The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition challenging the Allahabad High Court order, which acquitted Moninder Singh Pandher and Surendra Koli in connection with the gruesome murder of several girls that took place at Nithari in Noida between 2005-06.
The order was passed by the Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sandeep Mehta on Friday on an appeal filed by Pappu Lal, father of one of the victim girls.
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The Supreme Court Registrar recently refused to receive the application filed by the Centre seeking clarification of the 2012 judgment in the 2G Spectrum case. The central government sought a clarification that the verdict does not bar the allocation of spectrum through means other than public auction in certain situations.
Mentioning that the application was in effect seeking a review of the 2012 verdict in the guise of seeking clarification, the Registrar dismissed it by terming it misconc...