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.Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of HaryanaExtra Judl. Exec. Victim Families Assn.& Anr. v. Union of India & Anr..Bombay High Court.Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandi through Joint Secretary v. State of Maharashtra through Dept of MedicalAssociation of Unaided Private Medical Colleges v. State of MaharashtraThe High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors..Delhi High Court.Uber India Technology Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Government of NCT Delhi and Ors.Monsanto Technology v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. and Ors.Arpit Bhargava and Anr. v. NDMC and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.1. 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..The case relating to the imposition of entry tax. The Bench is currently listening to the states’ arguments. When the matter was last heard, Senior Advocate Harish Salve finished his rejoinder submissions; he was followed by Senior Advocate AK Ganguli..Today in Court: Senior Advocate AK Ganguli continued with his rejoinder submissions in the first half of the day. However, the Bench checked him for bringing in a new line of argument during his rejoinder submissions..Senior Advocates SK Bagaria and Arvind Datar also made their submissions..2. Extra Judl. Exec. Victim Families Assn.& Anr. v. Union of India & Anr..[Item 1 in court 7 – WP(Crl.) 129/2012].Bench: Madan B Lokur, UU Lalit JJ..The petition relating to encounter killings in Manipur. In July this year, the apex court had ruled that all incidents involving suspected use of excessive and retaliatory force by the Army or police in Manipur must be investigated..Today in Court: Amicus Curae Menaka Guruswamy began by saying that since 1995, there had been no developments in the law relating to extra-judicial killings. Killings have unfortunately been reduced to a semi-tort, she also contended. Senior Advocate Gopal Subramaniam (appearing for the NHRC) contended that the NHRC only had nominal powers, and that its status had been reduced to a “mailbox” for filing a paper trail. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi made submissions on behalf of the State..Bombay High Court.1. Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandi through Joint Secretary v. State of Maharashtra through Dept of Medical.[Item 902 Court 52- WP(OS)/10158/2016].Bench: CJ Manjula Chellur, MS Sonak J.This is a challenge to the state government’s rule making it mandatory for students with state domicile to get admissions in unaided private medical colleges. A group of medical aspirants and their parents are also looking to intervene in this PIL..Today in court: Read our detailed report..2. Association of Unaided Private Medical Colleges v. State of Maharashtra.[Item 904 Court 43-WP(C)/10507/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, Swapna Joshi JJ.Check evening updates..Today in court: This bench did not sit today. However, this petition has now been tagged with the NEET matter in the Chief Justice’s court..3. The High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors..[Item 13 Court 13- PIL(C)/7/2011].Bench: AS Oka, RD Dhanuka JJ.A suo-motu PIL dealing with basic court infrastructure in the state. Senior counsel AA Kumbhakoni is the amicus in the matter, SR Nargolkar appears for the administrative side of the High Court and AB Vagyani appears for the state. For more, read our detailed report..Today in court: This case was adjourned after a report on fire safety audits was filed..Delhi High Court.1. Uber India Technology Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Government of NCT Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 9723/2015; Court No. 1 Item No. 22].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Petition challenging the Radio Taxi Scheme, 2014 drafted by the Delhi government..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned to September 9..2. Monsanto Technology v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. and Ors..[CS (Comm) 132/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 25].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..This is Bt cotton seed major Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Ltd’s plea against Nuziveedu Seeds for infringing its trademark, and selling seeds beyond the period of license..Today in Court: The matter did not come up today..3. Arpit Bhargava and Anr. v. NDMC and Ors..[W.P. (C) 4534/2015; Court No. 3 Item No. 13].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..A petition on the safety of Delhi buildings with respect to natural disasters such as earthquakes. The court had observed that Delhi falls in a high risk seismic zone IV and sought action plans from authorities to ensure that the buildings in Delhi survived an earthquake..In the last hearing, the AAP government informed the court that an “action plan” on making buildings here compliant with the National Building Code, 2005 for seismic zone-IV was still awaited from the three municipal corporations..Today in Court: A meeting shall be held tomorrow regarding the action plan for making Delhi’s buildings compliant with the National Building Code of 2005. The matter will now come up in October.
