The Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday will hear petitions difficult the validity of the Waqf Act.
In line with the apex court docket’s trigger listing, the matter can be heard by a three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, and Justices Sanjay Kumar and Ok V Viswanathan.
A complete of 10 petitions have been listed for listening to with the lead petition being the one filed by AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
In his plea, Owaisi contended that the legislation is “manifestly arbitrary, perpetuates discrimination on grounds of faith, violates the Shariat Act and strips the Muslim neighborhood of the correct to handle its personal non secular establishments”.
On Tuesday, the Centre had approached the highest court docket with a caveat, which is a request to listen to it earlier than passing any order on the pending batch of writ petitions difficult the Act.
A number of petitions have been filed earlier than the SC difficult the constitutional validity of Waqf Act, together with by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, RJD MP Manoj Jha, Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, and the Affiliation for Safety of Civil Rights.
Mayawati meet occasion leaders from UP, Uttarakhand
Bahujan Samaj Social gathering (BSP) president Mayawati will preside over a vital assembly of senior occasion leaders from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand right here on Wednesday.
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The assembly, to be held on the BSP’s state workplace in Mall Avenue, can be attended by senior office-bearers and all district presidents of the occasion from the 2 states, based on a media invite.
“The main target of the session can be to evaluation grassroots-level preparations, assess the progress of key organisational duties assigned to date, and chalk out future methods to strengthen the occasion’s presence among the many lots,” it stated.
Rahul to deal with Aravalli district employees conference
Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday will deal with occasion employees at Modasa city in Arvalli district and kickstart the pilot mission of choosing district unit chiefs.
“A nine-member committee appointed by the AICC had really useful strengthening district models and giving extra powers to its presidents. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has given its nod to those suggestions. On my request, the occasion has determined to launch the pilot mission for the implementation of the suggestions in Gujarat,” state Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil stated.
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A five-member committee, comprising one AICC observer and 4 state (PCC) observers, will oversee the method of appointing the brand new district unit chiefs for every of the 41 district models, he stated, including all the course of in Gujarat can be accomplished in 45 days.
SC could hear plea on ‘clearing’ of College of Hyderabad land
The Supreme Courtroom could hear a matter during which it had requested the Telangana authorities to elucidate the “compelling urgency” for clearing a big tree cowl on a land parcel close to the College of Hyderabad.
Whereas taking suo motu cognisance of the deforestation actions within the Kancha Gachibowli forest, the apex court docket on April 3 directed that till additional orders, no exercise of any type, besides the safety of the timber already current there, shall be undertaken by the state or any authority.
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The matter is slated to return up for listening to earlier than a Bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih. The apex court docket took cognisance of the matter after it was dropped at its discover by senior advocate Ok Parameshwar, who’s aiding it as an amicus curiae in forest-related issues.
– With PTI inputs
