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[Air India Disinvestment] The Madras High Court will continue hearing a plea by the Air Corporation Employees Union seeking protection of their rights before the disinvestment proceeds.

Justice V Parthiban had previously granted a stay in the matter.

#MadrasHC @airindiain
ASGI Sankaranarayanan: We are ready. The #SolicitorGeneral is appearing.. he will be logging in.

Justice Parthiban: We will pass over the matter. I will run through the list.

#MadrasHC
Advocate Rama Priya, for the Petitioner Union: the matter arises out of the move to disinvest.. What we are concerned is, our service conditions must be protected.

#MadrasHC #AirIndia
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Courtroom Legends: Valedictory session by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on "Demystifying the Freedom of Speech and Expression"

SG Mehta speaking:

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SG: for the first time freedom of speech and expression was examined in a different light and included a negative right which was "Right to not speak"
SG: After this government took over there were some amendments brought in Information Technology Act on right to use internet. #SupremeCourt read Article 14, 19(1)(a) as followed in Maneka Gandhi judgment in Maneka Gandhi. Thus Section 66A was held to he violative of Constitution
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As the #idiotic #impeachment gets set to start tomorrow, media outlets took the time to introduce us to the #castofcharacters added to @realdonaldtrump's #defense.
I worked with #Starr on two #SCOTUS cases in the early 1990s when he was #SolicitorGeneral. Not much I can offer about him.
But I worked with @JaySekulow from 1988 through 2012. I wrote briefs and other legal documents bearing his name. I assisted him in preparing for his #SCOTUS arguments. Early on, I actually wrote his press releases from 1989 to 1992.
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