Important matters heard by Supreme Court on May 2

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     Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Friday, May 2:

     * SC directed authorities not to deport to Pakistan six members of a family, who allegedly overstayed their visa, till their citizenship claim is verified.

     * SC granted more time to the Jammu and Kashmir government to inform it about the number of Pakistani nationals detained under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978.

     * SC refused to entertain a fresh plea challenging constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

     * SC set aside the resolution plan submitted by JSW Steel for Bhushan Steel and Power Ltd (BSPL), holding it illegal and in violation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
    
     * SC agreed to consider a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the 2024 amended Uttar Pradesh law on "unlawful religious conversion".

     * The law aids the vigilant, not those who sleep over their rights, SC said and upheld a high court verdict over a property-related dispute in Bengaluru.

     * SC upheld a decision of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) suspending Dalit PhD scholar Ramadas KS for his alleged misconduct and anti-national activities but relaxed it to the period already undergone.

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