After Supreme Court Rap, Centre's Notification On Tribunals Appointments
NDTV
The tribunal hearings are on the basis of a petition filed by Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh, asking thatprovisions of the Tribunal Reforms Act of 2021 - which revives an ordinance struck down by the Supreme Court - be declared unconstitutional
The government on Thursday issued a notification regarding rules for appointments to 12 tribunals, or quasi-judicial bodies, in various fields, including the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.
This comes a day after an irritated Supreme Court reprimanded the government for its delay in filling posts in tribunals; a bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta "return with appointment letters (in two weeks)... or (if appointments are not made) cite the reason".
"We are a democratic country... follow the rule of law," the Chief Justice reminded the government.
In a charged hearing the court singled out delayed appointments to the NCLT, or National Company Law Tribunal, and criticised the government for "cherry picking" from a shortlist of 22 names.
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which includes the Shinde Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP, is en route to a thumping win in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election, thanks to its two smaller allies.
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader said the results are not acceptable to his party and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.
The Adani Group said that none of its 11 public companies are implicated or accused of any wrongdoing.
The MVA had only been given a (very) slim chance of upsetting the in-power BJP-led alliance's applecart in this election; only one of 11 exit polls studied by NDTV believed it can win.
The first phase saw voting in 43 constituencies, while the second phase saw 38 seats up for grabs. Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), leading the ruling INDIA alliance, faces a fierce challenge from the BJP-led NDA.
Assembly Election Results 2024: Maharashtra's 288 voted Wednesday in a single phase, and an average of 11 exit polls gives the ruling Mahayuti 155 seats.
Bypoll Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: Bypolls were held on 48 assembly seats in 14 states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and West Bengal.
During the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured (in absentia) with the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Global Peace Award for Minority Upliftment.
The DMK MPs held a meeting today to discuss what they called the BJP-led Centre's betrayal of the state and its people
Meanwhile, Kamlochan Kashyap, DIG South Bastar said a joint operation has been planned after getting information about the movement of a group of Maoists in the area.
It happened around 11 am when a youth from Sevdha village came on a motorcycle to the Indian Oil petrol pump in Dulhapur village and asked for a refill worth Rs 100, Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said.