Important matters heard by Supreme Court on Tuesday

Important matters heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 5:
    
     * SC cancelled bail granted to former DHFL promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan in the multi-crore bank loan scam case.
    
     *SC is likely to hear on August 8 a plea seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
    
     * The Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that its objective for enacting an ordinance for Banke Bihari Temple trust was aimed at better administration of the religious place at Vrindavan in Mathura.
    
     * SC directed the national task force, constituted to protect medical professionals, to file its reply on the reports filed by states and other stakeholders on preventing gender-based violence and developing safety protocols in hospitals.

     * SC reserved its verdict on pleas including one from the Telangana government against an order that struck down its domicile rule for admissions in medical colleges in the state.

     * In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court has stripped criminal matters of the roster of a Allahabad High Court judge "till he demits office" after he "erroneously" upheld summons of criminal nature in a civil dispute.

     * SC stressed on striking a balance to protect honest government servants discharging their official functions from frivolous complaints while ensuring corrupt officers were not shielded.

     * SC granted divorce to an estranged couple while directing the man to hand over his Rs 4 crore Mumbai flat to the estranged wife.

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