A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Amar Singh v. Union of India [For orders]Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.Re Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons VSSEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors..Bombay High Court.Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society v. Ministry of EnvironmentJaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors.Yeshwant Shenoy v. Union of India & 2 Ors.Delhi High Court.National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers through Hemlata Kansotia v. MCD and Ors.The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd v. State Bank of India and Ors.Monsanto Technology LLC & Ors v Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES .Supreme Court of India.1. Amar Singh v. Union of India [For orders].[Item 301 in court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 317/2010].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, Arun Mishra, Prafulla C Pant JJ..A petition filed by former Samajwadi politicians Amar Singh and Jaya Prada pertaining to applicability and scope of anti –defection laws..Today in Court: Holding that the petitions were infructuous, and that the petitioners were no longer members of the said party, the Court declined to answer their questions. However, it did add that should such an issue arise sometime in the future, it would be referred to a larger bench..2. Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.[Item 901 in court 1 – CA 3453/2002].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, SA Bobde, Shiva Kirti Singh, NV Ramana, R Banumathi, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan JJ..Case relating to the imposition of entry tax..Today in Court: Advocates Dhruv Agarwal, Gopal Jain and Suruchi Agarwal submitted their arguments today..3. Re Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons VS.[Item 1 in court 7 – WP(C) 406/2013].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agarwal JJ..Case pertaining to inhuman treatment of prisoners and under-trials in jails. On February 5, the Court had issued eight directions to ensure better conditions for prisoners. The directions stressed on the need to release undertrial prisoners by securing proper legal aid for them..Today, the court will hear the issue pertaining to unnatural deaths in prisons..Today in Court: This matter was not taken up.. 4. SEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors..[Item 301 in court 1 at 3.30 pm – IA 83-85/2015, IA 104-106/2016, IA 180-182/2015, IA 194-195/2016 in Conmt.Pet.(C) 412/2012 in CA 9813/2011].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Anil R Dave, AK Sikri JJ..Case concerning SEBI Sahara dispute..Today in Court: The Court directed the Sahara chief to submit Rs. 300 crores by September 16, which is when the matter will be heard again. Accordingly, his parole has been extended till the same date. Sahara has already sold properties worth 195.07 crores, and permission to sell certain other properties via e-auction, in order to discharge the principal obligation, has been granted..Bombay High Court.1. Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society v. Ministry of Environment.[Item 7 Court 13- PIL(C)/218/2013].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.This PIL raises a concern regarding illegal dumping, illegal construction on mangrove land, as well as cutting and destruction of mangroves. A committee headed by the divisional commissioner is looking into this issue and FIRs are being registered against the offenders..Today in court: This case could not be tracked..2. Jaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors..[Item 201 Court 49- APEAL(Cri)/1020/2009.Bench: VK Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar JJ.The appeal of eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is being heard along with the CBI’s petition seeking death penalty for three of these convicts. They were sentenced to life by a special court in January 2008 for gang-raping a five month pregnant Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members in the post-Godhra riots of 2002..The victim has filed an intervention application seeking her case to be given a patient hearing, Vijay Hiremath is her counsel. The application will now be heard along with the CBI’s appeal..Harshad Ponda is appearing for the appellants and Hiten Venegaokar is appearing for the CBI. Read our previous report for more details..Today in court: The defence made further submissions to reiterate its stand that Bilkis had changed her statement to the CBI and there was no mention of rape or murder of her three year old daughter Saleha in these statements..Mridula Bhatkar J enquired as to why the Limkheda police did not take any immediate steps once they became aware of the whole incident, apart from sending Bilkis to the hospital. Ponda argued that it was due to a lot of factors as there were various such cases of rape and murder across the state and the police had too many considerations..Ponda also sought to dismiss Bilkis’s stand on her limited knowledge of Hindi. The hearing will continue tomorrow..3. Yeshwant Shenoy v. Union of India & 2 Ors.[Item 911 Court 52- PILST(OS)/71/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.Check evening updates..Today in court: This PIL is regarding the death of Swapnil Sonwane, who was murdered, allegedly by the family members of a girl he was in a relationship with..The petitioner alleges that due to the negligence shown by Navi Mumbai police in registering a complaint, the 15 year old lost his life as the family of the deceased had already approached police authorities before the incident. He seeks directions for an FIR to be registered and also amongst other things, to declare Sec. 39 of the CrPC as unconstitutional..Delhi High Court.1. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers through Hemlata Kansotia v. MCD and Ors..[W.P. (C) 5232/2007 – Court No. 2; Item No. 14].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar JJ..Matter dealing with free legal aid and assistance to protect the rights of manual scavengers under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013..Today in Court: The writ petition filed for the rights of the manual scavengers in Delhi against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Jal Board. The petitioners filed a report stating they had interacted with a 1000 manual scavengers out of which only 233 agreed to come on record and talk about the conditions the manual scavengers are exposed to..The petitioners claimed that no safety equipment or safeguard was provided to these scavengers due to which they were resorting to use of alcohol and drugs before entering the pits. The respondents have sought a time of one week to go through the report and respond accordingly..The matter will now be heard on August 10, 2016..2. The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd v. State Bank of India and Ors..[C.S. (OS) 1145/2009 – Court No. 24; Item No. 29].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..Check evening updates..Today in Court: The judge was on leave..3. Monsanto Technology LLC & Ors v Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Ors..[C.S. (Comm.) 132/2016 – Court No. 22; Item No. 3].Bench: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw J..Check evening updates..Today in Court: The matter could not be tracked. Any details will be appreciated.
