The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL as withdrawn by the advocate over details of FIRs filed against people who had put up posters and pamphlets asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi why Covid vaccines were exported instead of vaccinating people in India.
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...
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.
In the Lok Sabha elections of 2019, Congress Party along with other opposition parties are continuing with their charge on Election Commission of India, a constitutional body, of being biased and partisan.
From the credibility of EVMs to the reputation of the Poll Panel, on all fronts, the commission has been attacked by the Congress Party.
As per a Times of India report, “the Election Commission of India claimed in the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 4, 2018) that attempts were being made to malign the poll panel and get a favourable order by fabricating the documents in a case filed by Congress leader Kamal Nath, with regard to Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.”
Let us recall here that the Congress party had initiated the charge of ‘manipulated EVMs’ after it had lost the election in the year 2014.
Congress’s veteran leader and lawyer Kapil Sibal had attended the infamous press conference in London, UK, where a self-proclaimed cyber expert Syed Shuja was making a presentation.
A Surya Prakash in his article in Daily Pioneer has written, “Mr Navin Chawla, the Secretary to the Lt Governor of Delhi during the dreaded Emergency in 1975-77.
