Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 30: * SC told Justice Yashwant Varma that his conduct did not inspire confidence and asked why he chose to move the apex court after an in-house committee found him guilty of misconduct in cash discovery row.
* Terming the trial involving former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji a “rudderless ship”, SC said a cricket stadium will be needed to conduct prosecution in cash-for-job scam-related cases where over 2,000 people have been named as accused.
* In a major setback to CBI and families of 2006 Nithari case victims, SC dismissed 14 appeals challenging acquittal of Surendra Koli and Moninder Singh Pandher in gruesome serial killings.
* SC called upon states to summon special one-day assembly sessions or enact an ordinance to amend discriminatory, derogatory and demeaning provisions in various laws against leprosy-affected persons. PTI MNL DIV DIV
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