The Supreme Court will hear on January 3 the matter of the non-availability of affordable medicines and vaccines of similar generic nature.
The PIL filed by advocate Reepak Kansal states that despite the National Health Policy for the use of generic drugs and vaccines, which is basically a policy to ensure the health security of the country, it was not implemented properly.
“As a result, people who are below or slightly above the poverty line do not get medicines at the time of need,” the bench noted.
The Supreme Court will hear on January 3 the bail plea filed by suspended Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal, arrested on charges of money laundering.
Pooja Singhal was arrested by the ED on May 11 this year in the MNREGA scam case in Jharkhand’s Khunti.
The Supreme Court will hear on January 3 a PIL filed by Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev seeking the issuance of Aadhaar cards to around 27 lakh people included as doubtful citizens in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam.
In the last hearing, senior advocate Vishwajit Dev, appearing for Trinamool Congress MP Deo, argued that those whose names were included in the first NRC list have got Aadhaar cards.
The Supreme Court will hear on January 3 the petitions filed for the investigation of the West Bengal coal scam case by the CBI.
In fact, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order filed by Anup Majhi, the main accused in the coal scam in West Bengal, and TMC leader Vinay Mishra.
The Calcutta High Court had allowed the CBI to investigate the case related to the illegal coal mining case in West Bengal.
The Supreme Court will hear on January 3 the bail plea filed by Sajjan Kumar and Balwant Khokhar, accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Sajjan Kumar had pleaded for bail on medical grounds in court. Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of five members of a family in Delhi’s Rajnagar in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. At present, he is lodged in jail due to a life sentence.
The Supreme Court will hear on January 3 a petition filed on the issue of manual scavenging. This petition has been filed on behalf of the NGO Criminal Justice Society of India’.
According to the petitioner, a manual scavenger dies every five days and the issue has also been raised in the Rajya Sabha.
The court on February 8, 2019, asked the chief secretaries of all states and union territories to file a status report on the number of manual scavengers directly or indirectly employed since 1993.
For the first time in the country, the practice of manual scavenging was declared illegal in the year 1993.
All the 7 accused, including Vijay Nair, are to appear in the Rouse Avenue Court on January 3 in the alleged scam in the new excise policy of the Delhi government.
The names of 7 people are included in the CBI charge sheet. Of these, Vijay Nair, and Abhishek Boinpally have been arrested, the remaining 5 people have not been arrested.
Without this, the charge sheet has been filed against him. The CBI has named Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinapalli, Sameer Mahendru, Arun Ramachandra Pillai, Mutha Gautam, Deputy Commissioner of Excise Department Kuldeep Singh and Assistant Commissioner of Excise Department Narendra Singh as accused in the charge sheet.
The CBI has filed a charge sheet of 10,000 pages in the case.
Without this the charge sheet has been filed against him.
The CBI has named Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinapalli, Sameer Mahendru, Arun Ramachandra Pillai, Mutha Gautam, Deputy Commissioner of Excise Department Kuldeep Singh and Assistant Commissioner of Excise Department Narendra Singh as accused in the charge sheet.
The CBI has filed a charge sheet of 10,000 pages in the case.
