Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 28:
* The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked mineral-rich states like Jharkhand and Odisha whether Parliament can prescribe any limitation on the taxes they impose on mineral bearing land
* The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till March 13 the protection from any coercive action to BRS leader K Kavitha in a money-laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam
* The Supreme Court has sought responses of the Centre, CBI, Enforcement Directorate and others, including 13 states, on a plea alleging fraudulent activities linked to motivational speaker Vivek Bindra and his firm Bada Business Pvt Ltd.
