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The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who was arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame high-ranking officials, including then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2002 riots cases in the state.

Mohapatra was ill for some days and battling old age related health issues.

The activities of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are commercial in nature and can be termed as a "shop" for the purposes of attracting the provisions of the Employees State Insurance Act, the Supreme Court has said.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka, and Vikram Nath said the matter was not listed for a long time, and "there are social ramifications, but we have to take a call".

A bench headed by Indira Banerjee told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Karnataka government, to maintain the status quo for a few days.

A team of consultants engaged by the committee visited Odisha for 15 days in June and conducted a detailed study to assess the implementation status of the road safety directions issued to the states.

Earlier this month, the Central government had issued a notification appointing Justice Lalit to the top post, following a recommendation made by former CJI Ramana, who demitted office on August 26.

The Supreme Court on Friday noted that freebies announced by political parties may push the state towards imminent bankruptcy, as it framed preliminary issues which require further deliberation before concrete orders are passed, and referred the pleas against freebies to a 3-judge bench.

The top court also live streamed hearing of cases and pronouncement of orders, for the first time, listed in the CJI's court.

The top court said the issues raised by parties require extensive hearing and looking at the complexity of issues and the prayer to overrule Subramaniam Balaji, "we refer the matters to a three-judge bench".

The Gujarat government released the convicts on Independence Day, which has created a huge political controversy.

The top court order came on a petition by NGO Lawyer's Voice, which was represented by senior advocate Maninder Singh.

The Pegasus panel in its report said that the Government of India didn't cooperate in the probe.

According to a notice, matters will be listed before courts concerned from Monday, for direction including filing of common compilation, filing of short written submissions, and tentative indication with regard to time by counsel for their arguments.

On August 5, MMRCL told the Supreme Court that no tree cutting has been carried out in Aarey forest in Mumbai, rather some weeds and branches were removed.