The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India to respond to a plea seeking cross-verification by the voters of votes cast by them as "counted as recorded" in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud sought to know about the FIRs overlapping when it came to know that there were six FIRs and asked whether they are related to same incident or not.
The bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Sanjay Karol, asked respondents, including Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari, to file their response on Jharkhand Government plea.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra however, granted liberty to the State of Manipur to approach the High Court to apprise it of the the difficulties faced by it in implementing the Court’s order.
A bench of justices SK Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia asked the petitioner why the court should entertain the petition. The court also said that it does not find any merit in the petition.
The petition also challenged Section 8A of the Representation of People Act, 1950 as per which the Election Commission is exercising its power in conducting the delimitation process.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and Delhi’s Chief Minister to sit together and decide on the name of Chairperson of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) and they have to “rise above bickering”.
The top court modified its earlier condition imposed on Maudany while granting him bail in July 2014, whereby he was directed to remain in Bengaluru till the trial in the blasts case is over.
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh on Monday allowed him to stay in his hometown in Ker
The Supreme Court on Monday sought Uttar Pradesh Government's response on Mukhtar Ansari's son Umar Ansari plea seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case relating to property dispute case.
As the flour prices in Pakistan’s Karachi scaled a new peak of Rs 3200 per 20 kilogram — meaning 1 kg flour costing Rs 320 — the people in the region are perhaps purchasing the ‘most expensive’ flour in the world.