Important cases heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 15: * The SC observed that the State has to be fair as it rapped the Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments over delay in constituting a medical board to examine the condition of the mother of Vikas Yadav, who is serving jail term in the Nitish Katara case.

* The SC extended till April 21 the protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

* Two petitions in the Supreme Court have sought a court-monitored probe into the violence in West Bengal over the newly-enacted Waqf (Amendment) Act.

* The SC directed the Delhi High Court to consider afresh the applications for conferring senior designations to lawyers whose applications were either rejected or deferred.

* The SC granted bail to former IAS officer Anil Tuteja in the alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.

* The SC took exception to the Allahabad High Court’s recent remarks in a rape case as reportedly saying the complainant “herself invited trouble”, and wondered why it made such observations while deciding a bail plea.

* The SC sought a response from an accused on the pleas seeking cancellation of his bail in connection with the 2019 murder of former Congress MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy.

* The SC agreed to consider listing a fresh plea challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

* The SC sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking directions to formulate and implement a policy for the homeless suffering from psychosocial disabilities.

* The SC said it would hear arguments on April 30 in a matter over the jurisdiction of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal to hear complaints against sitting high court judges.

* The SC dismissed a PIL for making dowry harassment and maintenance provisions “gender neutral” to prevent their “misuse”, saying courts cannot legislate law and it was up to the Parliamentarians to look into it.

* The SC directed the Rajasthan High Court to appoint a woman from the general category with low vision as a civil judge (junior division) in the state. PTI SJK HIG