Important cases to be heard by Supreme Court on September 20 – ThePrint

Important cases heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, September 20: * The SC asked the Centre to provide information about the numbers and names reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary with reasons why they were not considered so far and at what level they were pending. * The SC took judicial notice of controversial and objectionable comments allegedly made by a judge of the Karnataka High Court against a woman lawyer during court proceedings. * The SC adjourned for two weeks a petition by the Karnataka government seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) leader and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case involving one of the victims who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her son. * The SC has slammed the CBI for making “outrageous allegations” against the courts in its petition seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-poll violence outside West Bengal. * The SC has adjourned former Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s petition challenging the election of Samajwadi Party’s Ram Bhual Nishad from Sultanpur Lok. * Supreme Court has directed the high-powered committee appointed by the Union government probing the death of three IAS aspirants at Delhi coaching centre in July due to flooding in the basement of the building to submit interim measures in four weeks to prevent such incidents * Supreme Court has stayed the National Green Tribunal order, which imposed over Rs 1,000 crore in environmental compensation on Punjab for failing to manage legacy waste and untreated sewage in the state * Supreme Court has questioned the last-minute changes made to the NEET-PG, 2024 pattern by the National Education Board, saying it was “highly unusual” and students could have a “meltdown” * Supreme Court upheld Delhi High Court order directing budget airline SpiceJet to ground three aircraft engines for defaulting on payments to lessors * Supreme Court’s YouTube channel was hacked on Friday and showed videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based Ripple Labs * The Supreme Court has directed Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy not to interfere in any manner with the functioning of the prosecution in the 2015 vote-for-cash case, in * The Supreme Court has sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the plea filed by former leader of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) E. Abubacker seeking his release in a case registered against him under the anti-terrorism law UAPA * Observing that the condition of witnesses in the judiciary is pathetic, the Supreme Court has expressed concern over the lack of effective implementation of the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 * In a relief to final-year students, the Supreme Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to allow them to appear for the All-India Bar Examination this year (AIBE), a qualifying test for enrolling law graduates as advocates * The Supreme Court has ordered a CBI probe into a case in which the petitioner had denied filing an appeal and claimed that he had never engaged any of the lawyers present in court to file a case on his behalf. PTI SJK SJK SZM

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