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Distressed at being denied entry to the Supreme Court by security men for carrying a kirpan, advocate Amritpal Singh Khalsa (in pic) on Thursday made a mentioning before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

The Travancore Devaswom Board, which presides over the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, took a sharp U-turn in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by supporting its verdict which had allowed women of all age groups to enter the shrine.

The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a CBI plea against Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar who has been accused of allegedly destroying evidence related to the Saradha chit fund scam.

Voicing concern over the pendency of cases and vacancies of judges, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Sunday said the twin factors have made the judicial dispensation system extremely vulnerable.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to give the number of functional detention centres in Assam and the foreigners detained there during the last 10 years as also various other details.

The much-awaited Ayodhya case won’t be taken up by the Supreme Court on Tuesday as one of the judges in the five-judge Constitution bench will not be available, the additional registrar of the top court said in a circular.

The Supreme Court on Friday decided not to stay operation of the 10% quota legislation, even as it issued notice to the Centre.

Justice S Abdul Nazeer, the only Muslim among the 28 Supreme Court judges, has been put on a new Bench constituted by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for hearing the Ayodhya dispute on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the July 31, 2019 deadline to finalise the National Register of Citizens for Assam cannot be extended and asked the state government.

A top-notch selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which met on Thursday evening to appoint a new CBI chief, could not arrive at a decision.