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Agreeing to examine the special leave petition filed by Maurya, the bench proceeded to issue notice to the state government and the complainant -- at whose instance an FIR was lodged against the SP leader.

Admitting a special leave petition (SLP) of petitioner Rajat Mishra, the top court also issued notices to other concerned parties in this regard.

The bench said there are certain legal issues which have arisen and questioned the "vague" application made before the high court for appointment of a court commissioner for the survey.

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission orders passed by the Gujarat government setting free 11 convicts in a case of gang-rape of Bano and murder of her family members committed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

“SEBI should take its investigation to its logical conclusion in accordance with law. The facts of this case do not warrant a transfer of investigation from SEBI,” held a bench presided over by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud.

The Supreme Court was able to dispose of 52,191 cases, from January 1 to December 15, 2023.

In unanimous verdict, Supreme Court on Monday said the 2019 order scrapping Article 370 was 'valid'. SC upheld the Centre’s decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 of Constitution, which had granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir.

Moitra, the MP from West Bengal’s Krishnanagar parliamentary constituency, was expelled from the Lower House of Parliament on December 8.

His remarks came after the Supreme Court’s Constitution bench on Monday upheld the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution while announcing its judgment on a series of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and the division of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories.

CJI Chandrachud is pronouncing the verdict on the batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 2019 Presidential Order taking away the special status accorded to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and its bifurcation into two Union Territories.

Senior advocates, including Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan, Zaffar Shah and Dushyant Dave, had argued on behalf of the petitioners.

A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, is hearing pleas, including the one filed by Upadhyay, alleging that the pre-election promise of freebies by political parties is a corrupt practice and amounts to a "bribe" under the Representation of the People Act.

A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Prashant Kumar Mishra has issued stern warning to Ramdev owned Patanjali Ayurveda against deceptive advertisement of its product.

Earlier this year, the most powerful legal body in the country had released a "statement on ethics principles and practices", but the nine-page "code of conduct" released on Monday provides significantly more detail, the BBC reported.