The Union government has introduced new rules which allow private developers to cut down forests without first ensuring the consent of the forest dwellers
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to form a Special Investigation Team under Supreme Court supervision to investigate the Pegasus scandal and prosecute all accused persons/ ministers for buying Pegasus spyware and snooping on citizens of India including judges
The Congress MP’s suggestion to allow the Standing Committee to “examine” the laws may be misplaced as it can only examine Bills, not Acts. It is prudent to wait for the report of the panel ordered by the apex court.