The court asked them to surrender once they get a copy of the judgment of the special court, which convicted them.
Concerned over the growing number of frivolous public interest litigations flooding the courts, the Supreme Court has said imposters and busybodies masquerading as "crusaders of justice" should be dealt with in a ruthless manner.
A Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Lokeshwar Singh Panta directed the states and Union territories to file there responses within eight weeks.
The Supreme Court today lifted the stay on trial of 2002 Gujarat riots cases and directed the setting up of fast track courts for holding it on a day-to-day basis. The apex court ordered the setting up of designated courts for riot cases in Ahmedabad, Anand, Sabarkanta, Mehsana and Gulbarga districts.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed till further orders the trial in Professor H S Sabharwal murder case.
A rape convict who shares his name with former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru left the Supreme Court frowning on Wednesday. The apex court observed that such culprits had no right to share names with exalted national leaders.
The DSP is alleged to be involved in the sex scandal.
A vacation bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice L S Panta said if the strike is called off, the government should appropriately consider the feelings of students and not take any punitive action.
The court also issued notices to all the states and Union territories, directing them to file their responses within three weeks.
A Bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P P Naolekar while reserving its verdict said it would pass a "reasoned order", after the petitioner Ashok Pandey, who is an advocate, pleaded that the matter be referred to a larger bench.
A Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and D K Jain said that Raj Thackeray can approach the concerned high court for appropriate remedy following which his counsel preferred to withdraw the petition.
The bench has fixed May 28 for hearing of the writ petition filed by Dandi Swami Vidyananda Bharti and others.
A bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta, however, permitted the intervention applications by the states as well as the recognised political parties and directed that they shall be heard on the issue.
Solicitor General G Vahanvati pleaded that the two-judge bench cannot adjudicate the matter as it involved substantive question of Constitutional law.
This was the massacre in which 15 farmers fighting against acquisition of their lands were allegedly killed by police.
Holding that trainees are not employees, the Supreme Court has ruled that they are not entitled to provident fund.\n\n
The Supreme Court asked on Thursday market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India and some stock brokers to file written submissions in a case relating to modification of penalty imposed on intermediaries.
A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and J M Panchal refused to interfere with the Madras High Court judgment upholding the validity of the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act of 2006. The bench dismissed a bunch of petitions from the Kanyakumari District Malayala Samajam and others challenging the law. It said it couldn't interfere with the policy decision of the state and cited similar laws in Karnataka and Maharashtra, making Kanada and Marathi as a compulsory subject.
'Physical violence is not absolutely essential to constitute cruelty and a consistent course of conduct inflicting immeasurable mental agony and torture may well constitute cruelty within the meaning of Section 10 of the Act'.
The trial has to end before May, the Supreme Court said.
The court also wanted to know from the government as to what safety measures it proposed to take for protecting the workers who have to discharge the function of ship breaking.
A bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat refused to give relief to Deccan Aviation, which had sought stay on a Delhi high court order. The high court had asked it to pay litigation expenses of Rs 50,000 to a passenger in addition to about Rs 33,000 by way of difference in fares and compensation, as ruled by consumer courts earlier.
A Bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia, while setting aside the high court order, directed Reliance Energy to submit its financial bid for the project within three months.
The MLAs accused the UPA government of subverting democratic norms at the behest of Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Taking a grim view of the increasing rape cases in the country, the Supreme Court has ruled that testimony of the victim, if convincing, is sufficient to convict an accused even if there is no medical evidence to support the charge.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed K G Menon, a senior advocate from Mumbai, to assist the Special Investigation Team (SIT) earlier constituted by it for a fresh probe or further investigations into 14 post Godhra riot cases.
The Supreme Court kept his bail petition for hearing on January 16.
At the same time, the bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P P Naolekar said that the interim order of Lucknow Bench of Allahabad high court staying the RBI action against SIFCL will not be in operation. SIFCL will now appeal to RBI on June 12 for a personal hearing.
The Supreme Court passes judgment, even as five states have banned the film.
A report will be submitted to the honourable court taking every aspect of the violent incidents that rocked the state for six days.
The significant observation was made by a vacation bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and D K Jain.
The Dera Sacha Sauda on Friday moved a petition before the Supreme Court seeking protection for all the Deras across the country against an alleged ultimatum given by the Akal Takht to vacate them by May 27 and stop their activities.
The bench had made it clear that it was not averse to referring the matter to a Constitution bench.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to vacate the stay on implementation of 27 per cent Other Backward Classes quota in Central educational institutions.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul to personally appear before it on Wednesday for failing to provide adequate police protection for the sealing drive in the capital.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the trial of Professor H S Sabharwal murder case from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to Nagpur in Maharashtra. A Bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat also directed that the public prosecutor be changed in the case.
The Supreme Court had previously stayed sealing.
Meanwhile, the Court said its earlier order restraining the ship from entering India's Exclusive Economic Zone continues.
Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and some states for the enforcement of emission norms for vehicles.
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