Tag: #The Supreme Court

New Delhi, Sep 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday called for placing a matter before a larger Constitution bench to frame guidelines for the courts to consider regarding mitigating factors in cases of death penalty.

New Delhi, May 9 : The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the petitions seeking direction into the matter concerning demolition in Shaheen Bagh area to remove encroachment. While refusing to interfere with the petitions filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and others, the Supreme Court said that none of the affected parties are before the Court and the petition has been filed by a political party. "Don't make this Court a platform for all this," the Bench, headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao and also comprising Justice B R Gavai, told the petitioners. "This is too much", it observed and refused to entertain the CPI(M)'s petition against anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh and other parts of Delhi. The Apex Court rather asked all such petitioners to approach the Delhi High Court for relief.

New Delhi, April 26 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking judicial inquiry into alleged communal violence during Ram Navami- Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, noting there was no merit in the plea. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao dismissed the petition filed by lawyer-cum-petitioner Vishal Tiwari. "There is no merit in the petition. Sorry. You want a former judge to inquire. Nobody is sitting empty. Dismiss," the bench said refusing to entertain the plea. Tiwari sought direction for judicial inquiry by a retired judge or by a former Chief Justice into the alleged communal violence across several states and even in the national capital. "What kind of prayers is this, Mr Counsel. We are extremely sorry, we dismiss your plea," the bench said as Tiwari argued that one-sided investigations were underway and the apex court should direct a detailed investigation.

New Delhi, April 25 : The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list in July a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of the law scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories. A two-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana and also comprising Justice Hima Kohli gave the ruling. Chief Justice Ramana said the matter has to be listed before a five-judge Bench as some judges in the original bench which was hearing the case have retired. The petitions were mentioned by senior lawyers Shekhar Naphade and P Chidambaram, who sought and wanted its direction that the matter be listed next week for an hearing. But Chief Justice Ramana said the matter will be heard in July.

New Delhi, May 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday directed that the arrested YSR Congress party rebel MP K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, who has alleged assault by CID officials in custody, be taken to Army Hospital at Secunderabad for medical examination. A division bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai passed the order in a special leave petition filed by Raju.

New Delhi, May 7 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday told the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to approach the Upper Yamuna River Board on its petition regarding the acute shortage of water supply from Haryana and Punjab. A three-judge Bench of Justice Nageswara Rao, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian said that the apex court gives liberty to the petitioner to approach Upper Yamuna River Board and the DJB shall consider representation to be made expeditiously.

New Delhi, Apr 30 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday reminded the central government that it has a "special responsibility" towards Delhi and is also answerable to the people of the national capital. "Delhi represents the nation and there is hardly anyone ethnically Delhite…You have a special responsibility as the Centre", Justice DY Chandrachud of a three-judge bench said as quoted by Livelaw.

New Delhi, Apr 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an interim stay on the Allahabad High Court order to impose a lockdown in the five cities of Uttar Pradesh on account of the prevailing COVID-19 situation. The Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued a notice in the appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh government returnable in two weeks.

New Delhi, Apr 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday decided that all judges will hold sittings via video conferences from home after many of its staff tested positive for the COVID-19. All the judges will hold video hearings from their respective residences and all the courtrooms are currently being sanitised. In view of the development, all the benches which were scheduled to sit at 1030 hrs sat at 1130 hrs, while those scheduled to sit at 1100 hrs deferred it to 1200 hrs today. India on Monday registered 1,68,912 new COVID-19 cases and 904 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the 6th highest single-day rise in seven days.

New Delhi, Mar 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to respond on the cancellation of around 30 million ration cards not linked with Aadhaar cards across the country between 2013 and 2016, leading to alleged denial of rations and starvation deaths.