The bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan emphasised that civic bodies can decide how to implement the order and may form a dedicated force to execute it.
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Supreme Court to hear petition seeking Jammu and Kashmir statehood on August 8
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned the matter on Tuesday, August 5, before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran.
SC stays Bombay HC acquittal in 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, says verdict not precedent
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh issued notice to all the accused in the case and sought their response on the appeal filed by the state government.
CBI’s revelation in Kolkata hospital rape-murder report is disturbing, says Supreme Court chief justice
A three-judge bench led by the CJI said the CBI is not “sleeping over” the probe and the investigating agency has responded to the issues that the court has flagged.
Supreme Court orders CBI to report on probe into financial irregularities at RG Kar Hospital
Refusing to stop streaming live proceedings in the suo motu case related to the incident, the apex court said it was a matter of public interest and the public must know what is transpiring in the courtroom.
RG Kar rape-murder: SC says Kolkata case raises systematic issue regarding doctor safety across India
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which had taken cognisance of the incident, said that if women were not able to go to work and working conditions were not safe, then they were being denied equality.
Patanjali controversy: Bigger ad published after SC asks if Baba Ramdev’s apology is of “the same size” as product ads
The Patanjali co-founders have been under severe criticism for their Patanjali Ayurved product marketing: making “treatment” claims unsupported by medical evidence.
Supreme Court upholds Modi govt’s historic move to scrap Art. 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the central government’s historic 2019 move to scrap Article 370 withdrawing special status of Jammu and Kashmir and declared it “valid”, media reports said. A five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, hearing the on pleas challenging the revocation of the special status of Jammu and […]
Supreme Court releases handbook for judges for using gender-just language, avoid patriarchal stereotypes
The Supreme Court has released a handbook for judges to be used as a guide to gender-just language
Supreme Court of India to government: Set up system to deal with violence against women in Manipur
Taking note of the violence in Manipur, the Indian Supreme Court today called for evolving a broad mechanism to deal with violence against women in strife-torn Manipur and asked how many FIRs have been registered in such incidents in the state since May.
