Supreme Court to look into Kejriwal’s plea immediately
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on
Wednesday agreed to “ immediately look at “ the case of Arvind Kejriwal arrest
.
Kejriwal’s lawyer informed that CJI has
accepted his request to immediately look into the issue . The case is expected to be listed for April
15 .
Earlier Delhi High Court had declined to quash
Kejriwal’s arrest in Delhi Excise Policy Scam .
Kejriwal’s argument is that the timing of his
arrest is not right and it is intended
break opposition in upcoming elections .
SC declines apology by Ramdev , Patanjali
Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accept a
second round of apologies from Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna .
SC had charged them of contempt of court .
Both apologize personally in the courtroom.
SC came heavily on Fast Moving Consumer
Companies ( FMCG ) playing with public health .
“The victim is always the public . We are
concerned with all those FMCG companies who are taking their consumers and
clients up and down the garden path , showing rosy pictures on what their
products can do for them . People who pay good money for these products finally
end up suffering at the cost of their health “ that is absolutely unacceptable
,”. Justice Hima Kohli observed.
The court also rebuked Uttarakhand State
Licensing Authority for choosing to turn a blind eye to the misleading
advertisements .
SC quashes ₹7687 crore award against DMRC as ‘ patently
illegal ‘
The Supreme Court ( SC ) on Wednesday quashed
an Arbitrak Tribunal Award directing the Delhi Metro to pay ₹7687:crore to
Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd .
Airport Metro Express Ltd is a special propose
vehicle of Delhi Metro and Reliance Infrastructure and Spain’s Constuctionics Y
auxiliaries .
The three Judge bench headed CJI DY
Chandrachud used its rate power under
Article 142 .
DAMEPL a joint venture of Reliance Indra and a
Spanish company pulled from operating Delhi metro citing
DMRC and DAMEPL case
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DAMEPL was given a contract to operate Delhi
Airport Express Metro but it separated
from the contract citing safety concerns . DAMEPL demanded concessions which
was refuted by DMRC . The tribunal conducted a structural investigation which
found some defects . Tribunal said DMRC to pay ₹7700 crore to DAMEPL .
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The case went to High Court which
termed the tribunal ruling as “ patently illegal “ as it did not consider Metro
safety CMRS reports .
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however later in 2021 SC held the
tribunal
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The Supreme court in its judgment
said that the Tribunal had ignored the vital evidence by Commissioner Metro Railway Safety ( CMRS ) , while deciding
on the validity of termination of agreement.
HC orders probe into alleged crimes against women in
Sandeshkhali
Calcutta High Court has directed to
investigate the Sandeshkhali issue and file a comprehensive report by May 2 .
Widespread protests in Sandeshkhali had
emerged from Sandeshkhali , protesters had alleged local persons from TMC of
crimes against women and land grabbing .
There were allegations of illegal conversion of agricultural land
into water bodies of Pisciculture
Karnataka HC quashes center’s circular banning 23 breeds of ‘
dangerous ‘ dogs
Karnataka High court on Wednesday quashed a
circulant issued by the center on March 12 to banning 35 breeds of “ ferocious
and dangerous “ dogs .
The court said that government has no such
powers under Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act, 1960 or the Animal Birth
Control (ABC) rules.
The court further observed that center has to
hear all the stakeholders if it wants to amend laws.
BJP promises bovine mission,
tourism schemes in Arunachal
BJP released its election manifesto for
Arunachal Pradesh for upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections in Arunachal
Pradesh.
The manifesto has 30 promises. Some key promises are .
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Delivering life shaving drugs to
500 remote villages
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Mission to preserve indigenous
breeds of Yak and Mithoon .
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One tribe One Weave initiative to
provide support to artisans
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Positioning the state to adventure
tourism capital of India .
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Establishing women run Suryodaya
canteens , and making ita hub for ethanol production.
The manifesto promises focus on infrastructure
development , women empowerment and employment . The state will go for Lok
Sabha and Assembly polls on April 19 .
India to send new defense attaches to several mission in
Africa
India is set to send Defense Attaches ( DA )
to several of its missions in Africa. Sources of the hindu have confirmed .
A source Ivory Coast , Mozambique , Djibouti and Ethiopia is being discussed as
part of the process .
Apart from these, the Indian embassy in Poland
will also get a Defense Attache.
Defense
Attache is generally linked with an embassy to give guidelines to the embassy
in military situations. Under this
senior rank military officials are posted in the embassy.
Increased
Piracy activities in the Arab Sea and activities like the Houthi attack on
shipping vessels has increased the need of DAs in embassy .
After crude oil it’s Russian diamonds ; India raised concerns
over sanctions with Europe
The EU and G7 have imposed a ban on Russian
origin Diamond . EU restrictions began from March 1 .
India is a hub of diamond polishing and
cutting .
Indian exports are facing mounting losses due
to new EU sanctions.
Diamond exporters are demanding a separate
screening process so that western countries’ requirements are met .
Recently MEA S Jaishakar met with the Belgian
Foreign Affairs minister , the two discussed India’s concern regarding new
rules of diamond export to the EU .
30 % of Global Rough diamonds come to India
for polishing .
Russia contributes to 30% of total diamond
import in India. These diamonds are cut polished and then sold to EU and G7
countries .
Over 40% of these go to G7 countries after
cutting and Polishing in India .
World
UN climate chief says next two years are ‘ essential in
saving our planet ‘
UN climate chief Simon Steill said that
Governments , Development leaders have two years to avert climate change .
Having greenhouse gas emission from present
level by 2030 is crucial to stop the
rise in temperature .
Mr Steill also said that he would like to see
future COP meetings of reduced in size , while prioritizing strong outcomes . In recently held COP 28. nearly
84000 people had participated .
With eyes on China , US and Japan vow new security
collaboration .
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida is in Washington .
Here he met President Joe Biden . A joint
statement from the Washington summit had the following important points :
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The two sides promised a “ new era
“ of US , Japan strategic cooperation . A series of projects from co
development of missiles and manned moon landing was signed. .
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The two sides said their aim was
to build a global security partnership “ fit for the purpose “ for complex ,
interconnected challenges.
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The two sides said a planned
upgrade of their military command and control framework . A plan to upgrade
their defense communication network was also announced .
Japan and the US are long term ally.
Iran Israel exchange threats in the wake of Syria
consulate strike
Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameeine
said on Wednesday that “ it will be punished “ for a Damascus air strike that
killed seven Revolutionary guards , two of them general .
“ The evil regime made a mistake in this
regard , it will be punished and should be published “ , Mr Khameini said in a speech .
One of Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Kcted
on X “If Iran attacks from its territory
, Israel will respond and attack Iran . “
Priority
is to retrieve hostages : Israeli officials
Talks on truce between Israel and Hamas is
going on in Cairo .
Israel has put its demand of release of
hostages , Israel has proposed relaese of Palestinian prisoners for this .
Hamas in its demand has asked Israel for a ceasefire in the territory and
facilitating aid delivery , only then it will be able to release hostages .
Some officials from foreign ministry of Israel
has said that only that they were not looking at any winning formula but release
of hostages is priority. The officials
admitted that recent pullback from Khan Younis is their way of facilitating talks with Hamas .
Currently ,129 Israeli hostages are still held
captive with Hamas .
