The CJI heard a plea filed by Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network, challenging the breach of privilege motion against him by Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly.
In a move that has calmed tempers, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has shifted a proposed Metro car shed from Aarey forest to government land in Kanjurmarg, thereby saving a green lung of Mumbai.
The Bombay High Court has said that freedom of speech and expression given under Article 19 of the Constitution is not an absolute right while denying interim protection from arrest to a woman for allegedly making objectionable remarks on Twitter against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray.
The Maharashtra government has submitted its affidavit before the Supreme Court in the Palghar mob lynching case, opposing the transfer of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).