Supreme Court

A bench, headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala said: "We'll entertain the petition, we'll issue notice." The top court sought a response from Shinde group in two weeks. The Chief Justice asked senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, representing Shinde, said: "Mr Kaul, if we take this after two weeks.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Thackeray, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud that if the ECI order is not stayed then they will take over everything, bank accounts, etc. Sibal said, "My only request is, take up the matter tomorrow morning with the constitution bench matters."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sent a proposal to the L-G regarding the election to be held on February 22. "Recommended MCD Mayor elections to be held on 22 Feb," Kejriwal said in a tweet. "Yesterday, AAP, the people and democracy won in the mayor's case in the Supreme Court. The conspiracy of L-G and BJP to elect the mayor unconstitutionally.

The bench, also comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala, also accepted AAP's plea that after the Mayor gets elected, he/she would preside over the elections of Deputy Mayor and members of the Standing Committee, and not the pro-tem presiding officer.

A counsel, representing the Congress leader Jaya Thakur, mentioned the plea for urgent hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha. Initially, the bench said it will take up the matter on February 24, but the counsel insisted that two other PILs related to the matter are listed on February 17. The bench decided to take up the matter on February 17.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka said there is no illegality associated with the establishment of the Delimitation Commission under the impugned order issued on March 6, 2020. "There is no illegality associated with the delimitation/readjustment of Parliamentary constituencies of the Union Territory of J & K undertaken by the Delimitation Commission," it added.

Mani Kumar Sharma, who heads the Health and Information Technology departments, has addressed his resignation letter to Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang. In his resignation letter, Sharma said in view of the Supreme Court's verdict on January 13 this year, "The State government has not taken the sentiments of the Sikkimese people seriously and I feel that it is not necessary to remain in the State Cabinet further."

Advocate M.L. Sharma mentioned the plea for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud. The top court agreed to hear on February 6. The top court will also hear next Monday, a separate petition filed by journalist N. Ram and advocate Prashant Bhushan on taking down their tweets with links of the documentary.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said, "No, we are not interfering. SLP is dismissed." The bench, also comprising justices V. Ramasubramanian and J.B. Pardiwala, noted that Deshmukh has been granted bail in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case in connection with the same set of transactions.

Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Siddharth Luthra, representing Hussain, submitted before a bench headed by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat that the complainant had filed several complaints against their client, and police had investigated but nothing has been found.