Supreme Court on Friday called for responses from Registrar General of all High Courts across the country and few other Tribunals for continuing virtual hearings
Supreme Court on Friday fixed September 18 for hearing the plea filed by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren against summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate
Initially, a bench consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti mentioned that it might consider the pleas for a hearing either later in the day or on a different date.
A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan remarked that there are some convicts who are more privileged as usually cases are filed against denial of early release
The Respondent ED earlier also sought to link the Petitioner with the alleged illegal mining of stone chips in Jharkhand and accordingly summons were issued, he further added.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi dimissed the plea challenging the decision of the Lakshadweep administration and said courts cannot intervene in administrative decisions
CJI Chandrachud said that onboarding on NJDG portal is under the top court's open data policy to bring transparency and accountability in the judicial domain
The Supreme Court has issued a stern warning to SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Ajay Singh, for default in making the due payments to global investment bank
The Ministry of Environment also urged the Supreme Court to permit it to take steps for the smooth implementation and quality control of Green Crackers.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union Road Transport and Highway Ministry to relook into its notifications providing that Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) licence holders do not require separate endorsement to drive a transport vehicle of LMV class.
An opposition MP in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, which is examining the bills to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and the Evidence Act, has submitted a list of 16 experts that also includes senior advocate Fali S Nariman and advocate Menaka Guruswamy.
The top court also directed DGPs of all states to submit suggestions in a month to MHA on preparing manual for media briefings by police in criminal cases.
The apex court declined to accept the Centre's fervent request that reference of the petitions to a larger bench be deferred as Parliament is in the process of "re-enacting" the provisions of the IPC and a bill has been placed before a standing committee
However, the bench granted liberty to the petitioner to move a fresh application before the high court for releasing him on bail till his appeal against trial court's conviction order is decided
