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 way in which some vice-chancellors are removed has the appearance of arbitrariness. Certainly, there is a need for laying down a procedure broadly on the lines of that provided for removal of holders of constitutional functionaries such as judges of high courts and members of Public Service Commissions.
It further added that demonetisation was also a part of larger strategy for combating the menace of fake money, terror financing, black money and tax evasion.
It also directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation to take steps for the general public to feed stray dogs at appropriate locations, identified and demarcated by them.
The court had postponed the matter for November 14 during the last hearing on November 8.
A bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Vikram Nath questioned the Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, representing Centre, to file an affidavit highlighting the details of the number of medical students who have been adjusted in third countries and how the process is going there.
