Appearing for the CBSE, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati said the Board was prepared to respond to the petition and assured the Court that there was “no question of making it hard for the students.”
Though West Bengal CEO Monoj Agarwal said that the name of the voters’ cleared by the tribunals will be included in the voters’ list according to SC directive but officials responsible for conducting election expressed apprehensions regarding the feasibility of the process.
The literary note set the tone for a sharp political offensive, as she accused the Centre, the BJP, and the Election Commission of India of undermining democratic processes.
The petitioner, who works in the Rajasthan Police, also sought directions from the court for horizontal reservations for transgender community (in SC, ST, and other categories) in public education and employment.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a provision of the Social Security Code, 2020 that limited maternity benefits for adoptive mothers to cases where the adopted child was below three months of age, holding the restriction to be arbitrary and violative of the right to equality under Article 14.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday was 268, up from 254 on Friday and 245 on Thursday.
Appearing for one of the petitioners, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), advocate Prashant Bhushan argued, “Elections are imminent now, and this Court can't do much to change the list, but at least the list and deletions should be published.”
“This cannot go unaddressed. The person has shown no remorse. Consent from the Attorney General has already been obtained. Social media has gone berserk,” Singh said, urging an immediate hearing.
In a brief hearing, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi remarked that the poll body is aware of its statutory responsibility to disclose details of additions and deletions made to the voters’ list.
The Supreme Court on Thursday cautioned against the ill effects of “unregulated” social media, observing that in today’s digital age, “we are both the product and the consumer.”
