A summary of cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court.Mukesh v. State for NCT of DelhiSampurna Behrua v. Union of India & Ors.ML Sharma v. Union of IndiaML Sharma v. CBIAll India Indian Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association And Ors.Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Telecommunication And Information TechnologyDigvijaya Singh v. State of M.P. & Others.State Bank Of India And Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. And Ors..Delhi High Court.Justice for All v. Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors.Court on its own motion v. Union of India and Ors.Vijay Kumar Chaurasia v. Bar Council of India and Anr..SUMMARY OF CASES.1. Mukesh v. State for NCT of Delhi.[Item 301 in court 4 – SLP (CRL) NO. 3119-3120/2014].Bench: Justice Dipak Mishra, Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The appeal of those convicted in the Nirbhaya rape. The last hearing saw arguments made by ML Sharma, the lawyer representing the appellants. He is expected to conclude his arguments this week..Today in Court: ML Sharma continued his arguments in Court today, eventually breaking down in open court..2. Sampurna Behrua v. Union of India.[Item 47 in Court 7 – WP(C) 473/2005].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agarwal JJ..Petition to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked. Any updates are welcome..3. Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 36 in court 9 – Writ Petition (Civil) 121/2013].Bench: Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Amitava Roy JJ. .A petition seeking a probe into supply of adulterated drugs by drug manufacturers like Ranbaxy. The court had issued notice in this case on March 14, 2014..Today in Court: The matter has been adjourned..4. ML Sharma v. CBI.[Item 2 in court 4 – WP(C) 65/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, C. Nagappan, JJ..A petition seeking a CBI probe into the Panama paper leaks, as well as the seizure of participatory notes from stock markets. The court issued notice to SEBI, Central government and RBI in the application..Today in Court: This matter has been adjourned for a later date. The additional time has been granted for the filing of the counter affidavit..5. All India Indian Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association And Ors..Item 23 in court 1 – SLP(C) 20144-20145/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ..The case relating to Ayurvedic doctors prescribing allopathic medicines and conducting surgeries. On the last date of hearing, the court was provided with a list of surgeries that Ayurvedic doctors can undertake..Today in Court: This matter was adjourned and will now be taken up on Friday..6. Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Telecommunication And Information Technology.[Item 11 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl.) 160/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM khanwilkar DY Chandruchud JJ..A petition praying for a ban on websites spreading jokes about the Sikh community and portraying them as persons of low intellect..Today in Court: This case stands adjourned for two weeks..7. Digvijaya Singh v. State of M.P. & Others.[Item 37 in court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 417/2015].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant JJ. .The petition pertaining to the Vyapam scam..Today in Court: The CBI has been directed to file a forensic report regarding electronic evidence currently being examined by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory within six weeks..8. State Bank Of India And Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. And Ors.[Item 12 in court 10 – IA 9-12/2016 in SLP(C) 6828-6831/2016].Bench: Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ..Appeals filed by a consortium of banks against an order of the Karnataka High Court which had turned down a plea to restrain Vijay Mallya from leaving the country. The consortium had rejected a proposal by Mallya for repayment of the loans..Today in Court: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that as per the Supreme Court rules, Mallya was required to appear before the court after a notice has been served upon him in a contempt petition. Since he had not been granted exemption from appearance, he should not be heard anymore..Senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for Vijay Mallya, told the bench that they have filed a petition for recall of apex court’s earlier order and in response to the attorney general’s submission stated that no contempt has been made..The bench then asked the attorney general to file a response to Mallya’s petition for recall of its earlier order and accordingly directed that the matter be posted on September 27..Delhi High Court.1. Justice for All v. Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 1255/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 15].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Petition against the government of Delhi in relation to top schools situated on DDA land not allowing admission to students in the neighbourhood as is required by them under the terms of the allotment letter..Today in Court: The matter was clubbed together with Item No. 16, which is a petition filed by an Aam Aadmi Party MLA against Cambridge School on similar grounds. The government counsel sought adjournment and the matter will now come up on November 3, 2016..2. Court on its own motion v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 4166/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 18].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..PIL taken up suo moto by the court on the basis of the letter dated May 5, 2016 by Justice Vipin Sanghi on his personal experience of the emergency helpline number “100”.Today in Court: Chief Justice G Rohini questioned the government counsel on the actions that were being taken by them to resolve the issue. The counsel argued that a large number of calls were dropped due to heavy traffic that led to congestion. He further stated that they had a feedback system in place through which they returned dropped calls. The next date of hearing is September 24..3. Vijay Kumar Chaurasia v. Bar Council of India and Anr..[W.P. (C) 6848/2014; Court No. 6 Item No. 30].Bench: Sanjiv Khanna, Sunita Gupta, JJ..Petition against admission of students and appointment of teachers in the evening classes of Delhi University in accordance with Bar Council of India rules..Today in Court: A letter dated August 23 was placed on record by the BCI and it was stated by the Delhi University counsel that the contents of the letter were under consideration. The petitioner was served a copy of the letter today..The Delhi University will file an affidavit in four weeks as to the steps taken by them regarding the appointment of teachers. The next date of hearing is October 4.
