The bench says discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity of an individual.
The state government had issued the order with the avowed objective of having a casteless society, the bench said.
ASI officials were involved in corrupt practices in the name of conservation of monuments and were violating various laws, the petitioner's counsel said.
The bench also said that a seven-judge bench needed to be constituted for authoritatively deciding a batch of petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme on grounds including that it infringes on the Right to Privacy of citizens.
"Democracy and dissent go hand in hand," it said, adding that the authorities have to act on their own and cannot hide behind courts in dealing with such a situation.
The arguments remained inconclusive and would continue on Friday.
The bench said that there are reports coming that many areas doctors are not being paid. "We saw report that doctors went on strike. In Delhi, some doctors have not been paid for past three months. These are concerns that should have been taken care off. It should not require court intervention."
The hearing assumes significance as Verma, who has a running feud with Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana, has been appearing before the three-member CVC headed by K V Chowdary and is understood to have given point-wise refusal to all the allegations levelled against him by his deputy.
Having two new teams for the next two editions of Indian Premier League in place of suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals was among the two proposals put forward by the IPL Governing Council in its meeting.
'If there was no sign that Loya suffered a heart attack, then what made the judges who were accompanying him believe that he had a heart attack'
Non-vegetarian food arrives in Madras high court campus canteens
"We are not inclined to interfere on the decision taken," the apex court said.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said the case will be heard on January 8.
The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will hear "as and when required" a public interest litigation challenging the government's notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system.
An apex court bench headed by Justice S K Kaul also asked the BJP state unit to submit a revised plan for its "Save Democracy Rally" for consideration by the state government.
Political heavyweights may be still recovering from the tectonic changes brought about by the Delimitation Commission headed by Justice Kuldip Singh after about six years' labour, but to those who have watched this barrister who came from Chandigarh to be elevated almost immediately to the bench of the Supreme Court in 1988, it was not a surprise.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the plea of controversial godman Chandraswami alias Nemi Chand Jain, who is facing prosecution in twelve Foreign Exchange Regulation Act cases, to travel abroad. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's plea that the accused, if permitted to go abroad, may not come back to face trial in the country. Allowing Chandraswami's plea to visit the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Mauritius.
Appearing for the CBI, additional solicitor general P P Malhotra told Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Singh had never appeared before the agency to prove his credentials, so it would be difficult to record his statement through video conferencing.
If industrial units do not have functional PETPs, then they will not be allowed to function any more, the court said.
The pooja pandal is designed in a manner which resembles Hogwarts Castle and displays statues of the Potter characters like Hagrid and Hedgewig apart from Harry himself.
The high court had on May 12, nullified 2017 election of Chudasama on the ground of malpractice and manipulation and have also refused to stay of the operation of the order till the disposal of his appeal
Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu had on April 23 rejected the impeachment notice against the CJI given by seven opposition parties led by the Congress on five grounds of "misbehaviour".
The court also directed the puja committee to file an undertaking stating that they would not use any character from the book without permission in future.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed Nimbus to undertake marketing of the India-West Indies cricket telecast on Doordarshan, while ordering the public broadcaster not to sell the feed to private DTH operators.
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday termed as 'quite serious' the matter in which former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has filed a plea against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, but asked the Indian Police Service officer to approach the Bombay high court with his grievances.
The apex court also put embargo on filing of any fresh writ petition challenging constitutional validity on abrogation of Article 370.
The court said that the existing regulations were not sufficient to regulate the NGOs across the country.
The bench said the government should come out with a policy which deals with the root causes of farmers taking the extreme step.
The petition has sought laying down of specific mechanisms to ensure transparency in the process of appointment of CBI director.
The television czarina celebrates her 43rd birthday.
The Delhi High court issued notices on a petition filed by weightlifter Pratima Kumari challenging the life ban imposed on her
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Lekhi, told the bench that the apology tendered by Gandhi should be rejected and action must be taken against him as per the law.
The top law officer said that even if some people of the community have come up, the stigma of caste and backwardness is still attached to them.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its verdicts on a batch of petitions seeking re-examination of its decision to allow entry of women of all age group in Kerala's Sabarimala Temple and a review of its judgment giving a clean chit to the Modi government in the Rafale fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault Aviation.
A division bench of Chief Justice B C Patel and S K Kaul dismissed Swamy's plea challenging grant of Indian citizenship to Gandhi in 1983 on the ground of inordinate delay.
The top court asked the Centre to file a compliance report within four weeks on payment of salaries and quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers and warned that non-compliance would be viewed seriously.
Taking serious view of demolition of a about 400-year-old temple, the Madras high court has directed the consultant Archaeologist/Conservationist K T Narasimhan to appear in person before the court.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its circular, had asked all employers to make payment of wages to their workers without any deduction for the period their establishments were under closure during the lockdown to contain COVID-19.
The Centre also justified the abrogation of Article 35A of the Constitution which "enabled the then State to make laws giving special rights and privileges to permanent residents, while imposing restrictions upon others".
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