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On being asked by the parties to submit their objection, Senior Counsel Harish Salve said that he was also a part of the case and had no objection to CJI hearing the case.

In the petition, Viswam had prayed that Indians’ right to privacy should be protected from being misused by “giant corporations” for their “financial ends”.

Senior Advocate Harish Salve appearing for Tata Sons while resuming his submissions before the bench led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said the respondents had challenged Article 86 as an oppressive Article.

In his letter petition, he stated that the daily mounting deaths in hospitals is a painful reality as is the piling up of dead bodies in mortuaries, the need for an enforceable and strictly observed protocol for dealing with dead bodies consistent with the dignity of the dead is an absolute imperative.

On a fresh tweet by stand up Comedian Kunal Kamra allegedly passing derogatory comments at Chief Justice SA Bobde, the Attorney General KK Venugopal has given his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against kamra.

A champion of human rights and values, his tenure as CJI was marked by efforts to reduce pendency in the courts.

A new roster, effective October 5, says that letter petitions and PIL matters will be assigned to benches lead by Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices NV Ramana, RF Nariman, UU Lalit, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Nageswara Rao.

Public Interest Litigation filed challenging a The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulation 2018' issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India alleging it to be grossly violative of rights guaranteed as a fundamental right, the right to privacy of an individual.

The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the issue of Maratha reservation in Maharashtra while ordering a stay on reservations for them in jobs and admissions.