Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Monday, March 4: * MPs and MLAs taking bribes to vote or make a speech in the House are not immune from prosecution, SC said in a landmark, unanimous verdict that overrules its 1998 judgement protecting such lawmakers.
* Observing that the Aam Aadmi Party has no lawful right to continue on the land, SC directed the party to vacate its offices at Rouse Avenue in the national capital by June 15 after noting that the plot was allotted to the Delhi High Court for expanding judicial infrastructure.
* SC rebuked Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his “eradicate Sanatan dharma” remark and asked why he has moved the court with his plea for clubbing together the FIRs filed against him after abusing his right to freedom of speech and expression.
* Jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia sought early hearing of his two curative petitions in SC challenging a 2023 court order denying him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
* SC granted interim bail to Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh’s Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), in a case of alleged illegal religious conversion.
* Issues related to farmers’ protest are “serious”, SC said and asked a litigant to desist from filing petitions based only on newspaper reports for publicity.
* SC sought a response from the Bihar government on a plea alleging deplorable condition of government schools in the state and seeking directions to ensure they have basic facilities and civic amenities.
* SC agreed to hear a plea filed by BBC challenging the contempt proceedings initiated by the Karnataka High Court for showing a documentary, ‘Wild Karnataka’, despite a restraining order.
* SC issued notice to the Centre, Delhi’s lieutenant governor on a plea by the city government challenging the Union government’s decision to confer the LG with the power to appoint lawyers to represent Delhi. PTI PKS DIV DIV
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