On the last date of hearing, the Maharashtra police had produced additional letters to establish Moist links of the arrested accused even as the petitioners described it as cooked-up evidence.
Bilkis Bano was gangraped in March, 2002, while she was pregnant.
The Congress said that there are still questions before those who believe in the judiciary.
One of the most important cases which have political implications is the Ayodhya land dispute case.
'You are giving undue importance to this kind of stuff. In the age of the internet, you are making this an issue. It is best forgotten,' the bench had said while hearing a plea to ban the Malayalam novel Meesha (moustache) written by S Hareesh.
"We understand Tamil Nadu's difficulty of not getting water. We will resolve the issue," the bench said.
The chief justice, while repeatedly stressing that he was not commenting on the case before it, also said that sometimes journalists write in a way that amounts to 'sheer contempt of court'.
Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has challenged the Gujarat high court's October 5, 2017 order rejecting her plea against the SIT's decision.
A woman has a choice to love or not to love a person. No one can force her to love somebody, observes the SC.
The apex court imposed certain conditions on Karti and directed him to furnish an undertaking in three days that he would abide by the conditions and timeline of his visit.
The apex court directed the state government not to take any coercive steps against army officials.
SC seeks responses from Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Afroze was arrested on December 3, 2001 on charges of conspiring with terrorist outfit al Qaeda to bomb the House of Commons in UK, Parliament House in India and Radio Towers in Australia.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the Centre to suggest names on Wednesday itself for its consideration and appointment in the proposed SIT.
SC keeps in abeyance a Delhi high court order on allotment of symbol.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L N Rao and Dinesh Maheshwari said it was only going into the aspect of security of the two women and would not like to entertain any other prayer made in the petition.
"People must realise that mob violence and taking of law into the hands will invite wrath of law," said the bench.
The apex court said that a debate on polls reforms can only take place after the election process in the state is over.
There is no word on extending the February 6, 2018 deadline for linking mobile SIM cards with Aadhaar.
The apex court also rejected the plea to appoint a Special Investigation Team for probe.
The apex court also directed the government to prosecute under appropriate law anyone indulging in any activity that creates law and order problem in the state and stalls normal life.
'Let every person remember that the 'holy book' is the Constitution, and it is with this book in hand that the citizens of India march together as a nation, so that they may move forward in all spheres of human endeavour to achieve the great goals set out by this 'Magna Carta' or Great Charter of India'
"Do you think with our directions, everything will be done? Do you (petitioner) think we will pass an order that there will be no corruption in the country and all corruption will go? Should we pass an order that there will be 'Ram Rajya' in the country? It cannot be like this," a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to the constitution bench a plea raising questions whether the apex court was exempted from disclosing information on appointment of judges and other matters under the Right to Information Act.
The Centre had left to the wisdom of the court the issue of legality of the penal provision.
"I am a Muslim. I was not forced. I want to be with my husband," Hadiya, wearing a head scarf, shouted as she was being taken inside the airport.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was informed that the film has not yet received the certification from the Central Board of Film Certification.
The court said that the Malayalam folk song has been in the public domain since 1978 and the song video cannot be termed as blasphemous.
Article 35-A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir and bars people from outside the state from acquiring any immovable property in the state.
The SC tagged the issue along with a similar pending matter for hearing by a three-judge bench later this month.
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said like the Indian Cricket Board, AIFF can also be asked to frame an amended constitution incorporating the suggestions of the Delhi high court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday approved BCCI's new draft constitution with some modifications, effectively diluting its earlier order on a tenure cap for office bearers and reinstating voting rights of four legacy cricket associations.
"Once live streaming will be allowed, your problem will be solved," the bench said when Tripathi alleged that students are not allowed to witness proceedings in all matters in the apex court.
Trinamool Congress MLA Mahua Moitra alleged that the Centre's social media hub policy was to be used as a tool to monitor social media activities of the citizens and should be quashed.
Venugopal told the court that he had given legal opinion to the AIADMK faction led by Panneerselvam.
A majority verdict by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra decided to keep pending the pleas seeking a review of its decision regarding the entry of women into the shrine, and said restrictions on women in religious places was not restricted to Sabarimala alone and was prevalent in other religions as well.
In another change, Rohit Sharma will replace Onkar Khanwilkar in Mumbai side for the three-day match against the Australians.
The SC said that it would examine the question as to whether the Kerala high court can annul the marriage of a Muslim man with a Hindu woman.
On December 15, the top court had observed that Thakur prima facie appears to have committed matter of perjury in relation to demanding an intervention via a letter from the International Cricket Council (ICC) in order to sidestep the implementation of the Lodha Committee recommendations.
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