What happened in Supreme Court on Friday 12th December

New Delhi, Dec 12 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Friday:

1.38 PM

Don't bring down judiciary by filing such cases, SC said while expressing strong displeasure over a plea challenging its earlier decision granting exemption to minority schools from the provisions of Right to Education Act. 

2.09 PM

Observing that half-baked truth and ill-informed running commentary on sub-judice cases affects public perception, SC asserted that it is "completely immune" from reporting of cases for the sake of publicity or narrative building. 

2.36 PM

'So we should relocate everyone to the moon or where?' SC asked while dismissing a petition which said 75 per cent of India's population is in a high seismic zone and sought directions to the authorities to minimise damage from earthquakes. 

3.53 PM

SC stayed Kerala High Court order that said notifying the Munambam land as Waqf was a 'land-grabbing tactic of the Kerala Waqf Board' and ordered status quo over the property in dispute. 

4.14 PM

SC turned down Tamil Nadu government's plea to modify its order suspending a one-man inquiry commission and SIT to look into the Karur stampede which killed 41 people, saying 'we want everything to be fair and impartial'. 

6.13 PM

SC sought response from CBI on former R&AW official's plea seeking documents relied upon by the probe agency in a trial against him under Official Secrets Act. 

6.34 PM

SC sought responses from Centre and states on a PIL filed by a doctor seeking direction to declare cancer a "notifiable disease" to ensure early detection and proper patient care.

New Delhi, Dec 10 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Wednesday:

4.11 PM

The SC reserved its verdict on bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.

4.28 PM

The SC said the SIT constituted by it to probe higher payment of compensation to farmers for their land allegedly in "connivance" and "collusion" of officials from NOIDA must also investigate the chief executive officers and others at helm of the authority for the past 10-15 years.

6.08 PM

The SC granted liberty to the Odisha government to move an application before the high court's chief justice requesting to assign cases, where proceedings for recovery of dues from defaulting mining lessees are stayed, to a dedicated bench for final disposal.

6.18 PM

The SC directed the Haryana urban development body to restore the green area to its original state, where 40 fully-grown trees were uprooted to build an accessible road to a newly constructed BJP office in Karnal.

New Delhi, Dec 9 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Tuesday:

6.57 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked whether the Election Commission is barred from conducting an inquiry in case of a doubtful citizen and if an inquisitorial process falls outside its constitutional power.

4.07 PM

The SC expressed concern over BLOs and other officials engaged in SIR 2.0 being "threatened" in West Bengal and other states, and asked the Election Commission to deal with the situation or "it will cause anarchy".

6.37 PM

Activist Sharjeel Imam urged the Supreme Court to grant him bail in a February 2020 Delhi riots case, saying he had neither participated nor had any role in the violence and was incarcerated for almost six years as an undertrial. 

New Delhi, Dec 8 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Monday:

11.34 AM

The Supreme Court refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea seeking judicial intervention into cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo, saying the Centre has taken note of the situation and has taken steps to address it.

5.29 PM

The Supreme Court sought a response from Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on a plea challenging his election from the Varuna assembly constituency in the 2023 state elections.

1.28 PM

The Supreme Court granted interim bail to an alleged zonal commander of the banned Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), who is facing trial on charges of extortion and terror financing under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Arms Act.

1.44 PM

The Supreme Court asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its response within three days on a bail plea of journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case linked to an alleged financial fraud.

3.26 PM

The Supreme Court issued notice to the Rajasthan government seeking its response on a petition challenging the validity of the state's 2025 law against illegal religious conversions.

4.11 PM

Relaxing stringent bail conditions, the Supreme Court said that unless summoned, former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji is not needed to appear before an ED officer twice per week in Chennai in the money laundering case related to the alleged cash-for-job scam in the state.

4.50 PM

The Centre opposed in the Supreme Court the request made by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk to appear through video conferencing from Jodhpur jail in the case related to his detention under the National Security Act.

5.10 PM

The Supreme Court granted bail to a former professor at an Assam college, arrested for making an anti-India post on social media but advised that the relief granted to him should not lead to his reinstatement.

