The bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, told the Maharashtra government to make its police officials "more responsible" on matters pending before the court.
The pleas were mentioned for urgent listing before the bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra.
The court said it will not wait for the government to amend the law.
A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said it is not inclined to entertain the plea of BJP spokesperson Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that the petitioner should file a proper application.
As per an order issued by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services Grade-I, II, principal secretary and private secretary will come under the Deputy CM, who will be responsible for their transfer and posting. Minister-in-charge will have a say in transfer and posting of other officials such as stenos.
The Supreme Court had on Tuesday retained its direction to Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs till further orders and asked the two states to ensure peace and harmony
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said there was no urgency to hear the matter after Attorney General K K Venugopal told the bench that the Centre will extend the September 30 deadline.
The government had on April 26 declined to accept the recommendation of the collegium and asked it to reconsider his name.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to implement its earlier order on dance bars.
Besides Roy, two other directors, Ravi Shankar Dubey and Ashok Roy Choudhary, were also arrested for the failure of two group companies.
The retired judge said the January 12 presser had an impact and things started changing for good during the remaining part of Justice Dipak Misra's tenure as CJI and is now continuing under the stewardship of the justice Gogoi.
A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha's counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May 28 to Vinod Rai, Chairman of the Committee of Administrators of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The Apex court, however, said that the interim order providing protection from arrest to Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand shall be extended till the larger bench takes up the matter.
In a relief to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal proceedings in three defamation cases recently filed by the Tamil Nadu government against him for allegedly making certain comments against Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in his tweets.
The plea also sought a directive for the constitution of a committee of experts who would find the details of bad debt cases in the country.
Roy, who in compliance with the last order appeared before the court, was told by the apex court that he has to frequently make the payment as per the roadmap approved by the court or face further imprisonment.
The petition sought directions for taking steps to promote brotherhood and national integrity in the country.
"Issue notice. Let a copy of the petition be served on the caveator. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks hence. Rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks therefrom. List after six weeks," the bench said.
The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud on Thursday reverted to the old five-member selection committee for both senior, junior and women teams.
The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a one-member commission headed by its ex-judge S B Sinha to inquire into 2006 Meerut fire tragedy in which around 60 people died and directed the Uttar Pradesh govt to pay an interim compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the family members of the deceased.
The bench termed this aspect of Section 497 'manifestly arbitrary' and said it treated married women as 'chattel' on the ground that their relationship with other married persons depends on the 'consent or connivance of her husband'.
The case against Gandhi is pending before a magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is willing to consider modifying earlier verdict on 'one state, one vote' and interpretation of cooling-off period for the BCCI office bearers in reforms suggested by the Justice Lodha Committee.
Sisodia says it amounts to contempt of court and the leadership is seeking legal opinion on the matter.
The plea filed by the father of the Pradhyumn's father Barun Chandra Thakur, sought cancellation of their interim bail granted by the high court on October 7.
Senior advocate K T S Tulsi alleged that the bar bodies at Sohna and Gurugram in Haryana have asked their member lawyers not to represent any person or accused in the brutal murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman.
Karnataka, which is facing a political tug-of-war between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress-Janata Dal-Secular over government formation, had earlier made a failed bid to temporarily stall the finalisation of draft Cauvery management scheme.
The victim, a Mumbai resident and a Class 7 student, had to knock the doors of the apex court as the law prohibits the abortion of a foetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The apex court directed members of the bar not to obstruct judicial proceedings in the Kathua gang rape and murder case in Jammu and Kashmir
The SC told her that she is a public figure and must face criticism.
The Centre also referred to various international economic reports and surveys to emphasise on the need for Aadhaar.
The apex court fixed August 30 for final hearing of the matter to decide on the Constitutional validity of Jallikattu.
The RRSS on Tuesday accused the Congress of "consistently trying to spread lies" about it
Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, strongly argued in favour of granting quota to SC/ST employees.
The PIL said that the ban on entry of Muslim women in mosques was 'unconstitutional' and violative of fundamental rights to life, equality and gender justice.
The SC aked the bars to give an undertaking that they would not engage employees with criminal antecedents near the dance area
Kalburgi's wife, in her plea, said that the investigation in Dabholkar and Pansare murder cases was in a "sorry state" and no progress has been made in bringing the killers to book.
The Supreme Court on Friday appointed two amicus curiae on appeals of four condemned convicts in the December 16 gang-rape and murder case against the Delhi high court order upholding their death sentence.
Pleas alleged that incidents of mob lynching a were taking place despite a verdict by the SC.
A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi made this clear after one of the petitioners said that the apex court should clarify if people are expected to stand when the national anthem is played in a film, newsreel or documentary.
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