Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Monday administered oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court.
A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka told the Attorney General R. Venkataramani, representing the Centre, "Don't make us take a stand which will be very uncomfortable...", and further added that if transfer of judges is kept pending then it is a serious issue.
Advocate M.L. Sharma mentioned the plea for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, and the top court agreed to hear it on February 6
The top court allowed Mehta to file submissions on reference to the larger bench in the Centre-Delhi dispute over control on 'services'.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, pointed at the protest held by AAP MLAs against alleged interference by the lieutenant governor's (L-G) office in its functioning.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the Union government to file its response on the issue by February 15 and the final hearing on the pleas would commence from March 21.
The bench, also comprising Justice C.T. Ravikumar, sought the AG's assistance on a petition filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay against religious conversions by force, allurement etc.
A five-judge constitution bench pronounced the judgment on a clutch of petitions challenging the Centre's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its judgment on Monday on a batch of pleas challenging the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.
As per the official advertisement, the engagements will be in Group ‘B’ (Non-Gazetted post) in the Registry of the Supreme Court of India and the number of vacancies may change subject to requirement.
The top court said that even if direct evidence of the complainant is not available, owing to death or other reasons, there can be conviction of the public servant under the relevant provisions.
On the other hand, 5 transgenders have also been arrested in this connection, informed Sambalpur SP B Gangadhar.
The Supreme Court collegium is headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.
SC further said that the Odisha Police should inform the Court if they can't handle the protest.
The top court said whatever was discussed in the collegium was not required to be put out in the public domain, that too under the RTI Act.
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