Important Cases Scheduled Before the Supreme Court on Friday, August 29:
The Supreme Court is set to hear a plea from the West Bengal government's welfare board regarding alleged attacks on Bengali-speaking migrant workers, who have been wrongfully labeled as Bangladeshi nationals.
Another case involves a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directives for the Centre and states to take concrete measures for urban poverty alleviation. This includes the implementation of the Urban Poverty Alleviation Mission Scheme to provide shelters for the urban homeless.
Actor Shreyas Talpade’s plea to quash an FIR filed against him in an alleged cheating case is also on the Supreme Court’s docket.
Additionally, the court will hear a plea from an NGO requesting the establishment of guidelines to govern unethical marketing practices, such as pharmaceutical companies offering freebies to doctors, pending the enactment of suitable legislation by Parliament.
Lastly, a PIL accusing the state of systemic neglect towards individuals with neurodivergent conditions, including autism, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, and multiple disabilities, will be heard.
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