A summary of cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court.Mukesh v. State for NCT of DelhiSampurna Behrua v. Union of India & Ors.ML Sharma v. Union of IndiaML Sharma v. CBIAll India Indian Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association And Ors.Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Telecommunication And Information TechnologyDigvijaya Singh v. State of M.P. & Others.State Bank Of India And Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. And Ors..Delhi High Court.Justice for All v. Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors.Court on its own motion v. Union of India and Ors.Vijay Kumar Chaurasia v. Bar Council of India and Anr..SUMMARY OF CASES.1. Mukesh v. State for NCT of Delhi.[Item 301 in court 4 – SLP (CRL) NO. 3119-3120/2014].Bench: Justice Dipak Mishra, Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The appeal of those convicted in the Nirbhaya rape. The last hearing saw arguments made by ML Sharma, the lawyer representing the appellants. He is expected to conclude his arguments this week..Today in Court: ML Sharma continued his arguments in Court today, eventually breaking down in open court..2. Sampurna Behrua v. Union of India.[Item 47 in Court 7 – WP(C) 473/2005].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agarwal JJ..Petition to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked. Any updates are welcome..3. Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 36 in court 9 – Writ Petition (Civil) 121/2013].Bench: Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Amitava Roy JJ. .A petition seeking a probe into supply of adulterated drugs by drug manufacturers like Ranbaxy. The court had issued notice in this case on March 14, 2014..Today in Court: The matter has been adjourned..4. ML Sharma v. CBI.[Item 2 in court 4 – WP(C) 65/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, C. Nagappan, JJ..A petition seeking a CBI probe into the Panama paper leaks, as well as the seizure of participatory notes from stock markets. The court issued notice to SEBI, Central government and RBI in the application..Today in Court: This matter has been adjourned for a later date. The additional time has been granted for the filing of the counter affidavit..5. All India Indian Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association And Ors..Item 23 in court 1 – SLP(C) 20144-20145/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ..The case relating to Ayurvedic doctors prescribing allopathic medicines and conducting surgeries. On the last date of hearing, the court was provided with a list of surgeries that Ayurvedic doctors can undertake..Today in Court: This matter was adjourned and will now be taken up on Friday..6. Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Telecommunication And Information Technology.[Item 11 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl.) 160/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM khanwilkar DY Chandruchud JJ..A petition praying for a ban on websites spreading jokes about the Sikh community and portraying them as persons of low intellect..Today in Court: This case stands adjourned for two weeks..7. Digvijaya Singh v. State of M.P. & Others.[Item 37 in court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 417/2015].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant JJ. .The petition pertaining to the Vyapam scam..Today in Court: The CBI has been directed to file a forensic report regarding electronic evidence currently being examined by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory within six weeks..8. State Bank Of India And Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. And Ors.[Item 12 in court 10 – IA 9-12/2016 in SLP(C) 6828-6831/2016].Bench: Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ..Appeals filed by a consortium of banks against an order of the Karnataka High Court which had turned down a plea to restrain Vijay Mallya from leaving the country. The consortium had rejected a proposal by Mallya for repayment of the loans..Today in Court: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that as per the Supreme Court rules, Mallya was required to appear before the court after a notice has been served upon him in a contempt petition. Since he had not been granted exemption from appearance, he should not be heard anymore..Senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for Vijay Mallya, told the bench that they have filed a petition for recall of apex court’s earlier order and in response to the attorney general’s submission stated that no contempt has been made..The bench then asked the attorney general to file a response to Mallya’s petition for recall of its earlier order and accordingly directed that the matter be posted on September 27..Delhi High Court.1. Justice for All v. Govt of NCT Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 1255/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 15].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Petition against the government of Delhi in relation to top schools situated on DDA land not allowing admission to students in the neighbourhood as is required by them under the terms of the allotment letter..Today in Court: The matter was clubbed together with Item No. 16, which is a petition filed by an Aam Aadmi Party MLA against Cambridge School on similar grounds. The government counsel sought adjournment and the matter will now come up on November 3, 2016..2. Court on its own motion v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 4166/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 18].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..PIL taken up suo moto by the court on the basis of the letter dated May 5, 2016 by Justice Vipin Sanghi on his personal experience of the emergency helpline number “100”.Today in Court: Chief Justice G Rohini questioned the government counsel on the actions that were being taken by them to resolve the issue. The counsel argued that a large number of calls were dropped due to heavy traffic that led to congestion. He further stated that they had a feedback system in place through which they returned dropped calls. The next date of hearing is September 24..3. Vijay Kumar Chaurasia v. Bar Council of India and Anr..[W.P. (C) 6848/2014; Court No. 6 Item No. 30].Bench: Sanjiv Khanna, Sunita Gupta, JJ..Petition against admission of students and appointment of teachers in the evening classes of Delhi University in accordance with Bar Council of India rules..Today in Court: A letter dated August 23 was placed on record by the BCI and it was stated by the Delhi University counsel that the contents of the letter were under consideration. The petitioner was served a copy of the letter today..The Delhi University will file an affidavit in four weeks as to the steps taken by them regarding the appointment of teachers. The next date of hearing is October 4.