
A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the Ministry of Home Affairs challenging the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Comissioner.
The plea filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma submitted that respondents have wilfully denied compliance of the order passed by the Supreme Court in Prakash Singh case on July 3, 2018 that there must be minimum three months left of service prior to the retirement for the appointment of DGP.


The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to release activist Leichombam Erendro, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA), allegedly over a Facebook post related to the death of state BJP chief S Tikendra Singh, who succumbed to Covid-19.A bench of Justice D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah passed the order on a petition filed by L Raghumani Singh, father of Mr Erendro, alleging that NSA was invoked against his son, only to cancel the bail granted earlier to himRead More...



All the allegations by the opposition have fallen by the way side as the Supreme Court set aside the review petition on Rafale deal.
Now, it has set aside the review petition once again offering its observations on pricing and government’s decision-making process.
These are the areas that the petitioners and the oppositions have raised doubts.
These important observations taken as excerpts from the judgement copy are provided here.
“Insofar as the aspect of pricing is concerned, the Court satisfied itself with the material made available.
It is not the function of this Court to determine the prices nor for that matter can such aspects be dealt with on mere suspicion of persons who decide to approach the Court.

A five judge Bench of the Supreme Court has rejected the curative plea filed by Pavan Gupta, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case.
The hanging as per the death warrant issued by the Delhi court is scheduled for tomorrow.However, it is unlikely that the hanging may take place as another convict Akshay Singh has filed a second mercy petition.
Moreover, another plea seeking a stay on the hanging has been moved by Akshay and Pavan before the trial court.
Legal experts are of the view that if these issues are pending, the hanging is unlikely to take place on March 3.In the plea before the trial court, Singh has said that he has filed a fresh mercy plea before the President and the same is pending.
Gupta on the other hand had said that he has filed a curative plea.
However that plea would become infructuous in the wake of the SC dismissing the curative petition, earlier today.Gupta on the other hand has not filed a mercy petition.

Facebook these days printed the first 20 participants of its Oversight Board, an impartial physique that can pass by judgement on Facebook‘s policies, aid in content material moderation, and hear appeals on current decisions.
In theory, it’s a committee that can assist Facebook navigate hard selections of what’s ok to have on the platform, and can overrule even CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
It’ll additionally be funded by way of an impartial $130 million trust.
The board will hear instances in five-person panels and make closing rulings, announcing on its website online that “Facebook have to put in force our decisions, until implementation should violate the law.”Zuckerberg stated in 2018 that the unbiased board would “be centered solely on our community,” adding: “The reason of this physique would be to uphold the precept of giving human beings a voice whilst additionally recognizing the truth of maintaining human beings safe.”In an op-ed for the New York Times, the 4 co-chairs of the board specify that they won’t always be managing each and every attraction or coverage choice to do with Facebook:We will center of attention on figuring out instances that have a real-world impact, are essential for public discourse and increase questions about modern Facebook policies.
But, whilst they don’t say it in so many words, one may want to infer they don’t suppose Facebook should be tons worse off for their assist than it is now.The human beings who’ve as a result a long way been chosen to be on the board have a plethora of tiers and skills that make them perfect for judging subtle social situations.
They consist of the former Prime Minister of Denmark, Nobel Peace Prize and Pulitzer recipients, contributors of worldwide advocacy groups, and more than one regulation professors.