The Pakistan federal government has urged the country's Supreme Court to take notice of the ongoing crisis in Punjab. The Pakistan Muslim League (N)-led government has said that the Lahore High Court's decision is not as per legal parameters, Geo News reported.
To make the Supreme Court premises disabled friendly, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has constituted a committee headed by Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat to conduct an audit of physical and functional access to the top court.
A lawyer sought an urgent listing of a review petition challenging the top court's order which acquitted three men who were awarded the death penalty by a Delhi Court in connection with allegedly raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in Delhi's Chhawala area in 2012.
DMK has moved review petition in the Supreme Court against the top court judgement upholding Centre's decision on EWS issues and sought an open-court hearing of the petition seeking review of top court's earlier order.
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea seeking copies of the agenda, minutes- decisions, and resolution- of a meeting of the Collegium. "Supreme Court is the most transparent institution," the top court reiterated.
The top court had earlier said that the petitions challenging the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, needed to be decided by a larger bench since they involved substantial questions relating to the interpretation of the Constitution.
The top court has expressed unhappiness and sought an explanation from the Centre regarding the delay of the appointment of judges in the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
"The government is looking into the issue and some changes may happen in the upcoming winter session of Parliament," Attorney General R Venkataramani told the top court.