Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, August 1: * SC stayed Bombay High Court verdict which had restored status of 120 hectares of land in Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg area as “protected forest”, paving way for Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to use area as garbage landfill.
* SC refused to entertain PIL seeking to bring major political parties under 2013 POSH Act, which aims to protect women from sexual harassment at workplaces, saying the matter was for Parliament to decide.
* SC refused to entertain plea which claimed there were “serious errors” in three questions asked in NEET-UG 2025 examination.
* SC paved way for restarting admission process in paramedical courses for academic years 2023–24 and 2024–25 in Madhya Pradesh.
* SC extended stay on trial court proceedings against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in defamation case filed for his alleged “scorpion on Shivling” remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
* SC blamed Delhi Police for “negligence” which led to a Russian woman, pitted in a bitter custody battle of her child with her estranged Indian husband, to illegally leave country via Nepal border and asked authorities to get in touch with Indian embassy in Moscow to bring the minor back.
* SC ordered Delhi-based Army College of Medical Sciences to pay arrears of Rs 25,000 per month to MBBS interns from the 2022 batch, saying they deserved it as “matter of right”. PTI MNL DIV DIV
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