New Delhi, Oct 13 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Tuesday:
LGD26 SC-LD PROTESTS (4.48 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time till October 15 for the filing of response by the Centre on a batch of petitions arising from the closure of metro stations and disruptions in train services in Delhi ahead of October 10 protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.****
LGD11 SC-RAHUL GANDHI (11.33 AM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed further proceedings in a defamation case before a trial court in Maharashtra against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. ****
LGD10 SC-PROTESTS-PETITIONS (11.29 AM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured petitioners, who have filed pleas raising issues related to protests in Delhi, that all their matters would be listed for hearing. ****
LGD32 SC-CEC-IMMUNITY (6.21 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of a provision of a 2023 law that grants immunity to the chief election commissioner and election commissioners in respect of certain acts undertaken in the discharge of their official duties.****
LGD12 SC-JANTAR MANTAR-PLEA (11.35 AM)
**** A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging restrictions on protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and the designation of alternative sites for public demonstrations. ****
LGD16 SC-UP-PARTY TICKETS (12.34 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into a sting operation on alleged sale of tickets by some unrecognised political parties in Uttar Pradesh. ****
LGD18 SC-HAWARA (12.43 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi government to seek inputs from the Intelligence Bureau on Beant Singh murder convict Jagtar Singh Hawara’s plea seeking his transfer from Delhi’s Tihar jail to any prison in Punjab. ****
LGD22 SC-CUSTODIAL DEATH-CBI (3.36 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three more months to the Central Bureau of Investigation to complete its probe into the circumstances leading to the custodial death of a 34-year-old man in Chhattisgarh in 2024. ****
LGD29 SC-PLEA-DEMONSTRATIONS (5.20 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on October 15 a plea seeking a complete ban on political demonstrations within the court premises and contempt proceedings against political leaders who obstruct the judicial system. ****
LGD31 SC-UP ATS-PLEA (6.16 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea alleging that personnel of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) entered the petitioner’s residence without wearing proper uniforms or displaying identification.
(PTI News)
