A new roster, effective October 5, says that letter petitions and PIL matters will be assigned to benches lead by Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices NV Ramana, RF Nariman, UU Lalit, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Nageswara Rao.
Public Interest Litigation filed challenging a The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulation 2018' issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India alleging it to be grossly violative of rights guaranteed as a fundamental right, the right to privacy of an individual.
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the issue of Maratha reservation in Maharashtra while ordering a stay on reservations for them in jobs and admissions.
The Supreme Court bench led by Justice Arun Mishra today fined advocate Prashant Bhushan a symbolic Re 1 for contempt of court. The bench said he refused to apologise despite given the opportunity and also released his statement to the media, causing further publicity.
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the quantum of punishment in the current suo moto criminal contempt case against advocate Prashant Bhushan for his two tweets.
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of Additional Judges of the Allahabad and Calcutta High Courts as permanent judges.
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting has approved the proposal for elevation of judicial officers and advocates as judges for the High Courts -- Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, Gujarat, Allahabad and Kerala.