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
Taking exception to the manner and tone of the transfer petition of the CBI, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih said, “This is casting aspersions that the entire judiciary is under hostile environment.”
The NEET-PG exam was conducted by the NBE on August 11 and the results were announced on August 23.
A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant adjoined the hearing and posted it for October 16, on the request of the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who told the court that there are nine petitions and the Centre has responded to only one and needed time to file replies to other eight pleas.
The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it would consider listing of the pleas challenging the validity of Exception 2 of Section 375 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and that of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that protects a husband from criminal prosecution for having non-consensual sex with his wife.
A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan ordered a halt to the practice of bulldozer justice until the next hearing on October 1. The ruling came while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the practice of bulldozing the properties of people allegedly involved in criminal cases.
