Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, July 12:
* SC granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case filed by the ED in the alleged excise policy scam, but he will remain in jail as the CBI had arrested in a related matter.
* SC asked the Haryana government to clear barricades at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since February 13, and questioned its authority to block the highway.
* Observing that the case appeared to be motivated by "pure political vendetta", SC stayed a Karnataka High Court order restricting the broadcast of Kannada news channel Power TV.
* Expressing anguish over the continued cover-up by the authorities over LG V K Saxena's role in felling of trees in the hills area, SC directed the Delhi Development Authority to inform it if the tree felling order is carried out. approved on the basis of oral permission from LG or the The agency made the decision independently.
* SC agreed to consider listing a public interest litigation that called for a court-supervised probe into the electoral bond scheme.
* SC refused to entertain a PIL seeking an inquiry into the Hathras stampede that left 121 dead, and asked the petitioner to transfer the case to the Allahabad High Court.
* SC agreed to consider including a statement from the West Bengal government alleging that Governor C V Ananda Bose was withholding approval from him on as many as eight bills.
*SC said the establishment of 'Gram Nyayalayas' would help in providing quick and affordable justice to citizens at their doorsteps and also reduce the huge number of pending cases in trial courts.
* Courts should refrain from suspending bail orders mechanically and without giving any reason, SC said, stressing that relief should be denied to an accused only in rare and exceptional cases.
* SC extended by two weeks the interim bail earlier granted on medical grounds to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case.
* SC refused to consider a petition by the Delhi Medical Association seeking directions to protect doctors from violence, saying laws are already in place to deal with such cases.
* SC granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case filed by the ED in the alleged excise policy scam, but he will remain in jail as the CBI had arrested in a related matter.
* SC asked the Haryana government to clear barricades at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since February 13, and questioned its authority to block the highway.
* Observing that the case appeared to be motivated by "pure political vendetta", SC stayed a Karnataka High Court order restricting the broadcast of Kannada news channel Power TV.
* Expressing anguish over the continued cover-up by the authorities over LG V K Saxena's role in felling of trees in the hills area, SC directed the Delhi Development Authority to inform it if the tree felling order is carried out. approved on the basis of oral permission from LG or the The agency made the decision independently.
* SC agreed to consider listing a public interest litigation that called for a court-supervised probe into the electoral bond scheme.
* SC refused to entertain a PIL seeking an inquiry into the Hathras stampede that left 121 dead, and asked the petitioner to transfer the case to the Allahabad High Court.
* SC agreed to consider including a statement from the West Bengal government alleging that Governor C V Ananda Bose was withholding approval from him on as many as eight bills.
*SC said the establishment of 'Gram Nyayalayas' would help in providing quick and affordable justice to citizens at their doorsteps and also reduce the huge number of pending cases in trial courts.
* Courts should refrain from suspending bail orders mechanically and without giving any reason, SC said, stressing that relief should be denied to an accused only in rare and exceptional cases.
* SC extended by two weeks the interim bail earlier granted on medical grounds to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case.
* SC refused to consider a petition by the Delhi Medical Association seeking directions to protect doctors from violence, saying laws are already in place to deal with such cases.
