Speaking at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association to celebrate ‘Constitution Day’, the Chief Justice lauded the role played by the Bar in making the judiciary a robust institution.
The Rajasthan government has also tendered an apology in the court for reported contempt of the court in the case of land acquisition.
"What happens is, if you win the elections, EVMs are not tampered with," the apex court pointed out.
The court refused to undertake an “exhaustive examination” of the prayers challenging the insertion of ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ in the preamble of the constitution by the forty-second amendment to the constitution in 1976.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the steps taken to control and combat toxic air pollution in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi government and police to immediately set up checkpoints at all 113 entry points to the city to monitor the entry of trucks carrying only essential supplies.
The last time such an instance happened was more than half a decade back. In 2017, when the Supreme Court declared instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) to be unconstitutional (Shayara Bano v. Union of India, (2017) ), the then CJI Justice J.S. Khehar was in a minority.
During the course of his programme at Supreme Court, the Prime Minister will launch various new initiatives under the e-court project.
The project aims at providing better services to litigants, lawyers and the judiciary through ICT-enabled courts. These include virtual justice clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0, digital court and S3WaaS websites.
SC was dealing with a petition seeking declaration of polygamy and nikah-halala, practised among Muslims, as illegal and unconstitutional.
Justice Joseph specifically questioned the AG on the criteria adopted by the Law Minister in picking four names from the DoPT's database.
