Farmers agitation: Either you hold the laws or we will, SC tells Modi govt

 

New Delhi, Dec 01 (ANI): Members of Bhartiya Kisan union stage a protest against farm laws at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

In the event that the Center would not like to remain the execution of the three ranch laws, the Supreme Court on Monday said it will put a stay on it.

A three-judge seat, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, is hearing a clump of petitions, including those recorded by DMK MP Tiruchi Siva, RJD MP Manoj K Jha, against the established legitimacy of three homestead laws, passed by the Central government alongside the supplication to eliminate fighting ranchers.

"In the event that the Center would not like to remain the usage of ranch laws, we will put a stay on it," the CJI attested.

The Union of India should assume liability for this. "You (Center) are bringing the laws and you can do it in a superior way," the CJI said.

Expressin his disappointment over the manner in which the laws are being outlined, the CJI stated: "What is happening."

"The discussions have fizzled. The entire thing has continued for over a month and what exchanges are going on, we don't comprehend. This is sensitive. The gatherings are in a sensitive circumstance," Bobde said.

"Our expectation is that whether we can carry a friendly answer for the issue. Will the law be required to be postponed for quite a while? the CJI asked Venugopal.

"We can see whether we establish an advisory group for settling the issue. Regardless of whether you are a piece of the arrangement of a contributor to the issue," the CJI said.

"There is certainly not a solitary appeal, nor pleadings, which said the laws are acceptable," he said.

SC asks parties to reveal pending criminal cases against poll candidates

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The Supreme Court on Thursday guided every single ideological group to transfer on their site subtleties of pending criminal arguments against applicants challenging surveys, taking note of that there has been a disturbing increment in criminalisation of governmental issues.
The zenith court said ideological groups will likewise need to transfer purposes behind choosing applicants with pending criminal cases on their site.
The court passed arranges on a scorn supplication which raised the issue of criminalisation of governmental issues asserting that bearings given by the pinnacle court in its September 2018 decision identifying with exposure of criminal precursors by applicants are not being followed.
A seat headed by Justice F Nariman likewise coordinated that ideological groups will distribute these subtleties via web-based networking media stages like Facebook and Twitter and in one nearby vernacular and one national paper.
The top court said ideological groups should present a consistence report right now the Election Commission inside 72 hours of choosing applicants having pending criminal bodies of evidence against them.
It coordinated that the EC will carry it to the notification of the peak court in the event of disappointment of ideological groups to consent to its bearings.

While articulating the request, the seat said apparently there has been a disturbing increment in criminalisation of governmental issues in the last four general decisions...READ MORE

Year in Review: Citizenship Act to Ayodhya verdict, key decisions of 2019

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In the year 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came back to power at the Centre with a bigger mandate than in 2014, gaining a sway across the nation to win 303 seats in the Lok Sabha. In less than 70 days of the government's second term in office, the Narendra Modi-led regime scrapped Article 370, which gave a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir, paving the way for bigger ideas to be implemented in the months to come.
Before that, on February 12, the Union Cabinet had cleared key amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, making it easier for buyers to take over stressed assets.
The Supreme Court also did not hold back, the then Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, making a number of landmark judgments -- from the long-awaited Ayodhya title suit to Sabarimala. Towards the fag end of the year, a few legislation brought by the government, such as the Personal Data Protection Bill and the Bill to set up a unified authority for regulating all financial activities in international financial services sparked controversy, and the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill drew opposition from politicians and citizens alike.
The rest of the year was also quite eventful, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performing ‘Shashtra Puja’ upon the first delivery of the Rafale fighter jet, brushing aside the Congress’ criticism, CJI Gogoi was cleared by a panel of sexual harassment allegations. And the Cabinet approved strategic divestment in BPCL and SCI in its bid to meet its FY20 divestment target of Rs 1.76 trillion.

Days before curtains come down on 2019, Business Standard takes a look at the key decisions and ideas that shaped the year...Read More