-The Telegraph Bench says matter will be taken up along with similar pleas pending before SC The Supreme Court will on October 18 take up a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, which critics say is being increasingly used by parties in power against political opponents and journalists. The bench of Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and J.B. Pardiwala,...
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EWS quota breaches 50 pc ceiling, defeats creamy layer concept, excludes poor SC/ST, OBCs, SC told
-PTI/The Telegraph Quota is a deceitful and a backdoor attempt to destroy concept of reservation: Expert The Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent quota for the EWS category in admissions and jobs violates the basic structure of the Constitution on multiple counts including that it breaches the 50 per cent cap on reservation, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. The quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) is a "deceitful and...
More »No Patient Shall Be Denied Hospitalisation, Essential Drugs for Lack of Address Proof: SC
-PTI/ TheWire.in The top court also directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital is rectified before May 3 midnight. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate within two weeks a national policy on admissions to hospitals in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19 and said no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any...
More »SC Issues Directions to Centre on Managing Covid19 Crisis; Asks it to Rectify Oxygen Deficit, Formulate National Policy of Hospital Admissions; Suggests a Lockdown
-Leaflet.in/ Newsclick.in The Supreme Court, in an order released on Sunday evening, directed the Central Government to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital is rectified within two days. It also directed the Centre to prepare, in collaboration with the states, a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes and decentralize the location of the emergency stocks. “The emergency stocks shall be created within the next four...
More »Delhi HC blow to Monsanto on patent for Bt cotton seed technology -Sayantan Bera and Aditi Singh
-Livemint.com Plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law by companies like Monsanto, and any royalties on GM crops will be decided by the agriculture ministry, says Delhi high court New Delhi: Plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law by companies like Monsanto Inc., and any royalties on genetically modified (GM) technology will be decided by a specialized agency of the agriculture ministry, the Delhi high court...
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