The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file a reply on the plea seeking the top court intervention for the non-appointment of a Deputy Speaker in Lok Sabha and several state assemblies and noted that the issue is very important.
The Supreme Coury on Monday expressed unhappiness with Chief Justices of High Courts who have started disbanding the infrastructure for virtual hearings and recommended not to disband the hybrid hearing option as it was not only meant for the pandemic time.
"The colonial masters didn't bestow the constitution as a matter of grace, instead it was homegrown. Be guided by Constitutional values, and you will not fail," CJI Chandrachud said.
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala said that amendments made to the Motor Vehicles Act in 2019 made it clear that aggregators cannot operate without a valid licence.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Kerala High Court order directing a girl in a same-sex relationship to attend counselling sessions till further orders.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on February 7, a plea against the appointment of advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the Madras High Court.
A section of the Madras High Court bar had sent a representation to the CJI urging the Collegium to recall the proposal of appointment of advocate Victoria Gowri as a judge.
A same-sex couple has moved to Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court order directing one of them to attend counselling sessions with a psychiatrist. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the plea on Monday.
On February 3, an apex court bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul gave a word of caution to the Centre saying that things would get "uncomfortable" if the government continues to delay judicial appointments and transfers.