The Supreme Court’s direction to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to frame a mechanism for screening user-generated content before it is uploaded has reopened a debate India has never quite resolved: how to curb digital poison without handing the State a permanent switch over speech.
The Lahore Church has demanded a review of a court ruling involving a minor girl, raising concerns over consent, legal protections and the safety of minority children.
Earlier, a Division Bench of Madras High Court upheld the directive of a single judge to light the Karthigai Deepam at the stone pillar atop the Thiruparankundram hillock, claimed to be a Deepathoon adjacent to the Sikkandar Dargah in Madurai city.
LoP says CM should review the budget periodically
The chief minister, responding to demands from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) of Thol Thirumavalavan, the Left Parties, and others, informed the House that the panel would be headed by Justice KN Basha, who retired from Madras High Court
The revised law recognizes that the consent must be given freely and voluntarily, and rejects the notion that silence or lack of resistance implies consent.
The central probe agency further submitted that there is a need to interrogate Avinash Reddy in police custody since he did not cooperate during the investigation.
Accepting post-retirement appointments of truly political nature goes against the very spirit of the Constitution. The SC has preached on numerous occasions that justice must not merely be done but it must also be seen to be done. The behaviour and conduct of members of the higher judiciary must reaffirm the people's faith in the impartiality of the judiciary
However, till date, the law has remained at the non-implementation stage, following certain factors where its provisions might contradict central acts on similar issues.
The Magistrate seemed to be conscious of being a deity in his own small kingdom in which he exercised unbridled authority.
