Supreme Court stays Centre's notification setting fact check unit to identify fake news
India | March 21, 2024 14:38 ISTThe Fact Check Unit was notified on March 20 under Information Technology Rules, 2021, by the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
The Fact Check Unit was notified on March 20 under Information Technology Rules, 2021, by the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
Gyanesh Kumar, a former Bihar cadre officer, and Sukhbir Sandhu, who served in the Punjab cadre, were appointed as election commissioners on March 14.
Amit Shah on electoral bonds: The Electoral Bond Scheme was a way for political parties in India to get money without revealing the donor's identity. But, the Supreme Court, in a ruling in February, struck down the Centre's Electoral Bond Scheme and ordered the SBI to stop issuing Electoral Bonds.
Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of former state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence on March 15 amid protests by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supporters.
The Centre had notified the rules for the CAA on March 11, after which persecuted Hindus and other non-Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have started getting Indian citizenship.
The Supreme Court hearing on electoral bonds saw intense exchanges between Advocate Mathews Nedumpara and Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, highlighting the importance of courtroom decorum.
The court’s direction came while hearing a plea by the six Himachal Pradesh rebel Congress leaders challenging the Assembly Speaker's decision to disqualify them.
The case has garnered significant attention due to the involvement of Mukhtar Ansari, a controversial figure in Indian politics known for his alleged criminal activities.
Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of former state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence on March 15 amid protests by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supporters.
The Supreme Court said that it wants all information related to the Electoral Bonds to be disclosed which is in SBI possession.
Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him on May 30, 2022.
A law cannot be made on the basis of religion and that there are many Supreme Court judgments on it, he Asaduddin Owaisi said.
NEET MDS 2024: Around 28,000 candidates are expected to take the entrance test on March 18. The exam will be conducted in online mode.
Rahul Gandhi has slammed the Modi government a day after the Election Commission of India released the electoral bonds data on its website, shared to it by the SBI.
In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, the Supreme Court had scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional" and ordered disclosure by the EC of donors, the amount donated by them and the recipients.
The rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 were notified on March 11, four years after being passed, thus paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, according to officials.
The apex court said that the State Bank of India has not disclosed the electoral bonds (unique alphanumeric numbers).
In its application, the EC has urged the Supreme Court that the portion of March 11 order may be rectified or modified and the documents, data or information submitted by it before the court in sealed covers may be returned to it to enable the poll panel to comply with the court's directions.
The Supreme Court rejects Manish Sisodia's curative petition, upholding the decision denying him bail in the Delhi excise policy scam case. The dismissal, delivered by a bench including Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, concludes that "no case is made out" based on established parameters.
It will take time to analyze the data released by the Election Commission completely because there is a lot of data, but I would share with you the basic information that has come out. According to the information uploaded on the Election Commission site, IBJP received a total of 8633 electoral bond
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