SC tells police to focus on serious cases, questions FIR over Facebook post on ‘breast tax’

New Delhi, Oct. 26: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned Chhattisgarh Police over why it had registered an FIR concerning a Facebook post on the so-called “breast tax”, observing that investigating agencies should devote their attention to serious offences rather than inconsequential cases. A bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan was hearing […]

ECI rejects claim of unilateral decisions by CEC, says key SIR orders were unanimous

New Delhi, Oct. 26: The Election Commission of India has rejected allegations that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar took decisions in the Commission’s name without the approval of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, asserting that its key SIR orders were unanimously approved, that it had not amended Form 6, and that in […]