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#SupremeCourt to hear suo motu cases tiled RE : SAFEGUARDING COURTS AND PROTECTING JUDGES (DEATH OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS JUDGE, DHANBAD) which was registered after a Jharkhand judge was mowed down by a speeding vehicle

#suomotu #judgessafety @HemantSorenJMM

SG Tushar Mehta: its a serious matter. it concerns safeguarding courts and protecting judges

CJI: No counter has been filed

SG: We have filed a counter and we will read it.

SG: We have laid down a mechanism for your kind perusal. Its served upon the states.
#supremecourt

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After observing that CBI and IB "was not helping judiciary"#SupremeCourt to resume hearing its Suo motu case taken up in the larger interest of Safeguarding Courts and Judicial Officers. The development was after the death of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand

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#supremecourt #suomotu

CBI was slated to submit its report in sealed cover

CJI: Nothing in sealed cover. We want something concrete. arrest and seizing of vehicles is done by state, you have not indicated anything about intention motive anything.

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[Suo Motu case: dignified handling of COVID dead bodies]

#SupremeCourt to shortly hear its suo motu case regarding dignified handling of bodies of patients who succumbed to COVID19

#suomotu

In the previous hearing, the top court had pulled up the Gujarat government for failing to follow its directions with regard to fire safety norms in hospitals #supremecourt #suomotu #covid19

Referring to a notification issued by the government effectively stating that hospitals do not have to adhere to the norms till June 2022, the Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said,

"Once a mandamus is there, it cannot be overridden by an executive notification."

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#SupremeCourt to hear its suo motu case regarding pending vacancies in Districts and State Consumer Redressal Commission Across India.
#suomotu #vacancies

Application by Patiala District Bar Association has been taken up.

Adv Shirin Khajuria: the president of the consumer forum is retiring and there will be no judicial member

Justice Hemant Gupta: Kiran Sibal is a member with a judicial background. I know her personally and i have checked the website

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#SupremeCourt to shortly hear its suo motu case concerning the decision of Uttar Pradesh government to permit Kanwar Yatra in the state amind #COVID19 pandemic. The court had made it clear that no right is above the Right to Health of the Indian citizenry.

Thereafter,a decision was taken to cancel Kanwar Yatra in the State of Uttar Pradesh this year in view of COVID-19 pandemic by the state.

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Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman led bench will peruse the additional affidavit submitted by the state of UP today.
#supremecourt #kanwaryatra #suomotu

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Supreme Court to shortly hear the appeal of Uttar Pradesh govt against Allahabad HC’s order wherein it had passed directions in its suo motu COVID case for improving the medical facilities. A vacation bench had earlier stayed the order.
#supremecourt #suomotu #covid19

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Matter has been passed over as SG Tushar Mehta is in another court

#supremecourt

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Justice L Nageswara Rao led bench of #SupremeCourt to hear application concerning children orphaned due to #COVID19 pandemic

The application is in the #suomotu matter regarding prevention of COVID-19 in child care institutions across the country

Centre was earlier asked to provide details of a scheme recently announced under PM Cares Fund to ensure that children who lost their parents to the COVID-19 pandemic will be benefitted
#PMCaresFund
#SupremeCourt

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Hearing commences.

Court says it will give more time to Union of India to give modalities regarding implementation of PM Cares Fund for orphaned children.

Will deal with it after vacation.

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[ #SuoMotu case of COVID-19 in Prisons]

#SupremeCourt

Supreme Court bench led by Justice L Nageswara Rao to resume hearing the plea to prevent spread of coronavirus virus in prisons

#prisons

Senior Adv Dushyant Dave: I had the notice of an earlier hearing. I apologize for not being present.

Dave: On May 7 you had virtually continued the orders passed on March 16, 2020. I submit that all states submit a fresh affidavit reflecting compliance of your order and total prisoners who contracted COVID, how many died and the present status. May do so with 4 to 6 weeks time.

