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The Supreme Court today decided to hear the petition filed by Vedanta Limited on August 6, seeking directions to extend the permission period for producing oxygen at its Sterlite Copper plant, located in the port city of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, which was previously allowed by the apex court

The plea in Supreme Court is against the notification dated 9.3.2005 issued from the PMO leading to the formation of the High-Level Committee under Justice Sachar and the recommendations made by it in its report submitted on 17.11.2006.

The Madras High Court on Thursday disposed off a petition, urging the Court to resume physical hearings in Courts and reopening of lawyer's chambers (Ukkarapandiyan vs The Registrar, Administration and another).

A petitioner was feeling uncomfortable speaking in English while arguing. Then, Chief Justice N. V. Ramana started talking to the woman in her mother tongue, which also happened to be the mother tongue of the CJI. The woman became comfortable and put her argument in front of the Court with ease.

The plea seeks regulation and control on the working of online digital lenders doing business through mobile apps or any other platform; and a direction for stopping the practice of charging exorbitant interest on the loan from borrowers.

The Meghalaya High Court division bench upon perusing the report observed that the High Powered Committee (HPC) had held extensive deliberations on 3rd July 2021 and 8th July 2021, and also visited the site of the project location on 20th July 2021.

The plea filed in Delhi High Court contended that it is an obligation of the Government to look after the effective implementation of the provisions of The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

The Delhi High Court division bench issued a notice in public interest litigation by a final year law student seeking a response from the centre, Delhi Government and other authorities in a plea seeking the establishment of separate public toilets for the transgender community.

The Allahabad High Court issued notice to the respondents and stayed the proceedings against the applicant till the next date of hearing