on 04-Dec-2020 (Fri)

The Central government has told the Supreme Court that it rejected the idea of barring convicted legislators for life from contesting elections, forming or becoming an office-bearer of a political party.

The government said disqualification under the Representation of the People Act of 1951 for the period of the prison sentence and six years thereafter was enough for legislators.

The Centre’s stand differs from that taken by the Election Commission, which endorsed a life ban as necessary to “champion the cause of decriminalisation of politics”.

The case is based on a plea by Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay

Mr. Upadhyay said an MP or MLA convicted for offences enumerated in Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act should be banned for life.

Zangmu in Tibet and is constructing three other dams at Dagu, Jiexu and Jiacha, these are run-of-the-river dams on the upper and middle reaches. T

A State-run Chinese hydropower firm, POWERCHINA, is planning to build the first downstream dam on the Brahmaputra, known as the Yarlung Zangbo in Tibet, with officials from the firm saying last week they were eyeing the enormous potential of the river’s “Great Bend” just across the border from Arunachal Pradesh in Tibet’s Medog county, where the river falls over a 2,000 metre-drop before turning to flow into India.

At present, the development of a hydropower station at the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River is still in the early planning and research stage, and there is no need to interpret too much into it.”

Various issues relating to trans-border rivers are discussed with China under the ambit of an institutionalised Expert Level Mechanism which was established in 2006, as well as through diplomatic channels.

In 2018, the Human Resources Development Ministry announced that all the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks would have embedded QR codes.

Mr. Disale’s school went on to become the first in the State of Maharashtra to introduce QR codes and after submitting a proposal and successful pilot scheme, the State Ministry announced in 2017 that they would introduce QR coded textbooks across the State for all grades.

In 2018, the Human Resources Development Ministry announced that all the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks would have embedded QR codes.

The 51st edition of these high-level talks will be held between the BSF and its counterpart Border Guard Bangladesh from December 22.

India and Bangladesh are expected to hold their Director General-level border talks in Guwahati later this month, the first time the biannual meeting will be held outside Delhi, official sources said.

During the last meeting, Mr. Asthana had said the killing of criminals along the front will be “made to reduce significantly” even as he reiterated that his troops only fire when their lives are endangered by cross-border miscreants.

People who neglect to wear masks in public and do not follow physical distancing norms violate the fundamental rights of others amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.

Appearing before a Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan, senior advocate Maninder Singh said that on one hand doctors are hailed as “frontline warriors” against COVID-19, while on the other, they are not paid their monthly salaries.

The Supreme Court agreed with Mr. Singh.

“No doubt doctors need to be paid on time,” Justice Bhushan said.

The court gave IMA liberty to move the Delhi High Court, where their case is already pending, seeking immediate relief.

Mr. Singh said the salaries for April and May were paid after the High Court’s intervention, but no salary was paid again from June to October.

The Bench noted that the High Court had passed an order on July 29 and it was still monitoring the issue.

GST shortfall in FY21 stands at Rs 2.35 lakh crore, of which only Rs 97,000 crore was due to implementation of GST, while the rest was due to the pandemic, says Revenue Secretary.

Rs 1.5 lakh crore due to states for April-July in GST compensation, says Revenue Secretary.

There has never been a female Chief Justice.

There are only 80 women judges out of the sanctioned strength of 1,113 judges in the High Courts and the Supreme Court,” he said.

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