EC to SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Election Commission on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is no express provision under law which bars associations with religious connotations to register themselves as political parties. The poll panel response came on a plea which had sought direction to it to cancel the symbol or name allotted...

SC queries Centre on non-disclosure of reasons for denying security clearance, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday queried Centre on the non-disclosure of reasons for denying security clearance to Malayalam news channel 'MediaOne'.A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli told Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj, representing the Centre, that in court proceedings, if one party relies on something...

No violation of programme code, Malayalam news channel tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, Malayalam news channel 'MediaOne' on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there is not a single instance when the channel violated the programme code and security clearance from the Centre is not needed for renewal of broadcast licence.Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing the news channel, contended before a...

List action taken after report on hospital fires, SC tells Gujarat government, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Gujarat government to file an affidavit detailing the steps it has taken following the submission of the report of Justice DA Mehta-led Commission, which inquired into the 2020 hospital fires at Ahmedabad and Rajkot in which 13 Covid patients were charred...