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The Supreme Court on Friday told the Centre that the “Collegium is not a search committee” and there cannot be any discretion in accepting its reiterated recommendations. “The Collegium is not a search committee. It has a certain status in the constitutional fabric. This is not a case of a search committee, where it makes a recommendation and there is an absolute discretion whether to accept or not,” a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud told Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani, the highest law officer of the Centre. The Bench, also comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, asked AG Venkataramani to file a chart indicating the status of reiterated recommendations and the difficulty in… Read More »“Collegium Not Search Committee”: Top Court Over Pending Recommendations

The central government’s attempt to set up a fact-checking unit has been struck down by the Bombay High Court after standup comic Kunal Kamra filed a petition against the Centre’s move. Justice AS Chandurkar said the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023, which empowers the Centre to set up fact-check units (FCUs) for identifying false online news went against Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution. “I am of the opinion that the amendments are violative of Article 14 and Article 19  of the Constitution of India,” Justice Chandurkar said, and struck down the proposed IT amendments.

<p>West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in order to bring attention to severe flooding affecting South Bengal. The floods have impacted districts such as Paschim Bardhaman, Purba Bardhaman, Bankura, Birbhum, Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, and Paschim Medinipur. She remarked that that the state would cut off all ties with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for unilaterally releasing water which led to floods in south Bengal districts.</p> <p>In her letter, Banerjee attributed the floods to the “unprecedented, unplanned, and unilateral” release of nearly 5 lakh cusecs of water from the Maithon and Panchet dams, which is managed by the DVC. She called it the worst flood in… Read More »Bengal CM Mamata Writes To PM Modi, Threatens To Cut Ties With DVC Over ‘Man-Made’ Floods, Urges Funds

Kalki Koechlin‘s film Goldfish has arrived in theatres today (September 20). Directed by Pushan Kripalani, the film also features veteran actress Deepti Naval in a key role. On the release date, Kalki shared a fun video on Instagram addressing fans who say they don’t see her on screen anymore. In the clip, she responded, “Aaj kal kafi saare log mujhe puchte rehte hai ki ‘aapne acting chood diya kya, apko kabhi screens pe dekhte nahi, aapne bacha paida kiya toh shyad aap ghar pe baithke gol gol rotis banate rehte ho.’ Aur han, sach hai ki meri life kafi busy hai, family ke sath. [A lot of people these days keep asking me, ‘Have you… Read More »Kalki Koechlin’s LOL Reply To The “Sitting Home And Making Perfectly Round Rotis” Question

<p><strong>Tirupati Prasad Controversy: </strong>In a first statement after the allegation of use of adultrated products in the laddus provided at Tirumala temple by the then YSRCP government, former Andhra Pradesh CM and YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy slammed CM Chandrababu Naidu of using the Tirupati ghee issue for diversionary politics and using god for ‘political gains’. Earlier, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu asserted that animal fat was used in Tirupati laddus under the previous YSRCP government which sparked a significant political uproar on Thursday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Addressing the reporters on Friday, former Andhra Pradesh CM said, “Chandrababu Naidu is doing diversionary politics on ghee issue. To use the name of god for politics is of low… Read More »Tirupati Prasad Controversy: Jagan Accuses CM Naidu-Led TDP Of ‘Politicising Religious Matters’, Approaches HC