A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement rejecting the plea for 100 per cent verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) votes with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.
Weighing in on the Supreme Court granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with alleged money laundering linked to the now-withdrawn excise policy, apex court advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai on Saturday said the verdict "would set a dangerous precedent".
Speaking to reporters outside Adiala Jail on Thursday, PTI Secretary General Raoof Hasan spoke about Imran Khan's instructions to his legal team to file three writ petitions in the apex court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered no more felling of trees in the South/Central forest ridge and sought the presence of Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authorities (DDA), the Director General of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for allegedly defying apex court's order.
Pakistan's apex court justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail on Tuesday said that the government was not doing anything regarding the alleged interference in judicial matters, Geo News reported.
Nepal Supreme Court has issued a mandamus to the government of Nepal, instructing to impose a limit on the number of climbing permits for peaks in Nepal, which includes Mount Everest.
In its latest order on the EVM-VVPAT row, the apex court had ordered that the machines should be sealed and secured in a container and stored in a strongroom along with the EVMs at least for 45 days post-declaration of results.
The bench said it would hear the matter on Thursday and told both sides to conclude arguments before the apex court goes on summer vacation on May 20 so that it can write the judgement during vacation.
Taking a jibe at the Congress party over Supreme Court's judgement on EVM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the apex court has given a 'tight slap' after which the party doesn't even have 'excuses' to make after losing elections.
As the Supreme Court rejected the plea for 100 per cent EVM-VVPAT verification, Delhi Minister and Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj expressed dissatisfaction saying that when the issue went to the apex court, Election Commission, and BJP opposed it.
ED told the apex court that Arvind Kejriwal was avoiding interrogation by not remaining present before the investigating officer despite being summoned nine times."