The Waqf Amendment Act Challenge will be heard by the Supreme Court on November 4, after petitioners told a Bench led by CJI Surya Kant that waqf properties are changing status with consequences that may be irreversible.
Digital news outlet The News Minute and its Editor-in-Chief Dhanya Rajendran have asked the Supreme Court to let them intervene in the seven-judge Bench reference on the scope of legislative privileges under Article 194(3), arguing that breach-of-privilege proceedings against journalists would have a chilling effect on press freedom, ahead of the hearing from October 6.
Senior journalist Ajit Anjum has sought to intervene in the seven-judge Bench reference on legislative privileges, arguing through AoR Neha Rathi that privileges under Articles 105 and 194 are functional, must be read harmoniously with fundamental rights, and that standards are needed on when fair criticism of legislative proceedings may breach privilege; the Bench begins hearing on October 6.
Journalist Seema Chishti, Editor at The Wire, has sought to intervene in N. Ravi v. Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Chennai, the seven-judge Constitution Bench reference on whether legislative privileges under Article 194(3) can override free speech under Article 19(1)(a), listed for hearing from October 6, arguing that privileges are not absolute.