6.17 PM

The Supreme Court directed that 30 per cent seats in state Bar councils, where the election process has not been set in motion, be kept for women advocates.

New Delhi, Dec 5 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Friday:

12.11PM

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to prohibit the sale, circulation, and display of Arundhati Roy’s book, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me', as its cover depicted her smoking a 'bidi' or a cigarette, which is in contravention of the law.

12.51PM

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to curb the “unregulated” use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the judicial system.

1.02PM

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Swamy Shraddananda, who is undergoing imprisonment for killing his wife, seeking a review of the verdict which directed that he should remain in prison for life.

1.14PM

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will intervene to resolve the ongoing deadlock over the selection of vice chancellors for two technical universities in Kerala if Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor-cum-chancellor Rajendra Arlekar do not reach a consensus.

3.27PM

The Supreme Court on Friday said that money belonging to a temple deity cannot be used to prop up financially distressed cooperative banks.

4.45PM

Taking serious exception to a man being jailed for two years without commencement of trial for allegedly possessing counterfeit currency notes, the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to him saying he cannot be jailed for an indefinite period.

4.13PM

Observing that public money should not go waste, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Allahabad High Court's direction ordering demolition of a Panchayat Bhawan at a village in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh.

6.04PM

The Supreme Court voiced its concern on Friday over the rising number of cases of homebuyers in Delhi-NCR and re-development projects in Mumbai, saying it is affecting the reputation of real-estate developers.

New Delhi, Dec 4 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Thursday:

3.20PM

Taking note of a plea alleging extreme work pressure faced by the booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in the time-bound special revision of the electoral rolls, the Supreme Court directed the states on Thursday to consider deputing additional employees for reducing their working hours.

4.10PM

Terming tardy trials in acid attack cases as a "mockery of the system", the Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the High Courts to submit details of such pending cases across the country within four weeks.

1.24PM

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim protection for a week to two petitioners facing demolition of properties in Uttar Pradesh, and directed that status quo be maintained by the parties till then.

11.49AM

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till April 22 next year its interim order staying proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a case related to his alleged derogatory remarks against the Indian Army during his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra. PTI MNL

5.32PM

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to ensure 30 per cent reservation for women in the upcoming state bar council elections.

6.21PM

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that leasing out of residential premises to an entity which is using it as a hostel for students and working professionals is exempted from GST.

New Delhi, Dec 3 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Tuesday:

12.44 PM

New Delhi, Dec 3 The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed on "humanitarian grounds" the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India, months after they were pushed into Bangladesh.

6.41 PM

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a petition of ISKCON India seeking review of its May 16 verdict which held that the iconic Hare Krishna temple in Bengaluru belongs to ISKCON Society of the city.

7.01 PM

The Supreme Court directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday to incorporate in the notification for examinations a provision allowing eligible candidates to request a change of scribe till at least seven days prior to the test.

3.55 PM

Observing that a time schedule is required to be fixed for arguments, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the lawyers appearing for the accused in the February 2020 Delhi riots to restrict their oral arguments to 15 minutes.

11.43 AM

The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave bail to Congress leader and former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme.

4.35 PM

The Supreme Court on Wednesday saw moments of high drama as a woman lawyer was escorted out of the Chief Justice of India's courtroom after she disrupted proceedings by persistently raising an unlisted case despite directions to stop by the bench.

New Delhi, Dec 2 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Tuesday:

3.36 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to consider extending the deadline of December 11 by one more week for submitting enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala.

3.15 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sharply questioned the legal status of Rohingyas living in India and asked whether "intruders" should be given a "red carpet welcome" while the country's own citizens grapple with poverty.

6.01 PM

Seeking bail in the February 2020 Delhi riots case, activist Sharjeel Imam on Tuesday expressed anguish before the Supreme Court over being "labelled" a "dangerous intellectual terrorist" without a full-fledged trial or a single conviction.

