Corona’s wrath in India is growing by the day. As per tweet of Senior Advocate Pradeep ARai, who is also Vice President in Supreme Court Bar Association, 12 Judges of the Supreme Court are suffering from COVID19, however the symptoms are mild.
On Thursday even the CJI is not available to hold Court.
As per reports not only this several employees of Supreme Court has also tested COVID19 positive, due to which the Supreme Court’s functioning has been greatly impacted.
ILNS: The Supreme Court bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Anirudhha Bose Tuesday took the first step in helping children orphaned by Covid and has decided that initially ten states — Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand Maharashtra, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala – will appoint nodal officers will interact with the court-appointed Amicus in finalising the procedure to be followed in rehabilitating the children.While funds would be available from PM CARES fund and other sources, the first duty of Amicus Curiae Advocate Gaurav Agarwal will be to have a list of children who have either lost both their parents or one parent (the bread-winner of the family).
The number at the moment is 9,436, but this is not final.
To do this, the Amicus will have to get help from the nodal officers.
Other states will be taken into the picture in the second stage.Read More...
On September 26, 2021, CJI NV Ramana spoke at a felicitation function hosted by the Lady Advocates in honor of the Hon’ble CJI and Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court.Drawing on Karl Marx’s ideas, Chief Justice N.V. Ramana stated that women all over the world must band together because they have nothing to lose but their chains.He observed that women must “shout with rage and demand 50% reservation,” not out of charity, but as a matter of right.
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.
