A vacation bench of justices Surya Kant and MM Sundresh also remarked that the High Court should have at least this much discretion and remarked that people are languishing in jails.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea to prevent 'Mahapanchayat' proposed to be held in Purola Town of Uttarakhand on June 15 amid rising communal tensions in the state.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's stand on the Delhi government's petition appealing a High Court order staying a notice to bike-taxi aggregator Rapido and Uber and allowing it to operate till the final policy has been notified.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined the urgent listing of a plea against the suspension of internet services in the violence-hit state of Manipur since May 3, saying High Court is seized of the matter.
An appeal was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday two days after the Delhi High Court dismissed a plea challenging RBI's decision permitting citizens to exchange Rs 2000 banknotes, which are being pulled out of circulation, without any requisition slip and ID proof.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the eligibility criterion of a 75 per cent score in Class 12 (or equivalent) board examination for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
The plea filed by Madurai resident KK Ramesh has sought the top court's direction to the Tamil Nadu government and the Ministry of Environment to withdraw the decision as it could damage the ecosystem.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on the plea of the Delhi government challenging the nomination of 10 'aldermen' by the Lieutenant Governor to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, a plea against shifting of J&K prisoners to jails in other states apart from union territory prisons.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed for August 3, 203, Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali's plea challenging charges framed by the trial court against him in a terror financing case being investigated by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the plea by the victim's family members challenging the Rajasthan High Court order which acquitted four accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blast case.