Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb 27:
* A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud to hear pleas to decide a vexed legal question whether royalty paid by mine operators to the Centre is a form of tax or not.
* SC to hear a plea related to property dispute between Lalit Modi and his mother Bina Modi.
* SC to hear a plea of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha against his arrest in a criminal case.
* SC to hear a suo motu case tiled as ‘Remediation of Polluted Rivers’ to deal with water pollution in rivers
* SC to hear a plea of the Enforcement Directorate against the Madras High Court order staying the summons issued by it to Tamil Nadu government officials in a money laundering case.
