Highlights from Supreme Court

New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Friday: LGD 12 SC-JSW-LD BHUSHAN STEEL (1.40 pm) **** SC upholds JSW Steel’s resolution plan for debt-ridden Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd The Supreme Court upheld JSW Steel’s Rs 19,700-crore resolution plan for debt-ridden Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL), bringing down curtains to a prolonged legal battle that spanned nearly eight years. **** LGD26 SC-LD BOOK (3.57 pm) **** SC junks plea seeking ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ The Supreme Court refused to examine a plea seeking a ban on Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”. **** LGD22 SC-GREEN CRACKERS (3.41 pm) **** SC gives conditional nod to green crackers, asks Centre to devise

mechanism The Supreme Court allowed certified manufacturers to produce green crackers on the condition that their sale is not carried in Delhi-NCR without approval. **** LGD23 SC-VODAFONE IDEA-AGR (3.48 pm) **** SC defers hearing on Vodafone Idea plea for quashing additional AGR demand The Supreme Court deferred to October 6 the hearing on a plea of telecom major Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) seeking quashing of the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period until 2016-17. **** LGD32 SC-SUO MOTU-POLICE STATIONS (4.46 pm) **** SC poses queries to Rajasthan in suo motu case over lack of functional CCTVs in police stations The Supreme Court posed questions to the Rajasthan government and directed it to apprise about the number of CCTV cameras installed in each police station across the state. **** LGD28 SC-TIRUPATI-CBI (4.13 pm) **** Tirupati ‘laddu’ row: SC stays AP HC order faulting CBI over probe The Supreme Court stayed an order that faulted the CBI director for allowing an officer not from the court-appointed SIT to probe into the adulteration of ghee used in the famed Tirumala Tirupati Temple’s ‘laddu prasadam’ (religious offerings). **** LGD20 SC-CUSTODIAL DEATH (3.30 pm) **** Custodial death: SC irked over non-compliance of its direction, warns of contempt Comply with the apex court’s direction otherwise we know how to get things complied with, the Supreme Court warned the Madhya Pradesh government in a matter in which two police officials absconded after being accused in a custodial death case. **** LGD19 SC-LD MAOIST (3.02 pm) **** SC orders Chhattisgarh to preserve body of top Maoist leader after plea claims fake encounter The Supreme Court directed the Chhattisgarh government to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake police encounter in Narayanpur district. **** LGD21 SC-ABBAS ANSARI (3.35 pm) **** SC relaxes bail condition of MLA Abbas Ansari in gangster case, allows him to travel outside UP The Supreme Court relaxed the bail conditions imposed on MLA Abbas Ansari in a UP Gangsters Act case and allowed him to travel outside the state with prior intimation to the investigation officers. **** LGD18 SC-SEBI-MOITRA (2.49 pm) **** SC to hear TMC MP’s plea to mandate public disclosure of FPIs on Oct 9 The Supreme Court set October 9 to hear TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s plea to mandate public disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners and portfolios of alternative investment funds (AIFs), foreign portfolio investors and their intermediaries in India. **** LGD15 SC-KATARA-BAIL (2.24 pm) **** Nitish Katara murder: SC refuses to extend interim bail of convict Vikas Yadav The Supreme Court refused to extend the interim bail of convict Vikas Yadav, currently serving a 25-year jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. **** PTI MNL MNL MPL MPL