In its affidavit, the SEBI apprised the top court about the recommendations made by the expert committee, which said that violations of securities laws demanded prompt action to limit the negative impact on the securities market.
The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice of Telengana High Court and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court as the judge of the top court.
Various petitions are pending before the top court challenging the validity of the law scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union Territories.
Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on July 5 plea by Siva Shankar Reddy seeking suitable clarification of the top court's earlier order so that he can effectively pursue remedies before the jurisdictional High Court in a matter relating to the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case.
The Uttar Pradesh government filed a status report in the Supreme Court in connection with Atiq Ahmed's death case and apprised the top court that police reforms and modernisation measures are underway and handcuffing instructions issued to prevent the easy escape of hardened criminals.
On Thursday, the US Supreme Court struck down race-based admission programs at the University of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, reported The Washington Post.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan will "quickly" conclude the pleas against the prosecution of civilians in military courts, according to Pakistan's Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who declined to order a suspension of the proceedings on Thursday, Geo News reported.
Earlier, advocate Upadhyay sought an urgent hearing in this matter. However, the top court refused to hear the plea on an urgent basis, stating that the matter was not urgent and would be taken up in July, after the re-opening of court.
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.