Important cases heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, September 20: * SC asked Centre to provide information about numbers and names reiterated by the apex court collegium for appointment as judges in higher judiciary with reasons why they were not considered so far and at what level they were pending * SC took suo motu cognisance of alleged controversial and objectionable comments made by a Karnataka High Court judge against a woman lawyer during court proceedings * SC adjourned for two weeks a Karnataka government plea seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) leader and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in kidnapping case involving one of the victims allegedly sexually assaulted by her son * SC rapped CBI for making “scandalous allegations” against courts in its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to 2021 post-poll violence cases outside West Bengal * SC adjourned former Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s plea challenging Samajwadi Party’s Ram Bhual Nishad’s election from Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat till September 30 * SC directed Union government-appointed high-level committee probing death of three IAS aspirants in Delhi coaching centre in July due to flooding in building’s basement to submit interim measures in four weeks to prevent such incidents * SC stayed order of National Green Tribunal, which imposed over Rs 1,000 crore as environmental compensation on Punjab for failing to manage legacy waste and untreated sewage in the state * SC questioned last-minute changes to NEET-PG, 2024, pattern by National Board of Education, saying it was “very unusual” and students could have a “meltdown” * SC upheld Delhi High Court order directing low-cost airline SpiceJet to ground three aircraft engines for defaulting on payments to lessors * SC’s YouTube channel was hacked on Friday and showing videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs * SC directed Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy not to interfere in any way with functioning of prosecution in proceedings of 2015 cash-for-vote case, in which he is an accused * SC sought response from National Investigation Agency (NIA) on plea filed by former chief of outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) E Abubacker seeking release in case registered against him under anti-terror law UAPA * Observing that condition of witnesses in the legal system is pathetic, the SC expressed concern over lack of effective implementation of Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 * In major relief for final-year students, SC directed Bar Council of India (BCI) to allow them to appear this year for All India Bar Examination (AIBE), a qualifying test for enrolling law graduates as lawyers * SC ordered CBI enquiry in case in which petitioner had denied filing appeal and claimed that he had never hired any of the lawyers present in court to file a case on his behalf. PTI SJK SJK SZM
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