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[ #SuoMotu case on prevention of #COVID19 in Child Care Institutions]

#SupremeCourt bench led by Justice L Nageswara Rao to continue hearing an application seeking protection for children who have been orphaned during pandemic

Amicus Curiae Gaurav Agarwal to make submissions

Matter to start post lunch
#SupremeCourt #ChildWelfare #SuoMotu

Amicus Gaurav Agarwal: After your order, Saturday was spent on getting the data to get an idea of the problem. With any software there are glitches and 9,000 children have become orphans and its very high.
#supremecourt #childwelfare #suomotu

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#SupremeCourt [Suo Motu case on COVID19 crisis]

Justice DY Chandrachud led bench to shortly hear the #suomotu case. A two-judge bench had last formed a National Task Force to deal with the issues regarding oxygen supply, essential medicines distribution etc

#covid19

Read more about the last order here:
#SupremeCourt #suomotu #COVID19 @MoHFW_INDIA

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SG Tushar Mehta: I wish as an officer of the court that if Supreme Court is considering the price structure of vaccines, it may hamper

Justice Chandrachud: We are on the role of the Central govt

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[Suo Motu Migrant Crisis]

Supreme Court to shortly resume hearing an urgent application moved in the #suomotu case concerning #migrants to ensure they are not deprived of ration & food, and don't face difficulty in travelling back home (if they do)

#SupremeCourt @pbhushan1

#SupremeCourt in its last order had directed Delhi, Haryana and UP govts to provide dry ration and adequate transport for the #migrant workers @ArvindKejriwal
@myogiadityanath
@mlkhattar

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Justice Ashok Bhushan: We received the affidavit just a while back

Justice MR Shah: the reply was supposed to be filed yesterday. how will we be in a position to read. our orders are required to be implemented

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[Suo Motu Migrant Crisis]

Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan to shortly hear its suo motu case regarding issues affecting the migrant labourers owing to the second wave of #COVID19

#MigrantCrisis
#SupremeCourt
#SuoMotu

#SupremeCourt will be hearing an urgent application filed in the Suo Motu case of 2020 by activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar seeking directions to ensure the migrant and stranded labourers are not deprived of ration and food security

The applicants contended that even though States have been imposing decentralised #COVID19 curfews and lockdowns more cautiously this year, "they have offered little welfare support to working classes and migrants whose livelihoods are at sea once again."

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[#SupremeCourt hearing in Suo Motu case concerning #COVID19 issues]

Justice DY Chandrachud led bench will shortly hear the #suomotu case regarding COVID vaccine pricing issues, #oxygen supply & supply of essential medicines.

Centre has told the #SupremeCourt that new liberalised pricing policy for COVID vaccine adopted is to ensure scaling up of vaccine coverage, to incentivize vaccine manufacturers to rapidly scale up their production and to attract new vaccine manufacturers

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During the hearing of the matter on April 30, the top court had questioned the government on vaccine pricing, remarking that vaccines which states have to procure are overpriced.
#SupremeCourt #covidvaccine @SerumInstIndia @BharatBiotech

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[Suo Motu COVID-19]

Justice DY Chandrachud led three-judge bench of Supreme Court to resume hearing its suo motu case regarding supply of essential medicines, drugs, vaccines during the #COVID19 pandemic

#SupremeCourt #pandemic #suomotu

Supreme Court in its earlier order had directed the Central government to clarify the basis and rationale on which COVID-19 vaccines are being priced in the country
#supremecourtofindia #covid19 #pandemic

The top court had maintained that during a national crisis it cannot remain a mute spectator. But it clarified that it was not hearing the case to supplant the high courts.

