The Supreme Court has been approached by 16 slum dwellers seeking impleadment in the MC Mehta case in which a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had ordered removal of jhuggis near the New Delhi area, to address environment related issues.
While most courts in the country are in virtual mode amid this pandemic and physical hearings are a rarity and mostly urgent matters are being heard over video conferencing, one set of litigants are using this as an opportunity to manage relief by suppressing facts.
Justice Arun Mishra, on his last day as a Supreme Court judge, sat with Chief Justice S.A. Bobde today in Court 1. This is a tradition. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said Justice Mishra will be missed dearly.
The Supreme Court today has given 10 years time for staggered payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) related dues by telecom giants including Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices.
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the sentence in the suo motu criminal contempt case against Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Monday, August 31.
The Supreme Court has directed the Haryana state administration to take immediate action to avoid further damage in respect of flattening of an entire hillock of the Aravallis.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today held that there can be sub-classification within Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe for granting them reservation, while disagreeing with an earlier judgement of a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court.
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.