A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.ML Sharma v. Union of IndiaLok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors.Air India Ltd v. Air India Employees Union & Anr Etc.State of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil VidyapeethState of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.Delhi High Court.Damini Chawla v. Union of India and Ors.Virbhadra Singh and Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 21 in court 8 – Writ Petition (Civil) 121/2013].Bench: Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Amitava Roy JJ. .A petition seeking a probe into the supply of adulterated drugs by drug manufacturers like Ranbaxy. The court had issued notice in this case moret than two years ago in March, 2014..Today in Court: This petition was dismissed..2. Lok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors..[Item 18 in court 1 – W.P.(C) NO. 330/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition to establish a procedure to ensure that unnecessary delays in issuing notification of the disqualification and vacation of seats of convicted lawmakers does not frustrate Section 8 of the the Representation of Peoples’ Act, 1951..Today in Court: This matter was not taken up..3. Air India Ltd v. Air India Employees Union & Anr Etc..[Item 1 in court 10 – SLP(C) 12575-12577/2014].Bench: Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ..Case regarding pay and other service conditions of pilots and cabin crew. When the matter was last heard, the court had taken strong objection to Air India delaying the hearing in the case by taking adjournments..Today in Court: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi made his submissions..4. State of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth.[Item 301 Court 10 – SLP (C) 26558/2016].Bench: AK Sikri, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Petition regarding conducting centralised counselling for NEET in the State of Maharashtra. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar made their arguments in Court yesterday..Today in Court: The Bench has reserved its judgment in the matter, and the issues in the other petitions tagged with this one will be taken up tomorrow..5. State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.[Item 22 in court 3 at 2:00 p.m. – IA 12/2016 IN IA 10 IN CA 2456/2007].Bench: Dipak Misra, UU Lalit JJ..The petition over the sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This is an application seeking the modification of the previous order directing Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu..Today in Court: The Bench directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water for the next two days, following which the matter will be taken up on Friday..Delhi High Court.1. Damini Chawla v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 8749/2014; Court No. 1 Item No. 16].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..A batch of petitions seeking directions from the Court to the Central Government on regulating radio taxis in the capital region. Damini, in her petition, has claimed that radio taxis were violating the Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006..Today in Court: The matter wasn’t heard by the bench. Re-listed for December 15..2. Virbhadra Singh and Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors..[W.P. (Crl) 2757/2015; Court No. 34 Item No. 45].Bench: Vipin Sanghi, J..The disproportionate assets case filed against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. In the last hearing, CBI had informed the bench that the investigation in the matter was complete and that they were ready to file a chargesheet against Singh and the others..According to an interim order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the CBI was restrained from arresting, interrogating or filing a charge sheet against Singh without the permission from the court..Today in Court: The bench heard arguments today. The counsel for the Chief Minister argued that a second preliminary inquiry cannot be initiated after the closure of the first preliminary inquiry. The bench will continue hearing arguments on the next date of hearing.
A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.ML Sharma v. Union of IndiaLok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors.Air India Ltd v. Air India Employees Union & Anr Etc.State of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil VidyapeethState of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.Delhi High Court.Damini Chawla v. Union of India and Ors.Virbhadra Singh and Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 21 in court 8 – Writ Petition (Civil) 121/2013].Bench: Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Amitava Roy JJ. .A petition seeking a probe into the supply of adulterated drugs by drug manufacturers like Ranbaxy. The court had issued notice in this case moret than two years ago in March, 2014..Today in Court: This petition was dismissed..2. Lok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors..[Item 18 in court 1 – W.P.(C) NO. 330/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition to establish a procedure to ensure that unnecessary delays in issuing notification of the disqualification and vacation of seats of convicted lawmakers does not frustrate Section 8 of the the Representation of Peoples’ Act, 1951..Today in Court: This matter was not taken up..3. Air India Ltd v. Air India Employees Union & Anr Etc..[Item 1 in court 10 – SLP(C) 12575-12577/2014].Bench: Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ..Case regarding pay and other service conditions of pilots and cabin crew. When the matter was last heard, the court had taken strong objection to Air India delaying the hearing in the case by taking adjournments..Today in Court: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi made his submissions..4. State of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth.[Item 301 Court 10 – SLP (C) 26558/2016].Bench: AK Sikri, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Petition regarding conducting centralised counselling for NEET in the State of Maharashtra. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar made their arguments in Court yesterday..Today in Court: The Bench has reserved its judgment in the matter, and the issues in the other petitions tagged with this one will be taken up tomorrow..5. State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.[Item 22 in court 3 at 2:00 p.m. – IA 12/2016 IN IA 10 IN CA 2456/2007].Bench: Dipak Misra, UU Lalit JJ..The petition over the sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. This is an application seeking the modification of the previous order directing Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu..Today in Court: The Bench directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water for the next two days, following which the matter will be taken up on Friday..Delhi High Court.1. Damini Chawla v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 8749/2014; Court No. 1 Item No. 16].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..A batch of petitions seeking directions from the Court to the Central Government on regulating radio taxis in the capital region. Damini, in her petition, has claimed that radio taxis were violating the Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006..Today in Court: The matter wasn’t heard by the bench. Re-listed for December 15..2. Virbhadra Singh and Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors..[W.P. (Crl) 2757/2015; Court No. 34 Item No. 45].Bench: Vipin Sanghi, J..The disproportionate assets case filed against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. In the last hearing, CBI had informed the bench that the investigation in the matter was complete and that they were ready to file a chargesheet against Singh and the others..According to an interim order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the CBI was restrained from arresting, interrogating or filing a charge sheet against Singh without the permission from the court..Today in Court: The bench heard arguments today. The counsel for the Chief Minister argued that a second preliminary inquiry cannot be initiated after the closure of the first preliminary inquiry. The bench will continue hearing arguments on the next date of hearing.