New Delhi, Jan 6 (PTI) Following are the top Supreme Court stories on Monday: LGD 26 SC-LD AIR POLLUTION (6.08PM)

Observing that the central pollution watchdog is "failing in its duty", the Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped the authority for seeking a two-month adjournment on the issue of temporary closure or relocation of toll plazas at Delhi borders to ease traffic congestion.

LGD 25 SC-POLLUTION-CAR (5.54PM)

A Car has become a status symbol, and people are saving money to buy four-wheelers after stopping using bicycles, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Tuesday.

LGD 33 SC-LD BANK FRAUD (7.46PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said prolonged incarceration of an undertrial, without commencement or reasonable progress of trial, cannot be countenanced, as it has the effect of converting pretrial detention into a form of punishment.

LGD 34 SC-COMMITTEES-GENDER (7.47PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought status reports from the registrars general of various high courts on a plea to establish effective internal mechanisms for prevention and redressal of incidents of harassment against women lawyers.

LGD 29 SC-ADMISSION-CRITERIA (6.55PM)

The Supreme Court slammed the Punjab government on Tuesday for adopting an "elastic" procedure for admission in the MBBS and BDS courses under the sports quota in session-2024 and said the admission criteria for educational courses cannot be altered once the process has started.

LGD 27 SC-AUCTION PROCESS (6.29PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said merely because the authority conducting the auction expected a higher bid than what the highest bidder had offered cannot be a reason to discard the entire process.

LGD 9 SC-PMLA-PLEA (1.45PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of a lawyer facing money laundering charges in connection with the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal challenging the validity of a provision of the PMLA, saying that he should face trial like ordinary citizens.

LGD 8 SC-ASHOKA-MAHMUDABAD (1.32PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its order restraining the trial court from taking cognisance of the chargesheet filed by Haryana SIT in the FIR against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was booked for social media posts on Operation Sindoor.

LGD 24 SC-BANK ACCOUNT-FREEZING (5.29PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India to formulate a uniform Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing freezing and de-freezing of bank accounts during cybercrime investigations.

LGD 20 SC-SIR-WEST BENGAL (4.30PM)

TMC MP Derek O'Brien has filed an application in the Supreme Court alleging arbitrariness and procedural irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

LGD19 SC-MH-NAXAL ATTACK-BAIL (4.19PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to alleged Naxal sympathiser Kailash Ramchandani in the sensational case related to the killing of 15 policemen in an IED blast in 2019 at Gadchiroli in Maharashtra.

LGD 11 SC-STRAY DOGS (2.39PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took note of the number of interlocutory applications being filed before it in the stray dogs case and said that so many applications normally don't come even in cases of humans.

LGD 6 SC-STUDENTS POLLS-PIL (11.58PM)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking implementation of the 2006 Lyngdoh Committee Report, which lays down the regulatory framework for student union elections in colleges and universities across the country.

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Supreme Court addressed PMLA challenges, undertrial detention, environmental enforcement, and bank account freezing standards issues. The Supreme Court addressed procedural fairness and administrative accountability across multiple domains: criticising adjournments in environmental measures; affirming that auction integrity and immutable admission criteria are essential; warning that pretrial detention must not become punitive absent trial progress; considering a challenge under the PMLA; extending restraint on trial-court action in a social-media FIR; and agreeing to examine a uniform SOP for freezing of bank accounts in cybercrime probes while seeking high-court reports on harassment redressal mechanisms for women lawyers.