The Bombay Lawyers Association had challenged the Bombay High Court order dismissing a PIL against the vice-president and the Union law minister’s remarks on judiciary and the collegium system.
The bench had asked the central government to explain the basis and rationale behind the pricing of anti-Covid vaccines and other necessary items.
The total number of prisoners released from the jails from 20 March till 20 July stand at 16,789, said a senior official of jail administration.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that he would like to file the reply of finance ministry on the issue and sought time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in 2014 and now is in his second term as PM of India. In the last 6 years of his tenure as PM, only one Muslim judge was appointed to the Supreme Court of India.
The statement added, “The composition of rank and file being male, and predominantly drawn from rural background, with prevailing societal norms, the troops are not yet mentally schooled to accept women officers in command.”
As per the law, the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims is now a punishable offence that entails imprisonment of up to three years.
India on Friday summoned the Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan and lodged a strong protest over the Pakistan Supreme Court's order extending its powers to Gilgit-Baltistan.
The “front page” quality of Mr Justice AK Sikri’s requesting the government not to proceed with recommending his appointment to the Commonwealth panel is that it powerfully and painfully articulates the extent to which carcinogenic politics has poisoned so many spheres of public life these days.
The top court, which has now fixed the matter for hearing on November 14, said documents considered strategic and confidential may not be shared at this stage.
