New Delhi, Sep 25 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Friday:
LGD 9 SC-LD TARUN TEJPAL (12.36pm)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday issued two notices on Tarun Tejpal’s sentencing in a 2013 rape case — one to Goa Police on the journalist’s petition against his 10-year prison term and the second to him on a Goa government plea seeking enhancement of the sentence.****
LGD 17 SC-CEC-LD PLEA
**** A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging decisions, guidelines and software changes allegedly made by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of the two Election Commissioners, saying such actions violate the statutory requirement of collective decision-making.****
LGD 23 SC-DELHI RIOT-BAIL (3.57PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday relaxed the bail conditions imposed on 2020 Delhi riots accused Meeran Haider and asked him to mark his attendance at the Crime Branch police station on every Saturday instead of twice weekly.****
LGD 30 SC-FORTIS-PLEA (4.28pm)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea of Fortis Healthcare Ltd against the forensic audit of the company’s and its former promoters’ transactions allegedly linked to a Rs 3,500 crore arbitral award passed in favour of Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo.****
LGD 29 SC-LLB COURSE-BCI (4.27pm)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Bar Council of India to clarify the apex bar body’s stand on whether it is willing to withdraw the upper age limit prescribed for admission to five-year integrated law courses. ****
LGD 22 SC-IAS OFFICER (3.56pm)
****The trial in a money laundering case against Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal would continue as the Supreme Court on Friday refused to quash a trial court order taking cognisance of the offence against her.****
LGD 16 SC-TRIBUNALS-APPOINTMENTS (2.53PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday asked the search-cum-selection committee, headed by an apex court judge, to expedite the selection process for appointment of chairpersons of the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunals at Allahabad and Kolkata.****
LGD 14 SC-PAPER LEAK-PLEA (1.57pm)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear after six weeks a plea seeking directions to confiscate the movable and immovable property of offenders and their family members involved in exam question paper leak cases.****
LGD 12 SC-HINDI-PIL (1.07PM)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to constitute a commission to examine and recommend the use of Hindi as an official language of the apex court.****
LGD 7 SC-LAWMAKERS-PLEA (11.39pm)
**** The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for urgent hearing a 2016 PIL seeking directions to ensure speedy disposal of criminal cases involving lawmakers across the country.
(PTI News)
