Justice Yashwant Varma was hearing a plea moved by a couple comprising a Hindu woman who is a Canadian citizen and a Christian man who is an American citizen who intend to marry.
The court will consider their plea on Wednesday. The VCs are demanding the cancellation of the show cause notice, in the plea. None of the VCs has responded to the show-cause notice of the Chancellor (Governor) so far. The deadline to reply to the notice is 5 pm on November 3rd.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre, States and Union Territories to set up expert committees to suggest steps for improving India's "pathetic" ranking on the global Corruption Perception Index.
Justice Chandrachud will take oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9 as current CJI UU Lalit will demit his office on November 8 after having a brief tenure of 74 days as the head of India's judiciary.
A Delhi Court on Tuesday called for an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the DCP on a plea moved by a man seeking a direction for the registration of an FIR against police personnel including an SHO.
Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the complainant on the plea filed by Sukhbir Singh Badal challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order in a case of forgery and cheating filed against the leader.
Justice Yashwant Varma dismissed the pleas noting that after its disinvestment, Air India Limited (AIL) is no longer a government company, and writ petitions against it, would no longer be maintainable.
A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi pointed out that the 10th Schedule to the Constitution recognizes political parties and legislature parties.
The division bench comprising justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal issued a notice to Delhi police. Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad accepted the notice for Delhi Police.