Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, September 6: * SC dismissed a plea filed by former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh challenging a Calcutta HC order rejecting his petition to be added as a party to a case of alleged financial irregularities at the institute on his watch.
* The process of judicial appointments to a superior court is not the prerogative of an individual, SC said and directed the Himachal Pradesh HC collegium to reconsider “collectively” the elevation of two senior-most district and sessions judges, who were passed over for promotion to high court judgeship.
* Is there any restraint order on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal performing his duties from jail? SC asked the Delhi government after it was informed that files pertaining to remission of sentences of eligible convicts were getting delayed for want of his signature.
* SC sought responses from the Centre and the state government on a plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal against a Patna HC order setting aside the amended reservation laws in Bihar that had led to raising of quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent.
* SC ordered the release of Bhushan Steel’s former promoter Neeraj Singal in a money laundering case arising from an alleged bank fraud of Rs 46,000 crore, saying due procedure was not followed by the Enforcement Directorate while arresting him.
* SC sought responses from ICICI Bank’s former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Chanda Kochhar and her businessman husband Deepak Kochhar on a plea filed against the Bombay High Court order declaring their arrest as “illegal”.
* SC junked a PIL seeking to regulate exit polls for its alleged impact on election results, saying “let us get on with governance in the country” and close this “saga”.
* SC accepted a set of recommendations made by the Central Empowered Committee including creating a customised module which would contain data on details of projects requiring cutting of trees, the number of trees to be felled or translocated, and compensatory plantation to tackle dwindling green cover in the national capital.
* SC imposed an interim stay on Madras HC order setting aside trial court orders discharging Tamil Nadu Revenue Minister KKSSR Ramachandran and Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu from disproportionate assets cases.
* SC dismissed a plea seeking injunction against the BJP and restrain it from using ‘kamal’ or lotus as the party symbol.
* SC stayed the Madras HC directive to YouTuber Felix Jerald to close down his channel “RedPix 24×7” as one of the bail conditions.
* SC stayed an order of the National Green Tribunal directing criminal prosecution and punitive action against Uttarakhand government officials for failure to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage into the Ganga.
* The courts dealing with issue of habeas corpus regarding a minor can’t treat the child as a “movable property” and transfer their custody without even considering the impact of disturbance of custody on them, SC said. PTI ABA RPA
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