Justices Ashok Bhushan

The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not happy with the steps taken by the Centre in addressing the acute problems of migrant labourers during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.

The Supreme Court will today hear a suo motu petition, taking into account the “problems and miseries of migrant labourers," amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Supreme Court‘s five-judges constitution bench headed by Justices Ashok Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, S Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat continued its hearing for the 4th day, on the Maratha reservation matter.

A three-Judge Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah had heard the pleas filed seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra over his derogatory tweets against the Supreme Court.

The Court said we are of the opinion that the violators cannot be permitted to go Scot free on payment of penalty only. There must be some stringent provisions which may have deterrent effect so that the violators may think twice before committing such offences

The three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah heard the case and has asked the states to file their current status report as well as compliance report. The case has been slated for next hearing on Friday.

The three judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai today dismissed a challenge of a Madras High Court order, upholding the demand of a senior government employee, Dr P Kirubarkan, for advance increment for his Ph D degree.

New Delhi (ILNS): A three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah of the Supreme Court has allowed the demolition of four illegal religious structures on public land in Haridwar. The demolition deadline, however, has been extended to May 31, 2021.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M. R. Shah today dismissed a plea seeking direction to the CBSE and the Delhi government to waive examination fees for students of classes 10 and 12 in the current academic year.

The association for the deaf has appealed to the Supreme Court to direct the government to allow deaf employees at Canara Bank to work from home. The court has sought the Government’s response on this.