Updates from Judiciary - 04 November 2018

Supreme Court has favoured doing away with the present practice of serving advance notice to offenders so that premises could be sealed within 48 hours.
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Supreme Court has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections of people whose names were not included in the final draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) to December 15 and also allowed claimants to rely on five additional documents.
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Supreme Court has prohibited the plying of 15-yr-old petrol and 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region and directed the transport department to announce that such vehicles will be impounded if found plying.
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Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to utilise Aadhaar biometrics of unidentified dead bodies to trace their identity.
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Supreme Court has dismissed a new writ petition that sought a declaration that mosque is an integral part of Namaz of a Muslim Community.
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Delhi High Court has stayed the eviction notice given to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF) to vacate the Teen Murti Estate Complex, from where it was operating.
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Delhi High Court has said that allowing 20 AAP MLAs, facing allegations of having held office-of-profit, to summon witnesses in the disqualification proceedings before the poll panel could lead to prolonging the matter beyond their tenure, expiring in 2020.
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Delhi High Court has issued a “practice direction”, directing counsel in sexual harassment cases to ensure that intimate and sensitive photographs of victims, filed with their petitions, is not displayed on the ‘e-court monitors’.
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