The Supreme Court today adjourned its hearing till September 3, in a plea against demolition of homes of over 10,000 slum dwellers living near the railway lines in the city of Surat, Gujarat alleging demolition without providing rehabilitation scheme is illegal, inhuman and violates Article 21
The Division Bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice M.R. Shah set aside the Gujarat High Court order, wherein the six persons were granted bail on the grounds of parity.
Justice Shah has said the state cannot suppress facts. Nothing has been done with the hospital. The Gujarat government is satisfied with the commission's report.
The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah took suo motu cognisance of an incident where 6 persons died due to fire at a COVID designated hospital in Gujarat.
The Gujarat High Court has quashed a sedition case lodged against a journalist.
In May the journalist publish the news of a possible change of leadership in Gujarat assuming that this was being done because of the growing criticism about the growing Coronavirus cases in the state.
"We have decided not to allow people from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu till May 31, but allow in stages," Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said.