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 bench in its order stated, “Temporary medical bail of petitioner extended by six months as prayed for. List the main matter after six months.”
The seven-judge constitution bench is hearing a batch of petitions on the issues relating to the minority status of AMU
The top court in 1967 had in the Azeez Bhasha case held that the AMU was a central university and, minority status under Article 29 and Article 30 cannot be conferred on it.
On October 11, 2023 the Delhi High Court declined their anticipatory bail plea. Thereafter, they moved the Supreme Court.
The bench said it is a policy decision and the absence of such restrictions would make it difficult for jail authorities to handle affairs at the prisons.
