Tag: Supreme Court

The apex court has directed that Sisodia's trial be completed within six to eight months.

It passed detailed guidelines on a public interest litigation, filed by Dr. Balram Singh, the petitioner-in-person, which had sought directions for implementation of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993

A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar said those who suffer permanent disabilities while cleaning sewers will be paid Rs 20 lakh as minimum compensation.

Here is a list of some of the important cases which were heard in the Supreme Court on Thursday.

The bench of Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar heard the petition filed by aggrieved passengers against a division bench judgment of the Kerala High Court which had dismissed their compensation claims.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti finished hearing the arguments by Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Sisodia and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

“There are four separate judgements in the matter,” the CJI said and started reading out operative portion of his verdict.

The five-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, which was hearing the batch of petitions by members of the LGBTQIA+ community seeking right

The top court directed the Centre to take care of the cost of all medical procedures. It further added that the woman would have the ultimate say on whether she wanted to keep the child upon being born or give it up for adoption.

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to refer the challenge to the controversial Electoral Bonds Scheme to a five-judge constitution bench which will hear the case on October 31.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking immediate implementation of the Women Reservation Bill before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan reserved the judgment after hearing both the sides on the question of validity of the remission orders setting free convicts in the case of the gang-rape of Bano and murder of her family members committed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

The bench was hearing a special leave petition filed by a village-level officer against his conviction under Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly accepting a bribe from the son of a deceased for issuing his father’s death certificate.

The three candidates had approached the top court after the UPSC treated them as general category candidates instead of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the Civil Service Examinations(CSE) 2022.  

"List on October 11, 2023 at 2 p.m.," ordered a bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan after noting that it has received written submissions filed by petitioners, including Bilkis Bano.