The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to clear it's stand and gave it a final opportunity to respond to a plea against the continuous detention of a 62-year-old Pakistan national, being held in a detention centre for deportation for the last seven years, even after he spent 3 years and 6 months in jail as punishment under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act.
The Supreme Court on Monday, as one-time measure, relaxed the upper age limit criteria of 32 years as the eligibility for the Delhi Judicial Service Examination 2022 and the age of 45 years for the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examination 2022, who had otherwise qualified in the year 2020 and 2021, but did not appear as no examination was held in those years.
Supreme Court dismissed the filed by BJP leaders against the Calcutta High Court for directing the State Election Commissioner to examine the ground situation in each of the 108 West Bengal municipalities going to polls on February 27, and take a decision on deployment of central paramilitary forces.
The Supreme Court has observed that though a noticee under the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations has a right to disclosure of material relevant to proceedings against him, the same was valid only under the protection of third-party rights.