query to the Centre as part of its consideration of...

-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...

-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...

-Hindustan Times Successive governments have “completely destroyed” the independence of the Election Commission of India (ECI) by ensuring no chief election commissioner (CEC) gets the full six-year term to head the poll body since 1996, a Constitution bench in the Supreme Court lamented on Tuesday, adding that absence of a law for appointment of election commissioners (ECs) has resulted in an “alarming trend”. The five-judge bench further remarked that the silence of...