New Delhi Apr 26 PTI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the sedition lawA three-judge bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli is likely to take up the matter for hearingConcerned over the enormous misuse of the colonial-era penal law on sedition the top court in April last year had asked the Centre why it was not repealing the provision used by the British to silence people like Mahatma Gandhi to suppress freedom movement Agreeing to examine the pleas filed by the Editors Guild of India and a former Major-General S G Vombatkere challenging the Constitutionality of Section 124A sedition in the IPC the apex court had said its main concern was the misuse of law leading to rise in number of casesThe non-bailable provision makes any speech or expression that brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government established by law in Indiaa criminal offence punishable with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment PTI PKS TIR TIR
New Delhi Feb 18 PTI The Supreme Court has upheld a Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to pay pensionary benefits to a man who retired after rendering more than 30 years of service A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said the State cannot be permitted to take the benefit of its own wrongTo take the services continuously for 30 years and thereafter to contend that an employee who has rendered 30 years continuous service shall not be eligible for pension is nothing but unreasonable the bench saidThe top court said as a welfare State the State ought not to have taken such a standIn the present case the High Court has not committed any error in directing the State to pay pensionary benefits to the respondent who has retired after rendering more than 30 years service the bench said PTI PKS TIR TIR
New Delhi Dec 25 PTI The Congress on Saturday took digs at the government over fuel prices and inflation through a series of Christmas-themed tweetsAll we want for Christmas is a government that listens the party tweeted with a Santa Claus image and message which read Thank God Santa is listening to everyones wishes because Modi ji is only listening to his Mann ki Baat In another tweet the Congress said Imagine dashing through the snow at Rs95litre This tweet was accompanied by an image of Santa riding a sleigh and a message which read Thank god Santa rides a sleigh he doesnt need to pay hefty prices for fuel Jingle bells Jingle bellsJingle all the way Oh what fun it would be to buy thingswithout burning all your savings away the Congress said in another Christmas-themed tweetIn another dig the Congress tweeted Jingle bells jingle bells ports airports roads railways are just a few things Modi ji sells The Congress said Hes not making a list The govts not checking anything twice They have no data on- whos naughty or nice Thank God Santa has a naughty and nice list because our government has no data a message with a Santa image on the partys Twitter handle read PTI ASK TIR TIR
New Delhi Oct 22 PTI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday discussed the Afghanistan situation and the issues related to the Indo-Pacific with UK Chief of the Defence Staff General Nicholas CarterCarter who is on an India visit met Jaishankar hereConversation centered around Afghanistan and Indo-Pacific Jaishankar tweeted along with a picture from the meeting PTI ASK TIR TIR
New Delhi Sep 29 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed author and academic Raghuvendra Tanwar who met him and spoke about his work on Indias partitionModi said he had an outstanding discussion with Tanwar who spoke about his work on Indias partition as well as other aspects relating to history He is a fine mind and am glad to see his passion towards history the prime minister tweeted and posted pictures of Tanwar presenting him his works PTI ASK TIR TIR
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