The Supreme Court will hold a special sitting on Saturday to hear a petition regarding arrangements made by the Uttar Pradesh Government on social distancing and Covid-19 protection protocol during the counting of votes for the Panchayat elections which were held on April 29 in various villages.
In what can be called a major setback for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to arrange for the shifting of arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan
According to the joint statement by EGI President Seema Mustafa and others, the Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the reports of inhuman treatment being meted out to journalist Siddique Kappan.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders on the plea by the Uttar Pradesh Government seeking the transfer of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari from Ropar Jail in Punjab to Uttar Pradesh’s Gazipur Jail.
The Court was hearing the Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh challenging the order of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought a reply from the Uttar Pradesh Government in four weeks on a petition challenging the legality of inclusion of Gram Panchayat Lodhan in the Municipal Corporation of Varanasi.