Important cases heard in the Supreme Court on Friday, September 9 * SC granted bail to Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh after a Dalit woman from there died following gang-rape, appearing dismissive about the protests and saying every person has the right to free expression.
* SC granted two weeks to the Centre to file its reply on pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.
* SC stayed the demolition of a portion of a restaurant at Anjuna in North Goa, which was in the news recently following the death of BJP leader Sonali Phogat.
* SC said it will hear after three weeks the pleas challenging the remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of her seven family members during the Gujarat riots.
* SC said it would hear on September 16 the pleas arising out of the Delhi High Court’s split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape.
* SC refused to entertain a plea seeking the arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks on the Prophet made during a TV debate.
* SC said a balance has to be maintained between the safety of people and animal rights while dealing with the issue of the stray dog menace. PTI PKS RKS RKS
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