Mir Baki was not the commander who had led the invasion on Ayodhya, Mishra said leading the bench to ask him as to what he was trying to prove by referring to these historical books.
The Allahabad high court, in its judgment of 2010 on four civil lawsuits, had partitioned the 2.77-acre disputed land in Ayodhya equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
It further said that he cannot live merely on 'past glory' as the trust has been reposed in him for defending the country.
A notice by the office of Supreme Court Secretary General also said that the report of the committee constituted as part of the in-house procedure is not liable to be made public.
'Justice Ramana is a frequent visitor to the residence of the CJI. Because of this I fear that my affidavit and evidence will not receive an objective and fair hearing'
Justice S A Bobde, who is heading the inquiry panel, has appointed Justice Malhotra to the committee.
Justice S A Bobde, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, along with N V Ramana and Indira Banerjee will conduct an in-house inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
The top court said former Supreme Court judge A K Patnaik will oversee the CVC inquiry.
The petitioners urged the SC that if the tigress was shot dead, both her cubs would not be able to survive in the forest.
It held that though the LG was not a 'titular head', he should not emerge as an 'adversary having a hostile attitude' towards the Council of Ministers but rather act as a facilitator.
It asked that even in cases where the victim had died, 'why should there be disclosure of name'.
The top court said the judicial process will be reduced to a "charade" if the courts are burdened with such cases with extraneous reasons.
The bench laid down guidelines as to who would execute the will and how the nod for passive euthanasia would be granted by the medical board.
"Tell the women in your state that you do not care for them," the bench said while observing that 24 states and UTs have not yet filed their affidavit as per the court's direction.
This assumes significance as a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra is currently hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme and the enabling 2016 law.
A woman has a choice to love or not to love a person. No one can force her to love somebody, observes the SC.
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
The apex court also heard a plea for bringing back black money stashed in tax havens abroad.
Judges, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion, was the focal point in 2008 for the Supreme Court which took extreme steps to keep the judiciary free from corruption after scams allegedly involving judges broke out.
The court accepted the plea of Enforcement Directorate for issuance of Letters Rogatory to authorities in the two countries as investigations allegedly revealed that Dr Amit, a quack, had made offshore investments in properties and banks.
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