Meghalaya BJP minister urges PM Modi to ensure 'safety' of Karnataka's Christians
Shillong, Dec 4: Meghalaya's lone BJP minister Sanbor Shullai wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to ensure "safety and security" of Christians living in Karnataka.
Shullai, the Northeastern state's labour minister, sought the prime minister's intervention with "regards to a recent survey of the Christian community".
He termed it "unconstitutional" and said such an act would create distrust among the minority Christian community in Karnataka, besides being highly objectionable.
"I request your honourable office to kindly take cognizance of the issue raised by the Archbishop and also by other Christian Communities. Kindly ensure that the safety and security of Christians Community living in Karnataka and every state of India is protected," he said in the letter.
"I would like to seek your kind intervention with regards to a recent survey of the Christian community citing it as data collection. Since India has a global secular image, such acts are definitely going to dent our image," he added.
The senior BJP leader of Christian-majority Meghalaya said that even Archbishop of Bangalore Peter Machado objected to the survey.
"Any person who believes in any religion is by virtue of their birth or due to a belief or faith they tender upon any religion they feel compatible with," Shullai said.
With two MLAs, BJP is a part of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government led by National People's Party whose president Conrad K Sangma is the chief minister.
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SC will share cause lists, info about filing and listing of cases through WhatsApp: CJI
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court will start sharing information relating to cause lists, and filing and listing of cases to advocates through WhatsApp messages, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud announced on Thursday.
The announcement was made by the CJI before a nine-judge bench headed by him commenced the hearing on a vexed legal question arising from the petitions whether private properties can be considered "material resources of the community" under Article 39(b) of the Constitution, which is a part of the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP).
"In the 75th year, the Supreme Court launches an initiative to strengthen access to justice by integration of WhatsApp messages with the IT services of the Supreme Court," the CJI said.
Now, the advocates will receive automated messages about filing the cases, he said, adding that the members of the bar will also get the cause lists, as and when they are published, on mobile phones.
A cause list features the cases to be heard by a court on a given day.
"This is another revolutionary step...," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said.
The CJI also shared the top court's official WhatsApp number and said it will not be receiving any messages and calls.
"This will bring a significant change in our working habits and will go a long way in saving papers," Justice Chandrachud said.
The top court under the leadership of CJI Chandrachud has been taking steps to digitise the functioning of the judiciary.
He said the Centre has sanctioned Rs 7,000 crore for the e-court project.
The solicitor general shared the views of the central government and said it was committed to the digitisation of the judiciary to enhance the access for common litigants and lawyers.
