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Supreme Court pulls up Modi govt for objecting to its criticism

After a series of cases it came in for scathing criticism at the Supreme Court, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday, August 8, told the top judicial body to restrain itself from making adverse remarks against governance while dealing with individual cases.
The top court said it was at least solving problems, and was in no way “criticising the government”. It said that the judiciary would not need to intervene in PILs if the authorities discharged their duties in accordance with the law. It said it was enforcing the rights of citizens and warned the government against creating the impression that the courts were preventing it from working.
Attorney-general K.K. Venugopal said the country had a wide range of problems and that the “Hon’ble court must desist from making adverse remarks against the governance in entirety”. He made the submission before a bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur, Deepak Gupta and Abdul Nazeer while appearing in a PIL on poor prison conditions.
Venugopal also made references to newspaper headlines based on the observations made by the bench.
Venugopal referred to Justice Lokur’s observation on Tuesday, while dealing with another PIL, that “women are being raped left, right and centre” and the government was not doing anything to check the rising crime.
Venugopal said often, when the court passes an order on a PIL, there are adverse effects. Giving examples, Venugopal said that while the cancellation of the 2G licenses by the court virtually wiped out huge foreign investments, another order for removal of liquor vends on highways caused a financial loss and people lost their livelihood.
“There is a question of budgetary allocations…Government’s 80-90 welfare programs are going on simultaneously…Court dealing with one issue and passes order but from where the funds would come,” Venugopal pleaded.
“It is not that we have done nothing or we are doing nothing. Not everything is negative,” Venugopal said.
“Judges may not know all aspects of every problem when they choose to make adverse comments against the government,” he added.
Justice Lokur shot back saying it was because of the court’s order that the government has collected over Rs. 1,50,000 crore as environment funds for illegal mining. The court wanted to know why that amount has not been spent.
Venugopal said these funds were collected for environment purposes.
The bench retorted that in one of the matters related to construction workers, over Rs 30,000 crore meant for welfare of these workers were used to buy laptops and washing machines.
“There is enough money. They (construction workers) do not have clothes to wear but washing machines were purchased. They are illiterates, but laptops were purchased,” it said.
The AG told the bench that India has a population of around 1.3 billion which was increasing exponentially and there were several problems in the country.
“Day in, day out, I read newspapers and your observations,” the AG told the bench.
To this, Justice Lokur said, “Rest assured that Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) will remain here and we will uphold it”.
The court: “Let us make it clear that we have not and we are not criticising the government for everything. We are also citizens of this country. Do not give the impression that we are criticising the government and preventing it from working. We are only enforcing rights of people. We cannot wish away Article 21.”
Many developments have happened only because of the orders of the court, the bench said, adding: “You should only ask your officers to follow the laws made by Parliament.”
The bench of Justice Lokur has been hearing pleas relating to social media monitoring, mob lynching, pollution, environment, garbage, overcrowding of prisons, conditions of women and children there, shelter homes for children, rehabilitation of widows, illegal mining and other matters. In many of these cases, it has passed strictures on the government.
In the present instance, the court was hearing a PIL relating to inhuman condition prevailing in 1,382 prisons across the country which are overcrowded.
Venugopal said that with 1.3 billion population which is increasing exponentially there were several problems faced by the country, and every order on PILs should have a separate note as to the effects of such orders on other sectors, effect on budgeting, rights of others who could be affected and every order has to be balanced and well thought of as India has “enormous problems”.
The bench said, “Tell your law officers to argue on this line also. Tell your government to obey the law of the land”.
The Attorney General said that he has conveyed his views to the court about dealing with the PILs and the court should consider his submissions without any offence.
The court wanted setting up of a one member committee of a retired judge of the apex court to recommend measures on prison reform, including overcrowding, and women prisoners languishing in jails. It said the Committee would be assisted by two-three government officials that would file periodical reports to the apex court.
Posting the matter for 17 August, the bench asked the Centre to file details of the proposed committee.
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BSP supremo Mayawati blames Congress, BJP pointing Rahul Gandhi’s US speech
The former Uttar Pradesh CM also wrote, whether it is the government of Congress or BJP or SP in other states including UP, the injustice-atrocities and exploitation are common at every level on the poor and deprived of the majority Bahujan Samaj.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati took a jibe on the Congress and the BJP terming former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s US speech to be a harsh truth.
