The Morning-after Talk

The Hindu Newsletter - The Morning-after Talk

	Thursday 13, February 2020

The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, the best way to start your day! Here’s what to expect in the day ahead, starting with a potentially pivotal Supreme Court ruling on cleansing the political system.   SC to pass order on disclosure of criminal antecedents by poll candidates The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its order on a contempt plea, which has raised the issue of criminalisation of politics and claimed that the directions given by the apex court in its September 2018 verdict relating to disclosure of criminal antecedents by poll candidates were not being followed. In September 2018, a five-judge Constitution Bench had unanimously held that all candidates will have to declare their criminal antecedents to the Election Commission (EC) before contesting polls and called for wider publicity through print and electronic media about the antecedents of candidates.   Nirbhaya case: Delhi court pulls up death row convict for delaying case, offers him lawyer The court directed District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to provide Pawan’s father with a list of its empanelled advocates to choose from. The matter is listed for hearing today.   Vijay Mallya appeal against extradition: Crown Prosecution Service to conclude arguments The liquor tycoon appeared before the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday for Day Two of his High Court appeal against being extradited to India, during which the prosecution highlighted “overwhelming evidence of dishonesty on the part of the former Kingfisher Airlines boss.   Day 2 of ambassadors’ visit to Jammu and Kashmir The second group of foriegn envoys assessing the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370 will travel to Jammu today after interacting with representatives of civil society groups in Kashmir.   Pro-Kannada outfits bandh in Karnataka Normal life in Karnataka may be disrupted partially by a ‘bandh’ called by some Kannada outfits demanding more jobs for Kannadiga youths in the government and the private sectors. These outfits are calling for the implementation of an over three decades-old committee report on the issue.   Uphaar fire tragedy case: SC to consider curative plea The Supreme Court will consider in-chamber, the curative plea of the Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) in Uphaar cinema where a fire killed 59 people during the screening of Hindi movie ‘Border’ on June 13, 1997. The plea is against the relief in jail term given to Sushil Ansal, owner of the Uphaar cinema hall.   Budget session of UP legislature The Budget session of the Uttar Pradesh legislature commencing in Lucknow is likely to be stormy with the opposition set to take on the Yogi Adityanath government on the law and order front.   Advisory Council of 15th Finance Commission to meet This will be the first meeting of the Council after the submission of the Commission’s report for the year 2020-2021.   Vietnamese vice-president to visit Bodh Gaya Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh will also be calling on President Ram Nath Kovind   Get perspective on the day’s major developments, delivered in a concise, conversational format, with The Hindu’s Evening Wrap newsletter

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