The all-party meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President MK Stalin concluded with a stand to "reject the so-called 103rd Constitutional amendment which provides 10 per cent quota to EWS as it is against social justice philosophy of Constitution." "The Supreme Court's judgement discriminates against the poor," the meeting reiterated.

The Supreme Court in a majority judgment on Monday upheld the validity of the Constitution's 103rd Amendment Act 2019, which provides for 10 per cent EWS reservation amongst the general category in admissions and jobs.

Badrinath (Uttarakhand) [India], October 21 (ANI): Expressing happiness over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitching for 'Vocal for Local' in Uttarakhand's Mana village, the locals on Friday said that he has presented them with "such a gift" that they could "never imagine".

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the stay on the non-bailable warrant issued by the Allahabad High Court against Noida Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and IAS officer Ritu Maheshwari till Friday (May 13) in connection with contempt proceedings against her.

New Delhi Apr 26 PTI The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that issues such as lack of proper infrastructure to cater to the growing need of the judiciary and the bar in the national capital can be looked into in consultation with the apex court registry A bench comprising Justice Vineet Saran and J K Maheshwari termed as horrible the crowd situation in the apex court corridor and said something can be done by the central governmentWe do not go around in the corridors It is horrible Something has to be done by the Centre the bench said adding it was not for the court to solve the problemSolicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Centre said it was not an adversarial litigation and he was in touch with the government and the matter can be heard after four weeksThe bench took note of the submissions and said the problems pointed out in the petition can be looked into by the Centre in consultation with the apex court registry and petitioner lawyer and listed the PIL for hearing on July 20The top court on March 8 had sought responses of the Centre and the apex courts registry on a PIL filed by bar leader Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad seekingdevelopment of a judicial vista near the apex court premises to cater to the growing need of judicial infrastructure for all courts including the subordinate judiciary tribunals the Delhi High Court and the bar in the national capitalOn Monday the bench said it wanted to know the stand of the Central government on the plea and listed the matter on Tuesday to hear from the solicitor general on the issueThe PIL has also sought a direction to the Union Ministries of Law and Justice and the Housing and Urban Affairs to constitute a central authority funded by the Consolidated Fund of India to cater to the need of judicial infrastructure under the administrative control of the Chief Justice of India CJIThe lack of judicial infrastructure that is courtrooms basic amenities etc for judges advocates and litigants across the country in the subordinate judiciary and tribunals is a very serious issue and the lack of autonomy of the judiciary in the matter and the dependence on the Central Government and the State Government defeats the cause of judicial independence the plea saidThe judicial infrastructural independence is quintessential for the furtherance of the cause of judicial independence and hence the need to set up a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority and falls within the most basic fundamental rights of the constitution it saidThe administration of justice is the most important part of the Constitution and is the basis for the Rule of Law which is enshrined in Article 14 of the ConstitutionHaving proper and adequate infrastructure for the apex court of the country with its growing volume of work and the growing Bar is essential for the realisation of the rule of lawIt has sought construction of a large multi-level complex of courtrooms with 45 to 50 courtrooms with video conferencing facilities and adequate seating facilities for lawyers litigants law clerks and internsIt has also sought the construction of a multi-level complex having around 5000 chambers for senior advocates advocates-on-record and advocates along with requisite facilitiesBesides the plea had also sought proportionate creche facilities to cater to the several women working in the registry and women lawyers PTI SJK DV DV

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): A special vehicle was flagged off on Monday aiming to collect and recycle the electronic waste in Uttar Pradesh's Noida city.

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI Four people including a woman were arrested for allegedly duping people on pretext of sanctioning loans police here said on Saturday The accused have been identified as Arun Kumar 26 and Sunil 30 both residents of Raghubir Nagar Himanshu Maheshwari 30 a resident of Budh Vihar and Anjali Tomar 21 they said According to police a man named Shahnawaz on Wednesday had lodged a complaint alleging he was cheated with offer of a loan He said he transferred Rs 85000 into an account given by the accused who stopped taking his calls after getting the money police said On the basis of intelligence gathered through technical surveillance and address mentioned in account a raid was conducted on Thursday at 11 am at the alleged call centre in Raghubir Nagar area from where Arun and Sunil were apprehended Deputy Commissioner of Police southeast Esha Pandey said The accused revealed that Maheshwari provided the account number and the ATM card in which the money was deposited by the complainants police said On their instance Maheshwari and Tomar were nabbed from their residences and seized nine mobile phones one wireless phone one laptop and six ATM cards from their possession the DCP said During interrogation the accused revealed they procured contact details of their targets from among those who made enquiry about loans through an app police said Thereafter they would call these people offering approval of loans from various banks in return asking them to deposit an amount as filing and security charge in Tomars account they added PTI NIT NIT VN VN

ट्विटर इंडिया के पूर्व प्रमुख मनीष माहेश्वरी ने एक शिक्षा प्रौद्योगिकी (एड-टेक) कंपनी के साथ काम करने के लिए कंपनी छोड़ दी है। उन्होंने बुधवार को ट्वीट कर यह जानकारी दी।  सोशल मीडिया मंच ट्विटर ने इससे पहले अगस्त में माहेश्वरी को अमेरिका स्थानांतरित कर दिया था।  उन्होंने ट्वीट कर कहा, ‘‘करीब तीन साल तक […]

New Delhi Oct 23 PTI The Supreme Court has sought the Centres response on the bail plea of former Jharkhand minister Anosh Ekka who has been convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail in a money laundering caseA bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari issued notices to the Union of India and sought its response on the appeal filed by Ekka challenging the order of Jharkhand high courtIssue notice returnable on November 8 2021 The Respondent-State shall be served through the concerned standing counsel the bench said in its recent orderThe former Jharkhand minister has challenged the August 24 2020 order of the high court which denied him bail saying it will not be prudent and desirable to give protection under Section 389 seeking bail pending application for suspension of sentence of the Code of Criminal Procedure where the accused is convicted for offence punishable under the Prevention of Corruption ActIn view of the serious charges against the appellants and the nature of evidence in the record which this Court feels not proper to discuss in detail at this stage and as the appellants are not ready for hearing of these appeals though the same can be heard and disposed of finally as and when they get ready for the same this Court is not inclined to admit the appellants to bail or to suspend their sentences the high court had saidA special Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA court in Ranchi had sentenced the former Jharkhand minister to seven-year imprisonment and slapped him with a fine of Rs 2 crore in connection with a money laundering caseEkka was being probed by the Enforcement Directorate ED in connection with the PMLA case against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and othersThe court convicted Anosh Ekka for being guilty of offences of money laundering to the tune of Rs 203177852 as defined under Section 3 of the PMLA and punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA the ED had said in a statement after his conviction PTI PKS MIN MIN

New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to former Twitter India Managing Director (MD) Manish Maheshwari over plea of Uttar Pradesh government against Karnataka HC decision to quash a notice seeking Maheshwari's appearance for a probe into a communally sensitive video uploaded on the micro-blogging site.