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The apex court also directed that cases against MPs and MLAs that are punishable by death should be prioritised over other cases. Then cases punishable with imprisonment for five years or more will be given priority.

Supreme Court issues directions to High Courts for speedy disposal of criminal cases against MPs, MLAs

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New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of criminal cases against Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly (MPs/MLAs) and asked High Courts to register a Suo Motu case for effective monitoring and speedy disposal of such cases. A bench of Chief

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People purchase firecrackers in a market ahead of the festival of Diwali in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Ban on firecrackers containing barium not limited to Delhi-NCR but binds every state: Supreme Court

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New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The order banning firecrackers containing barium binds every state and is not just limited to Delhi-NCR region, which is reeling under severe air pollution, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The clarification by the top court, which had in 2018 banned the bursting of conventional firecrackers to curb air and

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"We have given judgements in two-three cases where babus were found to be misbehaving with the elected representatives. This is happening typically in Maharashtra. These babus should be under the elected representatives. These bureaucrats cannot be allowed to frustrate the grass root democracy," the Supreme Court says. (Photo/ANI)

Supreme Court lists Nov 22 for hearing plea seeking implementation of Women Reservation Bill before 2024 polls

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New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court has listed a plea for hearing on November 22, 2023, seeking immediate implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill before the 2024 general elections. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti listed the matter for hearing on November 22. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh for the

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"Unless it is very very necessary, please don't file the adjournment slips...I don't want this court to be a tarikh-pe-tarikh' court," the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, who was sharing the bench with justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said.

Don’t want Supreme Court to become ‘tarikh-pe-tarikh’ court: CJI Chandrachud

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New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday urged lawyers not to seek adjournments in fresh matters, saying he does not want the Supreme Court to become a ‘tarikh-pe-tarikh’ court. At the outset of the day’s proceedings, the CJI flagged the issue of lawyers seeking adjournments in fresh matters

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