The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre, all State governments and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking response on a public interest litigation (PIL) plea filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay.
Senior Advocate Pinky Anand backed the court's move, saying the content appeared deliberate. "It (NCERT book's content) is surely calculated and targeted... You have picked one institution then there cannot be a good reason behind that, it automatically goes in the wrong direction and tha
The advocate informed that the Supreme Court had issued a notice to the Election Commission and scheduled the matter for further hearing on September 15.
The petition highlights the pressing need to enhance transparency, uphold secularism, strengthen democratic values, and ensure political justice in the operations of political organisations throughout the country.
Reacting to reports that the centre is planning to amend the Waqf Board Act, Ashwini Upadhyay said on Monday that the existence of Waqf Board is against the Indian Constitution adding that there's nowhere mentioned about the Waqf board in India constitution.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha dismissed the plea filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay citing it as an "area of executive domain".
An appeal was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday two days after the Delhi High Court dismissed a plea challenging RBI's decision permitting citizens to exchange Rs 2000 banknotes, which are being pulled out of circulation, without any requisition slip and ID proof.
"Supreme Court's being ambivalent on this issue. There have been voices of the SC saying that 142 can't come where there is substantive justice to be done. According to me cases of matrimony must be decided much earlier because each day in a person's life is valuable," said Geeta Luthra.
The court was dealing with a plea relating to the criminalisation of politics. The petitioner
Ashwini Upadhyay has sought to debar political who are charge-sheeted from contesting elections.