SC refuses Sanjay Singh’s plea against summons in PM degree row
Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta said they were not convinced to interfere with the High Court order which had also refused to stay the trial.
Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta said they were not convinced to interfere with the High Court order which had also refused to stay the trial.
Setting aside the Madras High court order cancelling the bail, earlier granted to 'Sattai' Durai Murugan on November 2021, a bench observed that he could not be said to have misused the liberty granted to him.
The observation from the bench came as Stalin, seeking the clubbing of the multiple FIRs registered against him across the country, relied on the top court judgments in the matters relating to media persons in support of his plea
Issuing notice to Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas - Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth Temple Varanasi and the Board of Trustees of Shree Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the bench ordered that only the priest appointed by the Vishwanath Temple Trust would perform puja at Vyas Tahkhana.
The court also noted that the Centre had already agreed to release Rs.13,068 crore after the intervention of the top court
A special bench of the Supreme Court is hearing a plea by a 17-year-old Delhi student in connection with severe air pollution in the capital.
The top court said: "The district judiciary is expected to be the foundational court, and therefore, should have the freedom of mind to decide a case on its own merit or else it might become a stereotyped one rendering conviction on a moral platform."
The top court said it should be ensured that every polling booth is manned by paramilitary forces to ensure free and fair elections.
Justice Chandrachud said this is a national capital and severe air pollution levels do not send good signals across the globe.
It was clearly mentioned in the advertisement that the persons having visual and hearing disabilities more than 60 percent were not eligible to apply.
