The top court said former Supreme Court judge A K Patnaik will oversee the CVC inquiry.
The bench directed that the mediation will be held at Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh and the process should start within a week from Friday.
BJP leader Vinay Katiyar alleged that the issue was being delayed 'under pressure' from the Congress, which denied the charge.
'Mr. Modi has now become 1st PM to have his illegal orders set aside by the SC'
The Delhi high court on Friday declined any interim relief to unaided recognised private schools which have sought quashing of the notification on nursery admission guidelines.
The apex court also put embargo on filing of any fresh writ petition challenging constitutional validity on abrogation of Article 370.
'The Supreme Court should not have come out with this kind of order and in my opinion, the court should correct it.'
The apex court said that he won't be allowed to take any major policy decision till the high-powered committee considers the issue of "divestment of power and authority".
The court held that the states were not required to 'collect quantifiable data' reflecting the backwardness among these communities.
The 5-judge bench, was referring to four senior most judges of apex court -- Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph -- who had held January 12 press conference against CJI Dipak Misra raising litany of questions on allocation of cases.
A nine-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, heard marathon arguments for six days over a period of three weeks and reserved its verdict on the issue whether right to privacy can be held as a fundamental right under the Constitution.
The apex court said it was duty-bound by the seven-judge bench's order in the case and 'cannot override it'.
The apex court said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal.
The AG said the country needs the Rafale jet to defend itself 'from F-16 fighter planes that recently bombed us'.
The state government held talks with the protesting youth to sort out the matter.
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
It is significant that the matter has not been listed before the judges who are number two to five in the seniority.
During the hearing, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar also offered to serve as a mediator, if negotiations broke down.
The attorney general admitted that there is no sovereign guarantee, but asserted that there is a letter of comfort by France which would be as good as a governmental guarantee.
Centre has examined other alternatives to pellet guns like skunk water, laser dazzler and chilli-filled pava shells which are found to be "not so successful" like the controversial pellet guns.
Quattrocchi lived in India for several years as the representative of an Italian firm, Snam Progetti, in the 1980s. He was close to the Gandhi family and in 1999 was named one of the accused in the case regarding the Rs 64-crore pay-off for the supply of 155 mm Howitzer guns made by Bofors, for which a controversial deal was signed in 1986 when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister.
Protester Sasi Perumal's death has given a new fillip to the pro-prohibition movement, which was beginning to draw attention across Tamil Nadu after different political parties began to make it a part of their poll manifesto for next year, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The verdict could impact a range of life choices of Indians, including food habits and sexual orientation.
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