The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to form a constitution bench to conduct proceedings on pleas relating to polygamy and nikah-halala, practised among Muslims.
The Supreme Court has directed all State Regulatory Commissions to frame Regulations under Section 181 of the Electricity Act on the terms and conditions for the determination of tariff within three months while it dismissed an appeal filed by Tata Power Company Limited-Transmission (TPC-T).
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph emphasised that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners should be "procedure-based and transparent".
Legal experts said that appointments to constitutional posts is a fundamental principle of good governance after the Centre appointed bureaucrats as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (EC).
Burning issues of the country must be discussed in the bar associations of Supreme Court, high courts and lower courts, said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, objected to the mixing up of the appointment of Goel with the larger issue of the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) already being heard by the court.
A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the judgement upholding the Centre's decision on EWS issues by the Madhya Pradesh Congress leader.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing a matter seeking direction to the Centre to immediately notify all recommendations for the appointment of judges that have been sent to it by the apex court Collegium.
The Supreme Court will have four special benches to conduct proceedings in issues relating to criminal matters, direct and indirect tax matters, land acquisition matters and motor accidents claims tribunal (MACT).