On Friday, the BSP leader took to her official twitter handle to write Gandhi’s recent speech at US about the status of Dalits and Muslims society in India to be a bitter truth and blamed the ruling BJP, its predecessor Congress and the past governments who ruled the country for such situation.
Rahul Gandhi who is on a three-city tour of the US, has been holding various interactions at different events. Gandhi spoke about how the Muslims, Dalits, Sikhs, Christians and other religions feel attacked in India.
The former Uttar Pradesh CM also wrote, whether it is the government of Congress or BJP or SP in other states including UP, the injustice-atrocities and exploitation are common at every level on the poor and deprived of the majority Bahujan Samaj.
She claimed, while in UP, only the BSP government had governed by the law and justice was done to all by establishing the rule of law.
Mayawati further added, if history would be traced, it is filled with dark chapters of incessant and countless communal riots and casteist incidents which were undertaken for political and electoral interests, for which allegations and counter-allegations are made by the political parties but due to these reasons people of these classes are constantly exploited and victimized despite their benevolent constitution and they remain helpless.
The BJP is attacking Gandhi over his remarks in US about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, press freedom and institutions in the country. BJP is in view that the Congress leader holds no bar to insult India at the International forum.
Gandhi arrived in US earlier this week is slated to conclude his trip by addressing a public event in New York on June 4.
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Bihar Man pulls off stunt on top of auto-rickshaw; video viral
A video is now viral on the internet, where a man can be seen taking up a stunt that has shocked the internet.

Auto rides, also known as tuk-tuks or three-wheelers, are a popular mode of transportation in India. These compact, motorized vehicles offer a fun and unique way to explore cities and towns while experiencing the local culture, but can you ever Imagine yourself lying on the roof of the auto-rickshaw and enjoying its ride?
A video is now viral on the internet, where a man can be seen taking up a stunt that has shocked the internet.
In the viral video, a man from Chikohra, Patna can be seen, in an attempt to make his auto ride more thrilling and interesting, laid on the rooftop of a auto-rickshaw.
This shocking video has been a talking point on the internet. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that we are witnessing such incident, a few months back, on the festival of Holi, a video from Lucknow was spread across the internet, where a drunk man was seen dancing on the rooftop of a auto-rickshaw.
At the current time, when cases of road accidents leading to death in India recorded very high, most of us forget to care about the rules and regulations that we must follow when we are on the roads. The prime example of the same is that most of the riders/drivers don’t care to wear helmets or use seat belts while driving. While, many break the rules having any fear of getting caught or punished.
According to the report by the National Crime Bureau ( NCRB ), India witnessed around 1.5 lakh road fatalities in 2018 alone which increased to 4,37,396 in 2019, a surge of around 3 lakh deaths due to accidents in a year. However the number decreased substantially in pandemic hit 2020.
The viral video is one such example and many such incidents occurred in the past are the examples of the ignorance and negligence of people towards road safety and their self safety.
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At Washington press club, Rahul Gandhi says BJP can be beaten by united Opposition
The Congress leader also indicted on the upcoming state elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh pointing out the recently held Karnataka assembly elections where his party defeated the BJP.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, while speaking at at the National Press Club in Washington said the BJP can be defeated in the 2024 general elections by an united opposition and the outcome will surprise people.
The Congress leader who is on US tour, while an interaction at the Washington Press said it is hidden feeling that the Congress party is going to perform very well within the next two years and the outcome is going to surprise the people.
Gandhi also expressing his confidence on the opposition unity said the opposition parties in India are well united and he thinks it is getting stronger. Gandhi said the talks of opposition unity is underway and good work is happening on it.
The Congress leader also indicted on the upcoming state elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh pointing out the recently held Karnataka assembly elections where his party defeated the BJP.
Gandhi said to just sit and watch as Karnataka was just a trailer of what’s coming next.
The Congress won all three states Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP in the last held 2018 assembly elections. The elections of these states are due later this year.
The former Congress chief also said about press freedom in India and institutions in the country.
Gandhi on a question of worldwide popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he does not believe everything he hears and the press and the institutions are captured in the country.
He said press freedom is very crucial for a democratic nation.
He also put stress on his Bharat Jodo Yatra rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and said during his march he got to interact directly with millions of Indians and said they did not seem happy, affected with issues like rising unemployment and inflation.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi again has drawn criticism from the BJP saying he does not back off from insulting the country on foreign soil.
Gandhi landed in US on May 30 as a part of his three-city tour of the country. He is expected to end his tour by addressing a public gathering in New York on June 4.
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