Midnight lamp not the first burnt by SC

In a late-night hearing in which arguments started at 2.10am, the Supreme Court of India refused to intervene in the oath-taking ceremony of B.S. Yeddyurappa. The late night hearing was not the lone case in the history of the SC burning the midnight oil. 2015, July 29: A bench sat through the night to consider a plea to stay the scheduled execution of lone convict of the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Yakub Memon, at 6 am the next day. 2013, April 9: A petition was moved on behalf of one Manganlal Barela against the execution of his death sentence in a murder case. 1998: The apex court ordered a composite floor test in Uttar Pradesh to determine who enjoyed the majority - Kalyan Singh or Jagadambika Pal. 1992 December 6 and 7: The Ayodhya case was heard at the residence of Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, who later became the Chief Justice of India. One of the parties to the Ayodhya dispute had rushed to the apex court immediately after the structure was razed by karsevaks. After the hearing at his residence, Justice Venkatachaliah directed that status quo has to be maintained at the disputed site. 1985: A bail plea of a prominent businessman who was charged under FERA law was heard. The SC attracted criticism in this case when then Chief Justice E.S. Venkatramaiah proceeded to grant bail to industrialist L.M. Thapar. IN THE INFAMOUS Ranga-Billa case in the national capital, a bench headed by Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, sat to consider a plea that they should not be hanged. NOIDA’S NITHARI serial murder convict Surinder Koli, case was heard for staying the execution of his death sentence. SHATRUGHAN CHAUHAN v/s Union of India, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that he and his colleagues got to know about the death sentence against 16 persons at 4 pm and rushed with a petition to the residence of then CJI P. Sathasivam.