Read all about the last hearing here:

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#SupremeCourt [Suo Motu case on #COVID19 issues]

CJI SA Bobde led bench to shortly hear the Suo Motu case pertaining to supply of essential drugs, oxygen, vaccination issues & question on #lockdown . Court to also decide if it will transfer cases from all High Courts
#SuoMotu

Senior Advocate Harish Salve will appear as Amicus Curiae to assist the Court in the matter #SupremeCourt

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Meanwhile, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has opposed the decision of the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognizance of COVID-19 related issues which are already pending before various High Courts across the country.

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[READ ORDER] Supreme Court Suo Motu case on COVID19 essential supplies during pandemic #SupremeCourt #Covid19 #SuoMotu

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What did #SupremeCourt say on #HighCourt orders?

"Orders passed by HC may have the effect of accelerating & prioritizing the services to a certain set of people & slowing down the availability of these resources to certain other groups whether the groups are local, regional"

What the Centre has to reply to in #SupremeCourt ? 1/n

a) Supply of oxygen;
b) Supply of essential drugs;
c) Method and manner of vaccination; and
d) Declaration of lockdown.

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CJI SA Bobde hears an application by Vedanta seeking to carry some repair work and re start oxygen plant for copper unit and that unit can manufacture thousand tonnes of oxygen and give it free of cost

SG Tushar Mehta: the country is in dire need of oxygen

#SupremeCourt #oxygen

SG: The centre is augmenting oxygen from whichever source. Vedanta wants to make its plant operational, but let Vedanta only make it operational to manufacture oxygen for health purposes

Salve: People are dying on daily basis. we can start in 5 to 6 days if you give a go ahead today

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Supreme Court bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul to take up the suo motu case initiated following allegations of sexual harassment against the 46th Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in 2019 today
#SupremeCourt
#SexualHarassment

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice AK Patnaik was given the charge to look into the allegations made by a lawyer Utsav Bains stating that there was a larger conspiracy against Gogoi
@utsavbains

The detailed 40 page report was submitted by Justice Patnaik in October, 2019. The contents of the report are likely to be taken up for hearing today.
#SupremeCourt

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Supreme Court of India to hold its first hearing on the Suo Motu case of "Remediation of Polluted Rivers". CJI SA Bobde led bench has initiated the task with the clean up mission of entire River Yamuna.
#SuoMotu
#SupremeCourt
#WaterPollution
@CPCB_OFFICIAL

CJI: why has this come up now ? We had issued notices.

Senior Adv Meenakshi Arora: As on January 18, the water quality was excellent. This should be maintained.

Senior Adv Meenakshi Arora: Former Chief Secretary of Delhi , and expert member of NGT was part of a committee formed by NGT in 2018 to look at the pollution of river yamuna. A report can be sought from the River Yamuna monitoring committee appointed by the NGT.

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[BREAKING] Allahabad HC Chief Justice directs Chief Judicial Magistrate, Etah, to submit enquiry report on assault of lawyer by police. Case next to be heard on January 8.
The HC had taken suo motu cognizance of the case yersterday.
@Uppolice #SuoMotu #AllahabadHC

Police had broken the door of advocate Rajendra Sharma's house in Etah and dragged him out in his advocate's dress and assaulted him. The video of the incident had gone viral on social media. The HC has maintained the accused would be in custody till next date of hearing.

[BREAKING] Allahabad High Court orders inquiry by Etah Chief Judicial Magistrate into assault on lawyer [Full story]

#allahabadhighcourt #etah

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Justice Ashok Bhushan led bench to hear the #SuoMotu case pertaining to mismanagement of Covid19 crisis and mishandling of dead bodies.

#SupremeCourt is currently on its suo motu case regarding fire safety in #COVID19 hospitals
#RajkotFireTragedy

Supreme Court: All states should appoint one nodal officer in all covid hospitals. All states must conduct fire safety audit once a month for all covid hospitals. Those who have not renewed NOC must rener immediately. If not done then action to be taken. All SOP to be followed

Supreme Court: all election rallies to ow guidelines by @ECISVEEP . List after 4 weeks

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