The victim's son has said that the judge trying the case is a relative of Jogi's close friend.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan refused to give an early hearing to the petition filed by a Pune-based Ganesh mandal, which pleaded that noise level up to 40 decibels be allowed.
The pix was allegedly shot by a hidden camera when she was lodged in a Bhopal jail.
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for possessing illegal arms in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was on Monday granted interim bail by the Supreme Court.
Senior advocate Fali S Nariman mentioned the matter before a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, which agreed to his plea for hearing Dutt's bail application on August 10
"If the court feels that the creamy layer be excluded and says so, the Centre will obey," Solicitor General G E Vahanvati said before a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said though the court does receive a large number of complaints, only a handful of them are worth paying attention. He was addressing a press conference at the end of a meeting of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear on July 31 the Centre's application seeking vacation of the stay on the implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in elite educational institutions.
The application was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, which decided to hear it on Tuesday.
A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice R V Raveendran sought a response from the state government after the former Bollywood actress claimed that she would not get a fair trial in Bhopal.
The bench also vacated the stay granted against the execution of both the convicts during the pendency of their appeals.
Among the petitions dismissed by the Supreme Court, one was by Delhi police.
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed annoyance over the delay in providing relief to Narmada dam oustees saying the issue had not moved an inch forward in the last one year. "Today, the position is that we have not moved an inch forward," a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said referring to its April 23, 2007 order in which it had asked the Madhya Pradesh Government to clarify the factual position on relief and rehabilitation which was objected to by NBA.
Attorney General Milon K Banerji stated that the issue was of public interest as overwhelming number of students lose an academic year if an early date was not fixed.
The RMM contented that a political party cannot be headed by a person who has assumed citizenship by registration.
The bench was fixing a date in July for hearing Manu's bail and appeal against his conviction and life sentence by the Delhi high court.
Supreme Court has put a halt to proceedings against RPL in the Gujarat high court, following a PIL filed against Reliance Power's upcoming IPO.
TVS was represented in court by K Parasaran, Mukul Rohtagi and Dushyant Dave, among others. C A Sundaram appeared for BAL.
It also questioned the motive behind filing the PIL and asked the petitioner to file the detailed of the land owner's who have been affected by the acquisition.
The Supreme Court Monday asked Aligarh Muslim University not to implement the decision to reserve 50 per cent quota for students belonging to minority community till the pendancy of the matter.
"It is better to have some guidelines whether these types of PILs can be entertained," a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said.
"We are not bound by the two-judge bench order," a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said, referring to the order of Justices A K Mathur and Markandey Katju, who had stated that the apex court, in several judgments in the past, had interfered by going into the domains of executive and legislature.
The two sides said they would try to sort out the matter amicably.
The court said it will hear all appeals filed by the convicts along with that of Dutt next Tuesday and apply the same parameter for granting bail. The court asked the CBI to provide in tabular form the offence and sentences awarded to different convicts.
Additional Solictor General Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the union government, said there cannot be blanket legislation for providing protection to witnesses.
An outcome of the petitions may have wider repercussions for many political leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh especially if the petitioners succeed.
The Supreme Court will hear on October 26 a petition alleging that Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has links with the underworld. An appeal filed by M Furquan, a Delhi-based journalist, has alleged that funds for Jet Airways was given by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. He has also sought a CBI inquiry into the matter.
Observing that the case did not fall under the category of the rarest of rare cases, the SC commuted the death sentence awarded to Mallah by the trial court to life imprisonment.
The bench, however, dismissed a PIL filed by an 81-year-old freedom fighter, Salemvelu Gandhi alias Velu, from Tamil Nadu who sought a complete ban on "caste disclosure" forms circulated by schools to students during admissions.
Nitish Katara, a son of a senior bureaucrat, was allegedly killed in 2002 as Vikas Yadav and his family were opposed to the alleged proximity between Katara and Bharti.
Actor Sanjay Dutt will have to wait for the Supreme Court to hear his bail plea. The apex court clarified on Thursday that it would not be hearing Dutt's plea on Friday.
Senior advocate K T S Tulsi contended that Salem was not extradited from Portugal under charges of conspiracy in the Jain murder and, therefore, he could not be framed on that count.
Bharti, sister of Vishal Yadav and Vikas Yadav, both accused in the Nitish Katara murder case, in her petition contended that she could not come to India at least for six months
Kohli, who has been in custody for over two years now, had moved the apex court on Wednesday, challenging the order of his extradition to the United Kingdom.
The case was filed against Lapierre by DGP Puri.
A Bench comprising Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice A R Lakshmanan partially allowed the appeal of Rahul alias Raosaheb, who has been convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old girl in 1999.
bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, however, said that Bedi shall not leave her native Hoshiarpur district.
A bench comprising Chief Justices K G Balakrishnan and justices R V Raveendran and L S Panta, however, sought replies from the Delhi and UP police on the plea of the accused.
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