The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain pleas seeking time-bound probe, including by an apex court-appointed commission, into the tractor rally violence in the national capital on the Republic Day saying the government is already inquiring the matter and the Prime Minister has stated that law will take its own course.
Several petitions, including those by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019.
Two pleas were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the tractor rally violence on Republic Day, with one seeking the setting up of a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, to inquire into the incident, while the other urged it to direct the media not to declare farmers as "terrorist" without any evidence.
The plea also sought a directive for the constitution of a committee of experts who would find the details of bad debt cases in the country.
A special bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer, will hear the petitions.
The PIL , filed by advocate M L Sharma, sought action against Ranbaxy for allegedly supplying substandard and adulterated drugs
In its order, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, gave some more leeway to the government which has been arguing that pricing details are so sensitive that they have not even been shared with Parliament.
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking that the Leader of Opposition status in Lok Sabha be granted to Congress party, saying it cannot decide political issues filed under the garb of Public Interest Litigation.
NSA cannot be allowed to be misused, the top court said but added that there cannot be a general command as public properties are being burnt during the protests and it may be organised.
The petitions alleged that these laws would dismantle the Agricultural Produce Market Committee system intended to ensure fair prices for farm products
In his PIL, Sharma alleged discrepancies in the fighter jet deal with France and sought stay on it.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, hearing a petition filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda seeking stern legal action against those disturbing peace and harmony in the country in the name of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said, "The country is going through a critical time, the endeavour must be to bring peace and such petitions do not help."
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation to lodge an FIR into the alleged conspiracy to "fix" Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
Bharatiya Janata Party legislators on Monday protested in front of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's office at the secretariat demanding the resignation of Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti.
The SC issued notice to the Centre on the batch of pleas seeking stay on the operation of the law.
AASU, Cong MP Jairam Ramesh, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, and several NGOs have filed petitions against the act that was assented to by the President yesterday.
The bench noted that "conflicting versions about the incident demands an inquiry to uncover the true facts".
They sought directions declaring presidential orders of August 5 as 'unconstitutional, void and inoperative'.
Information Commissioner M L Sharma has resigned from the Central Information Commission after a nearly five-year-long stint. Sharma was part of several landmark decisions including the bringing of political parties under the RTI Act.
A bench comprising justices T S Thakur and Vikramajit Sen declined to hear the plea and asked the petitioner to approach the high court for redressal of his grievances.
The Bench did not agree with the submission that in the past, Centre had postponed presentation of Budget due to assembly polls.
The case was earlier heard by a different vacation bench which had on June 10 asked Sharma to substantiate his 'unfounded allegations' that the Indian pharma major was allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated medicines.
The financial fraud, one of the biggest in the state as per records, was being investigated by the different departments of Himachal Pradesh for the past over four years.
While reserving the verdict, the apex court had said that the pricing details of Rafale jets could only be discussed after it decides on whether to make it public.
Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has termed "unwarranted" the alleged anti-women remarks of certain lawyers, including a defence counsel of the December 16 gangrape convict.
Meanwhile, the apex court said tthat it will wait for sometime before passing any direction on the plea seeking removal of restrictions on the media in Jammu and Kashmir.
The affidavit, filed by B C Joshi, Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said the CAA does not confer any arbitrary and unguided powers on the executive as the citizenship to the persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh would be granted in a manner as specified under the law governing grant of citizenship.
The plea filed by NGO Association for Protection of Civil Rights and others also sought a direction to the Centre to refrain from preparing the National Register of Citizens.
A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said, the apex court had granted six months' time to wind up their operations and the companies cannot be restrained from excavating coal during this period.
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 execution of death warrants of these convicts have been deferred thrice so far due to delays by them in exhausting their legal remedies.
SC judges suspected a lack of objective criteria in the selection.
Two of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape case on Monday claimed before the Delhi High Court that police had registered the FIR on the basis of a "false" story narrated by the girl's male friend against them about the incident exactly a year ago.
The court said that it has perused the entire petition and does not wish to agree with it.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into licences granted to several real estate developers, including the one with which Robert Vadra is associated, for developing colonies in Haryana.
The plea sought a direction to close criminal proceedings and action taken in FIRs lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the Gujarat Police personnel and others, saying it was unconstitutional within the judicial facts and evidences of Headley.
The court also castigated the lawyer, who had moved the PIL, for calling Hurriyat Conference leaders "separatists" saying it was a matter of perception.
The apex court-appointed panel is investigating alleged scuttling of probe into coal block allocation scam cases by Sinha whose meetings with accused persons have been held as "completely inappropriate".
The bench will be headed by Justice N V Ramana and also comprise Justices S K Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.
Two former union ministers have sought registration of an FIR into the fighter jet deal between India and France alleging "criminal misconduct" by high public functionaries.
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