Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 24: * Removing judgements from the public domain by court orders under the right to be forgotten after the acquittal of an accused in criminal cases will have very serious ramifications, the SC observed.
*Observing that there is a trust deficit between farmers and the central government, the Supreme Court proposed the constitution of an independent committee comprising eminent persons to reach out to the protesters at the Shambhu border and address their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP.
*Taking note of two separate contempt proceedings pending before different benches over the felling of trees in Delhi’s ridge area, the Supreme Court said it believes in “judicial propriety” and doesn’t want any conflicting orders to be passed.
*The Supreme Court directed the Uttarakhand chief secretary to hold a meeting with the Centre and railways to rehabilitate over 50,000 people who have encroached on railway land in Haldwani.
*The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking to include tribunals in the e-courts project aimed at upgrading the digital infrastructure of courts across the country.
*In a relief to the Reserve Bank of India, the Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order asking it to conduct valuation of shares, assets and investors’ bond of the cash-strapped Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and the Indian subsidiary of DBS Bank of Singapore.
*The SC ordered the principal district judge of Maharashtra’s Raigad to ask a judicial officer to inquire into the dispute over the allotment of e-rickshaws to hand-rickshaw pullers in Matheran, a hill station in the state. PTI SJK HIG HIG
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