New Delhi, Oct 26 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Monday:
LGD6 SC-JUDGES-RETIREMENT (12:17 PM)
**** The Supreme Court expressed satisfaction that as many as 14 states have agreed to raise the retirement age of district judicial officers from 60 to 62 years and refused to list for urgent hearing the separate pleas of judges who are on the verge of retiring or have just retired. ****
LGD7 SC-TRIPURA LAW-PIL (12:25 PM)
**** The Supreme Court sought responses of the Tripura government and the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) on a PIL challenging constitutional validity of a provision of the 2017 customary law. ****
LGD4 SC-LAKHIMPUR KHERI-CASE (12:58 PM)
**** The Supreme Court allowed Ashish Mishra, an accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur violence case and son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, to travel to his hometown to celebrate Diwali with his family members. ****
LGD10 SC-LAW CLASSES-ACCUSED (2:16 PM)
**** The Supreme Court refused to allow an accused in Delhi riots case, who is out on bail, to attend law classes at a university in Ghaziabad. ****
LGD9 SC-AIADMK-DEFECTION (2:22 PM)
**** The Supreme Court dismissed a plea against six AIADMK MLAs who voluntarily resigned from their seats after voting against the party whip and subsequently joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). ****
LGD11 SC-MAHARASHTRA-SIR (2:26 PM)
**** The Supreme Court agreed to examine a plea challenging the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra. ****
LGD12 SC-MONEY LAUNDERING-BAIL (2:53 PM)
**** The Supreme Court sought response from the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by the main promoter of a Noida-based real estate company seeking bail in a money laundering case involving the alleged diversion of home buyers’ funds worth Rs 126.30 crore. ****
LGD14 SC-LAND ACQUISITION-AYODHYA (3:49 PM)
**** The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a petition by the Shri Saryu Nagar Vikas Samiti challenging land acquisition for a residential housing scheme in Ayodhya. ****
LGD15 SC-WOMEN-AMENITIES (4:28 PM)
**** The Supreme Court directed all states and Union Territories to allocate funds to build bar rooms, washrooms and other basic amenities for women advocates in district and taluk courts. ****
LGD16 SC-SCBA (4:33 PM)
**** The Supreme Court permitted the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to hold its scheduled general body meeting on November 2 to discuss election reforms. ****
LGD18 SC-TMC-ELECTION COMMISSION (5:08 PM)
**** The Supreme Court granted 20 more days to the two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress to complete their pleadings before the Election Commission in a dispute pertaining to the party name and the “flowers and grass” election symbol. ****
LGD20 SC-UP POLICE-PROBE (5:37 PM)
**** Slamming Uttar Pradesh Police over a “slipshod investigation” in a murder case, the Supreme Court directed the state to pay Rs 6 lakh as “reparation” to a man who spent six years in custody as an undertrial. ****
LGD22 SC-LAND ACQUISITION (6:32 PM)
**** The Supreme Court set aside land acquisition proceedings initiated over three decades ago in Nelakadiranahalli Village, Bengaluru after finding fraud, serious procedural irregularities and absence of a duly approved housing scheme undertaken for a cooperative society.
(PTI News)
