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Supreme Court sets up 5-judge bench to hear eight crucial cases: Aadhaar, Section 377 hearings today
Fp Staff •A Constitution Bench set up by Supreme Court will hold hearings on eight crucial cases, starting with legality of Aadhaar and the validity of Section 377.
Supreme Court updates: No more rebellion, says BCI chief 2 days after SC judges hold presser against CJI
Fp Staff •Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Sunday assured a Bar Council of India delegation that the crisis in the Supreme Court resulting from a virtual revolt against him by four colleagues will be sorted out soon, the council chief said.
Acted in interest of judiciary and justice, says senior SC judge Kurian Joseph, day after rebellion against CJI Dipak Misra
•Justice Kurian Joseph, one of the four dissenting senior Supreme Court judges, said on Saturday that they acted solely in the interest of judiciary and justice
SC judges' rebellion: Govt says it will not intervene in issue, asks judiciary to sort out matter at the earliest
•highly placed sources in the government said that since it was an internal matter of the judiciary, the government had no say in it
SC judges’ rebellion: Centre's interference in judiciary's functioning dangerous for democracy, says Mamata Banerjee
•West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee voiced "anguish" over the happenings in the Supreme Court on Friday where four top judges virtually revolted against the Chief Justice of India, saying the development made people sad as citizens.
Supreme Court judges' rebellion: This is not the first time fissures have appeared in the judiciary
Fp Staff •Four judges of the SC conducted a press briefing raising questions of propriety. However, this was not the first time that fissures have appeared in the judiciary.
Supreme Court asks states to give details of funds received, disbursed under Nirbhaya scheme
•The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all states and union territories (UTs) to come out with details of the money they have received from the Centre under the Nirbhaya fund scheme.
Portal for complaints on sexual abuse videos should be up by 10 January: SC to Centre
•SC has directed the Centre to have a web portal ready by 10 January next year to enable citizens to register complaints of child sexual abuse.
CBI informs Supreme Court that it has probed 33 coal scam cases during 2006-2009
•The CBI has informed the SC that it has investigated 33 coal scam cases covering allocations to 168 companies through meetings of the screening committee during 2006 to 2009.
SC says 23 million minor brides in India; one out of five weddings violate laws prohibiting child marriage
•Expressing dismay over an alarming figure of 23 million child brides in the country, the Supreme Court has said one out of every five marriages violated laws prohibiting child marriage.