There was no immediate relief on Monday to Reddy brothers’ Obulapuram Mining Company from the Supreme Court a plea to allow it to sell 2.5 lakh tonnees of iron ore extracted from three mines in Andhra Pradesh for payment of income-tax arrears worth `149 crores raised on the mining operations since 2008.

The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed the life sentence to ten Delhi police personnel for killing two businessmen in a broad daylight shootout at Connaught Place 14 years ago acting in a casual manner by taking them as Uttar Pradesh gangsters.

Virtually endorsing the tough line of action initiated by the Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, against illegal mining in the iron-ore-rich state, the Supreme Court suspended mining operations by 19 licencees with clear instructions that they would not be allowed to lift the extracted material till further orders.

Even as the drafting of the Lokpal bill by the joint committee of the government and civil society representatives is yet to make the initial headway, the Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that it will not allow creation of any hindrance in the drafting of the legislation by filing petitions raking up “frivolous” issues.

In a major relief to Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition for vacating the stay on trial proceedings before a Bengaluru special court in a land allocation case on a private complaint filed following grant of sanction by governor H.R. Bhardwaj.

Facing day-to-day proceedings on examining the 16 charges of corruption and misconduct slapped on him in the impeachment process, Sikkim high court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran on Friday got two weeks’ stay on the probe by a three-member judicial committee from the Supreme Court after he sought removal of one of the members, P.P. Rao, accusing him of “bias”.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a clear report from five expelled Independent MLAs of Karnataka whether they had at any point of time attended BJP’s meetings and functions, which were purely related to its internal party matters. A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph sought the details in view of the case revolving

The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it would examine the role of ADAG chairman Anil Ambani in the 2G spectrum allocation case while the CBI hinted at chargesheeting former law ministry legal adviser Santokh Singh and the ED at proceeding with attaching the properties of five companies, totalling `10,000 crore, in the next two months under Fema and the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act.

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on Centre’s curative petition for review of the top court’s 1996 verdict diluting the charges against Union Carbide India Ltd top brass, including its chairman Keshub Mahindra, resulting in their getting away with lighter punishment of two years last year.

Sikkim high court Chief Justice P.D. . Dinakaran, against whom the impeachment proceedings has reached at a crucial phase with the three-member judicial committee set to examine the chargesheet, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the proceedings followed by the panel.