New Delhi, Sep 23 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Wednesday:
LGD4 SC-LAWYER-SEIZURE (11:35 AM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for an urgent hearing a plea challenging a Delhi High Court judgment that upheld a GST search of a lawyer’s office and the seizure of his computer. ****
LGD7 SC-SOCIAL MEDIA-PLEA (12:21 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and social media platforms to identify, remove and block content and memes related to anti-national slogans and speeches. ****
LGD8 SC-ILLEGAL MINING-FOREST RANGER (12:40 PM)
**** Taking note of a recent incident in which a forest ranger was killed after being allegedly hit by a dumper while he was trying to stop illegal mining in Rajasthan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said there should be mandatory preventive detention in these cases. ****
LGD10 SC-BCI (1:54 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will examine whether the Bar Council of India (BCI) has the power to regulate law colleges and universities while emphasising that its statutory role as a regulator comes into existence only after a licence is provided. ****
LGD11 SC-JUSTICE VARMA-PLEA (2:19 PM)
**** A fresh plea seeking the registration of an FIR against former Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma in connection with the purported discovery of cash at his residence here was mentioned on Wednesday for urgent listing in the Supreme Court. ****
LGD12 SC-RAPE-SUO MOTU (2:32 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday took cognisance on its own of a controversial Patna High Court judgment on rape and issued notice to the court’s registry in the matter, saying that there were offending observations in the verdict. ****
LGD19 SC-EC-LAW (3:09 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave split opinions on whether a batch of pleas challenging the validity of a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India from the panel for selecting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a larger bench. ****
LGD20 SC-INHERITANCE-MUSLIM WOMEN (3:26 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s response on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of uncodified rules governing inheritance and succession among Muslims on grounds of gender discrimination under the Muslim Personal Law. ****
LGD23 SC-TMC-REBEL LAWMAKERS (4:05 PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that it expected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take an “expeditious” decision on a plea seeking disqualification of 20 rebel TMC MPs who have joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). ****
LGD24 SC-EC-LAW-PERMANENT BENCH (4:34 PM)
**** Flagging the “inordinate delay” in resolution of references made to larger benches, the Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Chief Justice of India to explore the possibility of constituting a permanent five-judge bench to deal with cases involving constitutional issues. ****
LGD27 SC-EC-LD LAW (5:05 PM)
**** In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave split opinions on whether a batch of pleas challenging the validity of a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India from the panel for selecting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a larger Constitution bench. ****
LGD28 SC-EC-LAW-JUSTICE DATTA (5:32 PM)
**** If free and fair elections are to be ensured, it is axiomatic that the Election Commission of India (ECI) must not only be an independent body but also be seen to act independently, Supreme Court judge Justice Dipankar Datta said on Wednesday. ****
LGD29 SC-ODISHA DGP (5:50 PM)
**** The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that there was a “premeditated collusion” between the Odisha government and the Centre in withdrawing senior IPS officer Sushant Kumar Nath’s integrity certificate merely based on a CBI communication.****
LGD31 SC-EC-LAW-COLLEGIUM (6:37 PM)
**** In a spirited and unusual defence that too in a judgment of the collegium system, Supreme Court judge Justice Dipankar Datta on Wednesday said the oft-repeated criticism of “judges appoint judges” is a “myth” and people have been fed by vested interests through “motivated narratives”.
(PTI News)
