New Delhi, Oct 14 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Wednesday:
LGD35 SC-PROTESTS-LD DMRC (6.34 PM)
**** There was no curtailment or cancellation of metro train services in view of October 10 protests in the national capital and the entry and exit were restricted at just 45 out of the 303 stations, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. ****
LGD29 SC-SIR-LD OWAISI (5.24 PM)
**** AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the manner in which the Election Commission is conducting the SIR, claiming that the constitutional and statutory safeguards have been overlooked and the voting rights of eligible citizens have been jeopardised. ****
LGD28 SC-OWAISI-SIR-REVIEW (5.16 PM)
**** AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its May 27 verdict upholding the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar. ****
LGD17 SC-INDIANS-RUSSIA (4.20 PM)
**** Observing that the right to seek compensation has to be enforced, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Ministry of External Affairs to consider issuing a public notice inviting families of Indians who have died while fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war to seek assistance and compensation. ****
LGD37 SC-ELEPHANT CORRIDORS (6.46 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to examine the issue of compensation for crop damage caused by human-elephant conflicts. ****
LGD15 SC-ASARAM (4.02 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea of self-styled godman Asaram challenging the Gujarat High Court’s order refusing to grant him bail in the 2013 Gandhinagar rape case to visit his ailing wife. ****
LGD14 SC-JOURNALIST-FIR (3.43 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday made absolute its earlier order protecting a journalist who had flagged alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at Ayodhya’s Ram temple from coercive action in a road rage case lodged in Ghaziabad. ****
LGD7 SC-SIR-DELHI (11.49 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on October 28 a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to place in public domain the list of electors issued notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in Delhi along with specific reasons for each notice.
(PTI News)
