Important cases heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 9:
* SC commenced hearing on the issue concerning the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and referred to Article 30 of the Constitution which deals with right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.
* SC upheld an order of the Delhi High Court which had said the decision to cap the number of visits by prisoners’ families, friends and legal advisers to twice a week has been taken considering the number of inmates, and it cannot be said to be “completely arbitrary”.
* Shiv Sena (UBT) of Uddhav Thackeray has denounced in SC the “highly improper” meeting between Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and state Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, barely three days before the deadline set by the apex court for the latter to decide cross-petitions filed by rival Sena factions seeking disqualification of several of each other’s MLAs.
