Important matters listed in the Supreme Court on Monday, Jan 6:
* SC to hear a batch of pleas including that of the CBI challenging an Allahabad HC order acquitting Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case.
* SC to hear pleas related to farmers' protest including one related to shifting farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast unto death, to a makeshift hospital.
* SC to hear a plea for premature release of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for killing Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999.
* SC to hear a plea of Nitish Katara murder case convict Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan who is undergoing a 20-year life sentence without remission.
* SC to hear a plea challenging a Jharkhand HC order quashing a criminal case against former Union minister Arjun Munda and other BJP leaders. The case was lodged in connection with a protest march in Ranchi.
* SC to hear a plea of former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, serving life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, for suspension of his life sentence.
* SC to hear a plea of Jharkhand minister Irfan Ansari seeking to quash a criminal case lodged against him for sharing the name, address and photograph of a minor rape victim with the media.