The order was passed by the Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana after hearing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by K.S. Raju Legal Trust through its representative, Dr Jagmohan Singh Raju.
While hearing the matter, a bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi denied bail to RTI activist Rakesh Kumar Behl and his aide.
The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued detailed guidelines for courts dealing with cases involving the custody of a child who is an alleged victim under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, emphasising that the child’s welfare, dignity, emotional security and psychological well-being must remain the paramount consideration at all stages of the proceedings.
The Bench noted that the calculation of compensation based on historically low notional income figures "grossly undervalue" the role of homemakers.
The ECI informed the court that it shared with all recognised parties booth-level lists of electors whose enumeration forms were not received.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking the constitution of a committee headed by a retired top court judge to independently audit Air India’s safety practices, maintenance procedures, and operational protocols.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on August 8 a plea challenging the recent Karnataka High Court order that lifted a media gag on the controversial Dharmasthala mass burial case, which has triggered intense online coverage and defamation claims.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court challenging the recommendation for his removal by the then Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, along with the constitution of an in-house inquiry committee and the procedure it followed in probing the alleged recovery of a large sum of semi-burnt bundles of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi.
In an unprecedented intervention, the Supreme Court of India has sounded a dire warning, declaring that Himachal Pradesh could “vanish from the map of India” if rampant environmental degradation is allowed to continue unchecked.