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.Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of HaryanaExtra Judl. Exec. Victim Families Assn.& Anr. v. Union of India & Anr..Bombay High Court.Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandi through Joint Secretary v. State of Maharashtra through Dept of MedicalAssociation of Unaided Private Medical Colleges v. State of MaharashtraThe High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors..Delhi High Court.Uber India Technology Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Government of NCT Delhi and Ors.Monsanto Technology v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. and Ors.Arpit Bhargava and Anr. v. NDMC and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.1. 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..The case relating to the imposition of entry tax. The Bench is currently listening to the states’ arguments. When the matter was last heard, Senior Advocate Harish Salve finished his rejoinder submissions; he was followed by Senior Advocate AK Ganguli..Today in Court: Senior Advocate AK Ganguli continued with his rejoinder submissions in the first half of the day. However, the Bench checked him for bringing in a new line of argument during his rejoinder submissions..Senior Advocates SK Bagaria and Arvind Datar also made their submissions..2. Extra Judl. Exec. Victim Families Assn.& Anr. v. Union of India & Anr..[Item 1 in court 7 – WP(Crl.) 129/2012].Bench: Madan B Lokur, UU Lalit JJ..The petition relating to encounter killings in Manipur. In July this year, the apex court had ruled that all incidents involving suspected use of excessive and retaliatory force by the Army or police in Manipur must be investigated..Today in Court: Amicus Curae Menaka Guruswamy began by saying that since 1995, there had been no developments in the law relating to extra-judicial killings. Killings have unfortunately been reduced to a semi-tort, she also contended. Senior Advocate Gopal Subramaniam (appearing for the NHRC) contended that the NHRC only had nominal powers, and that its status had been reduced to a “mailbox” for filing a paper trail. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi made submissions on behalf of the State..Bombay High Court.1. Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandi through Joint Secretary v. State of Maharashtra through Dept of Medical.[Item 902 Court 52- WP(OS)/10158/2016].Bench: CJ Manjula Chellur, MS Sonak J.This is a challenge to the state government’s rule making it mandatory for students with state domicile to get admissions in unaided private medical colleges. A group of medical aspirants and their parents are also looking to intervene in this PIL..Today in court: Read our detailed report..2. Association of Unaided Private Medical Colleges v. State of Maharashtra.[Item 904 Court 43-WP(C)/10507/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, Swapna Joshi JJ.Check evening updates..Today in court: This bench did not sit today. However, this petition has now been tagged with the NEET matter in the Chief Justice’s court..3. The High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors..[Item 13 Court 13- PIL(C)/7/2011].Bench: AS Oka, RD Dhanuka JJ.A suo-motu PIL dealing with basic court infrastructure in the state. Senior counsel AA Kumbhakoni is the amicus in the matter, SR Nargolkar appears for the administrative side of the High Court and AB Vagyani appears for the state. For more, read our detailed report..Today in court: This case was adjourned after a report on fire safety audits was filed..Delhi High Court.1. Uber India Technology Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Government of NCT Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 9723/2015; Court No. 1 Item No. 22].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Petition challenging the Radio Taxi Scheme, 2014 drafted by the Delhi government..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned to September 9..2. Monsanto Technology v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. and Ors..[CS (Comm) 132/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 25].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..This is Bt cotton seed major Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Ltd’s plea against Nuziveedu Seeds for infringing its trademark, and selling seeds beyond the period of license..Today in Court: The matter did not come up today..3. Arpit Bhargava and Anr. v. NDMC and Ors..[W.P. (C) 4534/2015; Court No. 3 Item No. 13].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..A petition on the safety of Delhi buildings with respect to natural disasters such as earthquakes. The court had observed that Delhi falls in a high risk seismic zone IV and sought action plans from authorities to ensure that the buildings in Delhi survived an earthquake..In the last hearing, the AAP government informed the court that an “action plan” on making buildings here compliant with the National Building Code, 2005 for seismic zone-IV was still awaited from the three municipal corporations..Today in Court: A meeting shall be held tomorrow regarding the action plan for making Delhi’s buildings compliant with the National Building Code of 2005. The matter will now come up in October.