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 apex court said that observations made in the petition "are not only derogatory to the Karnataka High Court but highly contemptuous in nature."
The plea sought the removal of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the ground that he played a fraud on the electorate by getting into a post-poll alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in August this year.
The Supreme Court on Friday will hear a plea seeking the protection of 'Shivling' discovered at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.
On May 20, the Supreme Court had ordered the transfer of the case related to worship at Gyanvapi mosque from the civil judge to the District Judge, Varanasi.
The three convicts were awarded the death penalty after being held guilty of raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in 2012.
