A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar while hearing the petitions observed that being socialist in the Indian sense is understood only to be a "welfare state."
Rajoana was awarded the death sentence for his involvement in the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995 at Chandigarh.
A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih also directed Delhi-NCR states to immediately constitute teams for monitoring steps/actions which are required under GRAP-IV.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they must fight the elections under their own identity and refrain from using Sharad Pawar’s name during the electioneering.
The opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh has received a boost in the bypoll campaigning following the Supreme Court's adverse comnent on the Yogi government's bulldozer action and putting a break on this trend
The direction to Uttarakhand government came as a bench comprising Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta, and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was informed by the State government that steps are being taken in terms of the last order of the court.
“Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. Further proceedings in pursuance to the impugned judgment is stayed until further orders,” the bench ordered.
Rejecting the plea by Banerjees, the court in its judgment pronounced today said that Section 71 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act gives it an overriding effect over other laws.
Sources said the Chief Minister took this action after the Supreme Court expressed displeasure against Singh in a case.
The transferred officers, including two IAS and one IFS, have been stripped off their CMO responsibilities and reassigned to the state secretariat.
