“Fight your battles before the electorate,” the Supreme Court told the Karnataka government while dismissing its plea against the quashing of FIR against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over an allegedly fake tweet on a farmer’s suicide. In an exclusive conversation with LawStreet Journal, Surya welcomed the verdict as a reaffirmation of free speech and called the misuse of criminal law for political vendetta a threat to democracy.
After A.K. Bassi, another CBI officer who was investigating corruption allegations against Special Director Rakesh Asthana moved the Supreme Court.
SC bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi has allotted the dispute site to Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, while directing the government to allot an alternate 5 acre land within Ayodhya to Sunni Waqf Board to build a mosque.
The court guided all states to document their response to the commission's report within four weeks. If any of the states fail to file a response, it will be presumed that they have no objections to the recommendations made by the commission, the court said.
As Diwali approaches, the debate reignites over the Supreme Court’s decision permitting the use of green crackers. Is this a balanced step toward sustainable celebration, or does it reflect a tilt toward community sentiment?
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