Electoral bonds: SC to hear pleas on April 2
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on April 2 the petitions which have challenged the issuance of electoral bonds by the Government. The matter came up for hearing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.
Move mediation to ‘neutral place’: Nirmohi
New Delhi: Nirmohi Akhara, one of the original litigants in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, has requested the Supreme Court to consider moving the mediation panel proceedings from Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh to New Delhi or some other “neutral place” due to the sensitive nature of the issue.
Bar body’s order: SC to hear plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea challenging the notification of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bar Council suspending the licence of 5,970 advocates for non-payment of their dues towards the Advocates’ Welfare Fund.
BJP worker’s death in WB: SC seeks reports
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal Government to furnish the report of medical board constituted by it to ascertain the cause of the death of a BJP worker Dulal Kumar last year. The body of 32-year-old Kumar was found hanging from an electric pole in Purulia district’s Balarampur of West Bengal on June 2 last year after the Panchayat election in the State.