SC to hear ad ban review plea in Jan
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the review petitions of Assam, West Bengal and Kerala on the ban on the photographs of political leaders on the government advertisments saying that it would be taken up in January as soon as the Centre files its affidavits.
A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose on Tuesday declined to pass any order saying that it would hear in January the petitions including by the centre seeking the review of its verdict. The court fixed January 12 as the next date of hearing. Senior counsel Kapil Sibal appeared on behalf of the Assam government while senior lawyers Prashant Bhushan and Meera Bhatia opposed the plea to review the judgment.
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A pending cabinet reshuffle is expected to figure in a crucial meeting of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi with the party high command in New Delhi Tuesday.Sources told Assam Times in the capital that Gogoi is scheduled to meet AICC general secretary Dr CP Joshi in presence of state Congress president Anjan Dutta.“Dr Joshi’s meeting with Gogoi and Dutta is scheduled at 10 in the morning at the AICC headquarters. It would be a very brief sitting which is expected to confine only to the proposed cabinet reshuffle. The chief minister is set to seek seal of approval to his proposal for cabinet expansion,” said a senior APCC leader. The meeting would be followed by the chief ministers’ conference...
In yet another embarressment for Subramanian Swamy,the Supreme Court bench on Monday refused to hear the BJP leader’s plea against the bailable warrant by the Karimganj court.Headed by Justice RK Agrawal the apex court bench of Justice Amitava Roy, referred the plea to another bench. Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani who appeared before Swamy urged the court to issue an interim order to help his claint avoid the impending arrest.The SC bench said that nothing will happen till June 22 . But it refused to pass an interim order on Swamy's arrest. However, it allowed Swamy to mention it before Chief Justice HL Dattu.Then Justice Roy said, "if it has to come before another bench, why apply mind...
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Anjan Dutta are on a visit to New Delhi on Monday fetching a ray of hopes for the four lucky legislators who are waiting for ministeral berths. Gogoi is scheduled to attend the Congress president and chief ministers’ conference in the capital on Tuesday. He is likely to meet party high command in the sidelights of the conference seeking the approval to induct four new members in the cabinet. “Gogoi has earlier submitted the list of the lucky legislators. But it is yet to be approved. He is likely to meet either Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi to settle the list,” senior AICC leaders told Assam Times.
Contrary to expectation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 36 hour Dhaka fails to fetch good news for north eastern region. Cross border influx and Anup Chetia repatriation did not figure in the crucial bilateral talks between Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. It was Modi and BJP who till the other day talked of the influx of Bangladeshi nationals from across the border in the north eastern region. The ruling party at the Centre promised to make Assam and its neighbouring north eastern states free of Bangladeshi immigrants. But Modi failed to riase the burning issue during his visit.Same it was in the case of the extradition of Anup Chetia. Chetia’s extradition...
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Much to a major relief for AAP, exit polls, mostly, predict 40-50 seats for Arvind Kejriwal and his party on Saturday. The exit polls put AAP ahead of its rivals BJP after the polling passed off peacefully across Delhi. According to India Today-Cicero poll, AAP would get from 35 to 43 seats of the 70. BJP is set to get second position up to 29 seats. Congress would have to remain satisfied with just 3 to5 seats. CVoter exit poll also gave the AAP 31-39 seats. It gives BJP 27-35 seats apart from 2 to 4 seats for Congress. The Axis poll predicted a whopping 53 seats for the AAP, 17 for the BJP and zero to two seats for the Congress. Talking to Assam Times, a poll expert said that the Delhi...
Polling for the Delhi assembly election is over. The turn out is a staggering 67 per cent. The figure is likely to go up. The fate of the candidates have been sealed in the electronic voting machines. The counting would take place on Tuesday.Voters remained in loge queue in front of the booths from morning 8 to 6 in the evening on Saturday to elect representatives in the 70 seater assembly.“Pollings passed off peacefully. There is no report of any untoward incident,” officials told Assam Times.The election witnessed a keen and straight contest between BJP and a AAP.
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