A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said that Hemant Soren's plea over delay in pronouncing an order on the former Jharkhand CM's plea challenging arrest has become infructuous.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) thanked the Supreme Court for "upholding democracy" after the top court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case.
Aam Admi Party National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal received a big relief from the Supreme Court, which on Friday granted him interim bail till June 1 in the excise policy case.
A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said that Hemant Soren's plea over delay in pronouncing order on the former Jharkhand CM plea challenging arrest has become infructuous.
The Supreme Court will pass an order today on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail in the money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
The legal team of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, has raised a strong objection to the affidavit filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposing interim bail in the Supreme Court.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing the grant of interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said a politician cannot claim a higher status than an ordinary citizen and was not entitled to differential treatment.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered no more felling of trees in the South/Central forest ridge and sought the presence of Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authorities (DDA), the Director General of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for allegedly defying apex court's order.
During the hearing, West Bengal told the bench that such a situation where the CBI is investigating the cases without State's consent would be in derogation of the federal nature of Centre-State relationship under the Indian constitution.
The Supreme Court (SC) expressed concern on Wednesday about the fire in forest of Uttarakhand and said that cloud seeding, depending on rain, was not the answer to stop the fire.