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Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Apoorva Mandhani September 4, 2018 3:53 pm Change Font Size A day after a student was arrested at the Tuticorin airport for shouting “fascist BJP government down down” on a flight, she has been released on bail by the Thoothukudi court on Tuesday. The woman, Louis Sophia, allegedly made the remark when she saw BJP politician Tamilisai Soundararajan, who then filed a police complaint. In a video that went viral on social media, Soundararajan can be seen arguing with Sophia, a doctoral student of Physics at the University of Montreal, in the arrival lounge of the Thoothukudi airport. Soundararajan was later quoted as saying, “She did not look like a normal person. I am not scared or worried because of her. The other passengers inside the flight should not be affected by her, that is why I responded. In a public place people can shout, but nobody has the right to shout inside an … [Read more...] about Student Arrested For Calling BJP Govt. “Fascist” At Airport Granted Bail

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: PTI August 31, 2018 4:01 pm Change Font Size The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, six state governments and the BJP on a plea which has alleged that they have violated the apex court’s directions on issuance of public advertisements. Besides the Centre and the BJP, the apex court issued notices to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chattishgarh and Telangana on a plea filed by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Delhi.  Except Telangana, the other five states are ruled by the BJP.  A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked them to file their responses within four weeks on the plea by Sanjeev Jha, an MLA from Burari constituency here. The petitioner has alleged that the Centre, BJP and these states have issued public advertisements in violation of the apex court’s directions given earlier.  He has sought a direction from the top court that a … [Read more...] about Violation Of Public Advertisement Guidelines: SC Issues Notice To Centre, Six States And BJP

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: PTI August 30, 2018 12:54 pm Change Font Size A city court in Kolkata on Wednesday  issued summons to BJP president Amit Shah directing him to appear on September 28 in connection with a defamation case filed by Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Youth Congress chief and nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Abhishek Banerjee filed the criminal defamation case before the Metropolitan Magistrate, 8th of Bankshall court here alleging that the BJP president has made defamatory statements against him at a public rally on August 11 in Kolkata. Banerjee, also a Trinamool Congress MP, appeared in court along with two witnesses – Swarup Biswas and Soumya Bakshi, and submitted their written statements. The metropolitan magistrate issued summons to Shah for appearing in court on September 28. “Your attendance is necessary to answer to a charge of U/S 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860,” the order said. … [Read more...] about Kolkata Court Summons BJP President Amit Shah In Defamation Case

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Mehal Jain August 15, 2018 1:59 pm Change Font Size It has been advanced that Article 35A was not inserted by following the due procedure prescribed for the amendment of the Constitution under Article 368; Article 370 confers no legislative or executive powers on the President to add or delete any provision of the Constitution which is the exclusive function of the Parliament.  Short of the August 27 date when a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra will consider the question whether the challenge to the validity of Article 35A is to be referred to a constitution bench, advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay has also moved the Supreme Court praying that the provision be struck down. The State of Jammu and Kashmir was granted a special status by incorporating Article 35A in the Constitution vide an order of President Rajendra Prasad in 1954 on the advice of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cabinet. … [Read more...] about BJP Leader Moves SC Seeking Scrapping Of Article 35A [Read Petition]