Important cases heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, July 18: * SC said prison rules were applicable individually to states, which ought to frame common rules on the release of terminally ill prisoners.
* SC directed the National Human Right Commission to be made a party to the PIL for the implementation of a 2017 law on safeguarding the rights and needs of persons with mental illnesses.
* Centre informed SC that efforts were on and the government was trying everything possible to ensure Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, on death row for murder in Yemen, came out safely.
* SC refused to stay the trial court proceedings against former Bihar chief minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in the CBI’s land-for-jobs case.
* SC rejected a PIL challenging the appointment of Bihar Public Service Commission chairperson Parmar Ravi Manubhai after observing that an FIR against him was closed.
* SC asked the Bar Council of India about the presence of a scheme to waive off fee of poor LLB graduates who write the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) to enrol as lawyers.
* Delhi Police informed SC that the Russian mother, pitted in a bitter custody battle of her child with her estranged Indian husband, has not left the country, at least through legal means.
* SC transferred from high courts to itself, four PILs seeking a ban on opinion trading platforms for allegedly promoting illegal betting and gambling activities.
* SC pulled up the Centre and Maharashtra government for not creating courts for cases under special statutes concerned that courts will be forced to grant bail to accused.
* SC rebuked unauthorised constructions in Chandi Chowk area despite a court-ordered ban and asked Delhi Police to arrest those “putting even a brick”. PTI PKS NB NB
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