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Krishnadas Rajagopal in The Indian Express UNDER THE CJI KAPADIA THE SUPREME COURT HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT LINE IN THREE DIFFERENT CASES Three separate decisions, all taken in July 2010, by the present guard of judges at the Supreme Court under Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia seem to take a different line from … Continue reading
EC accuses BSP of non-cooperation in poll symbol row
TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has moved the Supreme Court complaining that Bahujan Samaj Party, headed by UP chief minister Mayawati, was adopting stalling tactics in petitions seeking cancellation of its election symbol ‘elephant’. The EC said BSP had repeatedly stonewalled the commission’s queries on details of the number of statues of … Continue reading
Court asks Centre to examine ecology aspect at Noida Park
J VENKATESHAN IN THE HINDU The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests to examine the environmental impact caused by the cutting of over 6,000 trees for Noida’s much talked about Bhim Rao Ambedkar Park project being executed by the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh. Impact on environment A three-judge … Continue reading
Court seeks environment report on statues in Noida park
IANS NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Union government to examine the environmental viability of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati-backed project for converting a Noida park into a memorial for her political mentor late Kanshi Ram. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice Aftab Alam asked … Continue reading
Mayawati sees conspiracy on symbol issue
“Elephant statues erected in memorials for Dalit icons have nothing to do with BSP symbol” THE HINDU LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday attributed the purported move to freeze her Bahujan Samaj Party’s election symbol, elephant, to a “conspiracy” backed by the Opposition parties. She rejected talk that the elephant statues erected in … Continue reading
Govt to reply to EC notice on elephant statues by March 23
PTI On a notice served by the Election Commission on the memorials and statues of elephants set up allegedly using state funds, the Uttar Pradesh government will submit its reply by March 23.Chief Electoral Officer of the state Umesh Sinha said that the government was served the notice in February, but it had sought extra … Continue reading
UP can’t pay to Pratapgarh stampede victims: Mayawati
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati claimed that the state was facing an “acute financial crisis” and was not in a position to give any monetary compensation to the families of those killed or injured in Thursday’s Pratapgarh stampede.On Thursday, 63 people were killed in a stampede in Kripaluji Maharaj Ashram in Mangarh village of Pratapgarh … Continue reading
Elephant in the park, or BSP poll symbol? SC lobs question to EC
FINANCIAL EXPRESS New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday told the Supreme Court that statues of elephants at memorials and parks built using public funds, are ‘welcome’ mascots and not election symbols of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party. The state government was replying to a petition filed before a three-judge Bench led by Chief … Continue reading
Poll panel gets 3 months to decide on BSP derecognition
HINDUSTAN TIMES The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission to decide within three months a petition seeking de-recognisition of the Bahujan Samaj Party for installing statues of its elections symbol elephant across the state by using taxpayers’ money. The order came from a bench headed by Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on … Continue reading
SC asks EC to decide on Mayawati statues
ABRAHAM THOMAS IN THE PIONEER SC asked Election Commission to decide within hree months a petition against Mayawati’s statues being in violation of model code of conduct. The SC was hearing a PIL by advocate Ravi Kant, who had even approached the EC complaining that the statue of elephant being BSP symbol was a malpractice.The … Continue reading
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