1.04 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed trial proceedings against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa in a sexual harassment case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

2.13 PM

The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Supreme Court to lift its October 13 order directing a CBI probe into the Karur stampede in which 41 people were killed and permit an investigation by the SIT constituted by the Madras High Court.

7.23 PM

The Tamil Nadu government has told the Supreme Court that the Karur stampede in which 41 people were killed is attributable to a series of "reckless and uncoordinated actions" by the organisers and workers of the TVK party.

7.07 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said police must be careful in filing chargesheet and criminal courts in framing charges in cases of pending civil disputes between parties.

6.06 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took strong exception to the sacking of a husband-wife sanitation worker duo by a contractual employer with the Varanasi municipal body as they brought child trafficking issues before the court and directed their reinstatement within an hour.

7.02 PM

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the under utilisation of open correctional institutions in the country is a "very serious issue" as the states are facing the difficulty of overcrowding in jails.

New Delhi, Dec 1 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Monday:

6.49 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBI to carry out a unified pan-India probe into digital arrest scam cases and asked the RBI as to why it was not using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to find out and freeze bank accounts used by cyber criminals.

5.54pm

The Supreme Court on Monday said the air pollution issue in the Delhi-NCR cannot be treated as a "customary" case to be listed only during the winter months, noting that it will be taken twice in a month to find out a short and long-term solutions to the menace.

6.57pm

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to consider allowing a pregnant woman and her child, who were pushed into Bangladesh earlier this year, to enter India on "humanitarian ground" while keeping her under "surveillance".

7.02PM

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea which said the authorities have effectively extinguished the concessional Goods and Services Tax benefits on the purchase of cars by persons with disabilities.

6.54pm

Industrialist Anil Ambani has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Bombay High Court which upheld the State Bank of India's (SBI) decision classifying his and Reliance Communications' accounts as fraud.

6.51pm

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a man who was accused of cheating a businessman of Rs 3.9 crore by impersonating the nephew of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

4.38pm

The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led panel is likely to meet on December 10 to select and recommend names for the post of Chief Information Commissioner and information commissioners of the Central Information Commission (CIC).

1.24pm

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend time for the mandatory registration of all waqf properties, including 'waqf by user', under the UMEED portal.

3.03pm

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking directions to assess and fill critical infrastructure and manpower gaps in fire services, road emergency response and disaster preparedness.

New Delhi, Nov 28 Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Friday:

12.07 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Rajasthan government on a plea challenging the validity of the provisions of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025.

12.32 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Law Commission to consider a plea as a representation of a Buddhist group that certain sets of personal Hindu laws, which are applicable to Buddhists also, are against their fundamental rights, including freedom to practice religion.

1.56 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea alleging that female sanitation workers at the Maharashi Dayanand University in Haryana were asked to prove through pictures of their private parts that they were menstruating.

4.08 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed anticipatory bail pleas filed by a former Andhra Pradesh MLA and his brother in a double murder case, and said it was "amazed" by the reach of the accused, who filed statements of some persons recorded by the investigating officer.

4.29 PM

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday said that ensuring justice for poor litigants is his top priority and he can sit till midnight in the court for them.

6.24 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the National Medical Commission (NMC) and others on a plea concerning the non-payment of stipend to foreign medical graduates undergoing internship in Gujarat.

6.29 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea of Byju Raveendran, the promoter of Think and Learn Private Limited that operates ed-Tech firm Byju, challenging an NCLAT order which has mandated that the settlement of the BCCI's claim be placed before the Committee of Creditors.

7.04 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on December 1 various pleas, including the one filed by All India Muslim Personal Law Board, seeking extension of time for the mandatory registration of all waqf properties, including 'waqf by user', under the UMEED portal.

7.12 PM

Taking serious exception to Kerala Governor and chancellor Rajendra Arlekar "not looking" at the Sudhanshu Dhulia committee report on appointment of vice chancellors of two universities, the Supreme Court on Friday said it is not just an ordinary piece of paper and he is bound to take a call on it.

7.20 PM

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court held on Friday that a cheque-bounce case can only be filed in a court within the jurisdiction of which the complainant's bank is located.