Chief Justice shot a volley of questions
When the Chief Justice was hearing petitions submitted by the shiv sena and its rebel MLAs on constitutional issues of split, merger, defection, and disqualification last week, he fired a barrage of questions at senior attorney Harish Salve, who was defending maharashtra Chief minister Eknath Shinde. He was the chair of a three-judge panel that announced on august 4 that the court would decide on august 8 whether or not to send certain matters related to the maharashtra political crisis to a five-judge constitution bench.
The Shinde camp had requested that the election commission of india postpone making a decision on their plea to be recognised as the "genuine Shiv Sena" and to be given the right to use the party emblem. The subject will probably be heard soon. According to reports, the Pegasus panel, which was established by the court, has delivered its report about the suspected abuse of Pegasus spyware to spy on journalists, politicians, and activists. R.V. Raveendran, a former supreme court justice, is the chairman of the committee. The report's contents will not be disclosed. On the panel's report, the supreme court's ruling is awaited.
On august 3, the supreme court decided to form a bench to hear several appeals of the karnataka high court decision upholding the jurisdiction of educational institutions to prohibit the wearing of the hijab in state-run pre-university colleges. A lawyer urged the top court to set a date for the matter when it was mentioned for listing because petitions challenging the high court verdict had been submitted in March. An inquiry team led by retired supreme court Justice Indu Malhotra will look into prime minister Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab, the top court announced in january of this year.
The Shinde camp had requested that the election commission of india postpone making a decision on their plea to be recognised as the "genuine Shiv Sena" and to be given the right to use the party emblem. The subject will probably be heard soon. According to reports, the Pegasus panel, which was established by the court, has delivered its report about the suspected abuse of Pegasus spyware to spy on journalists, politicians, and activists. R.V. Raveendran, a former supreme court justice, is the chairman of the committee. The report's contents will not be disclosed. On the panel's report, the supreme court's ruling is awaited.
On august 3, the supreme court decided to form a bench to hear several appeals of the karnataka high court decision upholding the jurisdiction of educational institutions to prohibit the wearing of the hijab in state-run pre-university colleges. A lawyer urged the top court to set a date for the matter when it was mentioned for listing because petitions challenging the high court verdict had been submitted in March. An inquiry team led by retired supreme court Justice Indu Malhotra will look into prime minister Narendra Modi's security breach in Punjab, the top court announced in january of this year.