The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others on a plea by the CBI challenging the May 28, 2024, Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment acquitting them in the 2002 murder of sect’s former manager Ranjit Singh.
The DDA, in its meeting chaired by Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena, who is also Chairman, DDA, took these decisions.
The Chief Secretary, and the Director General of Police of Punjab appeared in the hearing through video-conferencing.
Issuing notice to Punjab government on the contempt plea, a vacation bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia directed the Chief Secretary of the State and the Director General of Police to be present online during the hearing of the matter on Saturday (December 28) at 11 am.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday, disclosed that his party has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the recently affected amendment to the Conduct of Election Rules.
In its petition, the Kerala government sought a declaration from the apex court that the governor has “failed to exercise his Constitutional powers and duties”
The review petition has been moved by one of the 21 petitioners who had approached the top court seeking legal recognition to the same sex marriage as a step further to September 6, 2018, top court judgment decriminalising the gay sex.
Defending the electoral bond scheme, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, said it was a norm that the ruling party gets a major chunk of donations.
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan was arguing for NGO Association for Democratic Reforms and senior advocate Kapil Sibal talked about the opacity of the scheme.
It also sought direction to the Governor to dispose of all the bills, files and government orders forwarded to him by the state assembly within a specified timeframe.
