Time to Define Limits of Sedition: SC the Court Said
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But it was clined, with limited scope for kept monetary policy loose CONTD. ON P12 BETWEEN THE LINES 10% EWS quota for CENTRAL VISTA OF BMC eases curbs on shops NATIONAL IMP: HC Maratha students SANJAY JOG / Mumbai force. The Maratha commu- Both essential and non-essential goods stores to stay open nity, which has been classi- In a serious bid to pacify the fied as a SEBC, can now from 7am to 2pm but latter to remain closed on weekends Maratha community, which avail of the 10 per cent EWS The Mumbai civic PIC: BHUSHAN KOYANDE has threatened to launch an quota. The state general ad- DIPTI SINGH / Mumbai those located on the left-hand agitation for the restoration ministration department body circular issued on As the sky opens up, so will the shops in Mumbai side of the road would be of 12% quota in education held by the Chief Minister Monday said non- A day after the Maharashtra permitted to operate on and 13% in government jobs Uddhav Thackeray issued essential goods shops government issued a circu- Tuesdays and Thursdays, after the Supreme Court the notification. lar/notification easing the with the arrangement to be THE Delhi High Court on Monday scrapped it, the Maha Vikas The EWS quota will be ap- on the right-hand side ‘Break the Chain’ order, the swapped in the following dismissed a petition seeking to Aghadi government on plicable to the community BMC followed suit, on Mon- week. This alternating sys- halt the ongoing construction at of the road would Monday issued a notifica- from the period of interim day. Despite the lockdown be- tem would be in place until Central Vista project in the remain open only on national capital, holding that it is tion providing for 10% Eco- stay on Maratha reserva- ing extended until June 15, further notice. a "vital and essential"project of nomically Weaker Section tion granted by the Mondays, Wednesdays shops dealing in essential An exception has been "national importance" and that (EWS) quota for admission Supreme Court on Septem- and Fridays, while commodities in Mumbai will made for shops dealing in the petition was "motivated" and in educational institutions ber 9, 2020, to the final those on the left-hand now be allowed to remain agriculture-related materi- "not a genuine PIL." A Bench of and direct recruitment. verdict delivered on open from 7am to 2pm on all als, allowing them to conduct Chief Justice D N Patel and The students and job aspi- May 5 this year. side of the road would days of the week. business till 2pm on all week- Justice Jyoti Singh, which had rants from the Maratha The EWS quota will be ap- be permitted to However, shops and estab- days. Meanwhile, e-com- reserved the ruling after a community can now avail of plicable for SEBC candidates lishments selling non-essen- merce services have been al- hearing last week, rejected the these benefits, provided the whose appointments were operate on Tuesdays tial goods in the city can only lowed to continue without plea to stop the construction in annual family income is pending before the interim and Thursdays, with be open on weekdays, from any restrictions. view of the second wave of the less than Rs 8 lakh. stay. However, it will not be the arrangement to be 7am to 2pm and must remain Government offices too Covid-19 pandemic and slapped The Maratha community applicable to those candi- closed on weekends. have been permitted to func- a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the was not in a position to take dates who have benefited swapped the Chief Minister Uddhav while stringent restrictions cular issued on Monday said tion at 25 per cent capacity. petitioners. ''The Central Vista is the benefit of 10% EWS quo- from the SEBC quota in Thackeray had announced at would be enforced in those non-essential goods shops on Offices directly involved in an essential project of national following week. This importance, where the sovereign ta when the reservation un- appointments and admis- alternating system his press conference on Sun- parts of the state witness- the right-hand side of the Covid-19 management are functions of Parliament are to be der the Socially and Educa- sions, the government day that curbs would be re- ing an upward trajectory road would remain open completely exempt from the conducted. Public will be greatly tionally Backward Classes notification said. would be in place until laxed in districts where cases of infections. only on Mondays, Wednes- ‘Break the Chain’ guidelines. interested in this project," the (SEBC) Act, 2018, was in CONTD. ON P12 further notice had been steadily dropping The Mumbai civic body cir- days and Fridays, while CONTD. ON P12 bench said. Also, since the workers who are engaged in the project are staying on site, there Will join her as Special Adviser, now is no question of issuing Strain 1st found directions to suspend the work, Time to define limits of sedition: SC the court said. Uniion Minister Didi’s Chief Secy in India named Hardeep Singh Puri also said at a FROM OUR BUREAU / New Delhi ister YSR Jagan Mohan Red- zens — often for merely airing He referred to how, in an press interface on Monday said dy for his ham-handed han- their grievances or seeking earlier suo motu hearing, as Delta variant that a false narrative is being “It is time we define the lim- dling of the pandemic. help to gain medical facilities. he had wondered whether created over the Central Vista its of sedition,” the Supreme A Bench of Justices D Y "This is muzzling of the sedition charges would be opts to retire rather redevelopment plan and asserted ONLINE REPORT that it is not a "vanity project", Court said on Monday while Chandrachud, L Nageswara media," observed Justice L launched against a news but a necessity. staying the coercive proceed- Rao and S Ravindra Bhat took Nageswara Rao. channel that had published a The COVID-19 variant first ings against two Telugu TV a strong view of attempts to Justice Chandrachud, who photograph of two persons than go to Delhi found in India will hence- channels -- TV5 News and muzzle the Fourth Estate and heads the Bench, pointed out throwing the body of a Covid forth be referred to as the INDIAN VAX BAN ABN Andhra Jyothi; the called for defining "the limits that the Apex Court had cate- patient into a river from a OUR CORRESPONDENT Banerjee said that Alapan had "Delta variant", the World IMPACTING AFRICA channels were booked for of sedition," flagging the need gorically told the states not to bridge in Uttar Pradesh. "I Kolkata retired from his post on the Health Organization (WHO) India's decision to ban vaccine airing alleged offensive to put curbs on indiscrimi- initiate penal action against had this case (Andhra) in last day in office and will be announced on Monday.