A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Amar Singh v. Union of India [For orders]Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.Re Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons VSSEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors..Bombay High Court.Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society v. Ministry of EnvironmentJaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors.Yeshwant Shenoy v. Union of India & 2 Ors.Delhi High Court.National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers through Hemlata Kansotia v. MCD and Ors.The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd v. State Bank of India and Ors.Monsanto Technology LLC & Ors v Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES .Supreme Court of India.1. Amar Singh v. Union of India [For orders].[Item 301 in court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 317/2010].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, Arun Mishra, Prafulla C Pant JJ..A petition filed by former Samajwadi politicians Amar Singh and Jaya Prada pertaining to applicability and scope of anti –defection laws..Today in Court: Holding that the petitions were infructuous, and that the petitioners were no longer members of the said party, the Court declined to answer their questions. However, it did add that should such an issue arise sometime in the future, it would be referred to a larger bench..2. Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.[Item 901 in court 1 – CA 3453/2002].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, SA Bobde, Shiva Kirti Singh, NV Ramana, R Banumathi, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan JJ..Case relating to the imposition of entry tax..Today in Court: Advocates Dhruv Agarwal, Gopal Jain and Suruchi Agarwal submitted their arguments today..3. Re Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons VS.[Item 1 in court 7 – WP(C) 406/2013].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agarwal JJ..Case pertaining to inhuman treatment of prisoners and under-trials in jails. On February 5, the Court had issued eight directions to ensure better conditions for prisoners. The directions stressed on the need to release undertrial prisoners by securing proper legal aid for them..Today, the court will hear the issue pertaining to unnatural deaths in prisons..Today in Court: This matter was not taken up.. 4. SEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors..[Item 301 in court 1 at 3.30 pm – IA 83-85/2015, IA 104-106/2016, IA 180-182/2015, IA 194-195/2016 in Conmt.Pet.(C) 412/2012 in CA 9813/2011].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Anil R Dave, AK Sikri JJ..Case concerning SEBI Sahara dispute..Today in Court: The Court directed the Sahara chief to submit Rs. 300 crores by September 16, which is when the matter will be heard again. Accordingly, his parole has been extended till the same date. Sahara has already sold properties worth 195.07 crores, and permission to sell certain other properties via e-auction, in order to discharge the principal obligation, has been granted..Bombay High Court.1. Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society v. Ministry of Environment.[Item 7 Court 13- PIL(C)/218/2013].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.This PIL raises a concern regarding illegal dumping, illegal construction on mangrove land, as well as cutting and destruction of mangroves. A committee headed by the divisional commissioner is looking into this issue and FIRs are being registered against the offenders..Today in court: This case could not be tracked..2. Jaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors..[Item 201 Court 49- APEAL(Cri)/1020/2009.Bench: VK Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar JJ.The appeal of eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is being heard along with the CBI’s petition seeking death penalty for three of these convicts. They were sentenced to life by a special court in January 2008 for gang-raping a five month pregnant Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members in the post-Godhra riots of 2002..The victim has filed an intervention application seeking her case to be given a patient hearing, Vijay Hiremath is her counsel. The application will now be heard along with the CBI’s appeal..Harshad Ponda is appearing for the appellants and Hiten Venegaokar is appearing for the CBI. Read our previous report for more details..Today in court: The defence made further submissions to reiterate its stand that Bilkis had changed her statement to the CBI and there was no mention of rape or murder of her three year old daughter Saleha in these statements..Mridula Bhatkar J enquired as to why the Limkheda police did not take any immediate steps once they became aware of the whole incident, apart from sending Bilkis to the hospital. Ponda argued that it was due to a lot of factors as there were various such cases of rape and murder across the state and the police had too many considerations..Ponda also sought to dismiss Bilkis’s stand on her limited knowledge of Hindi. The hearing will continue tomorrow..3. Yeshwant Shenoy v. Union of India & 2 Ors.[Item 911 Court 52- PILST(OS)/71/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.Check evening updates..Today in court: This PIL is regarding the death of Swapnil Sonwane, who was murdered, allegedly by the family members of a girl he was in a relationship with..The petitioner alleges that due to the negligence shown by Navi Mumbai police in registering a complaint, the 15 year old lost his life as the family of the deceased had already approached police authorities before the incident. He seeks directions for an FIR to be registered and also amongst other things, to declare Sec. 39 of the CrPC as unconstitutional..Delhi High Court.1. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers through Hemlata Kansotia v. MCD and Ors..[W.P. (C) 5232/2007 – Court No. 2; Item No. 14].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar JJ..Matter dealing with free legal aid and assistance to protect the rights of manual scavengers under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013..Today in Court: The writ petition filed for the rights of the manual scavengers in Delhi against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Jal Board. The petitioners filed a report stating they had interacted with a 1000 manual scavengers out of which only 233 agreed to come on record and talk about the conditions the manual scavengers are exposed to..The petitioners claimed that no safety equipment or safeguard was provided to these scavengers due to which they were resorting to use of alcohol and drugs before entering the pits. The respondents have sought a time of one week to go through the report and respond accordingly..The matter will now be heard on August 10, 2016..2. The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd v. State Bank of India and Ors..[C.S. (OS) 1145/2009 – Court No. 24; Item No. 29].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..Check evening updates..Today in Court: The judge was on leave..3. Monsanto Technology LLC & Ors v Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Ors..[C.S. (Comm.) 132/2016 – Court No. 22; Item No. 3].Bench: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw J..Check evening updates..Today in Court: The matter could not be tracked. Any details will be appreciated.