SUPREME COURT-HIGHLIGHTS

Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Thursday: LGD 42 SC-LDALL PRESIDENTIAL REFERENCE (7.32 pm) ****The Supreme Court held that the court cannot impose any timelines on Governors and the President to grant assent to Bills passed by state assemblies but at the same time said Governors do not have unfettered powers to sit on the Bills for ''perpetuity''.**** LGD 28 SC-DELHI RIOTS-LD BAIL (2.46 pm) ****When intellectuals become terrorists, they become more dangerous than those working on the ground, the Delhi police told the Supreme Court as it vehemently opposed the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the February 2020 riots case.**** LGD 24 SC-LAWYER-BAIL (2.27 pm) ****The Supreme Court stayed the Haryana Police Special Task Force investigation against a Delhi-based advocate who was arrested in a murder case.**** LGD 18 SC-MP-JUDGES (12.42 pm) ****The Supreme Court raised the retirement age of judicial officers of Madhya Pradesh from 60 to 61 years.**** LGD 15 SC-RAHUL GANDHI (11.30 am) ****The Supreme Court extended till December 4 its interim order staying proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a case related to his alleged derogatory remarks against the Indian Army during his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra.****