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.Indian National Congress v. Union of IndiaIn re Deepak KhoslaIn Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1,382 PrisonsAbhiram Singh v. CD CommachenState of Karnataka v. Tamil Nadu.Delhi High Court.P.K. Dash v. Bar Council of Delhi and Ors.Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Gionee Communication Equipment.SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Indian National Congress v. Union of India.Item 31 in court 3 – SLP (Civil) 18190/2014.Bench: JS Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..An appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court directing investigation into funds received by the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party from foreign companies..Today in Court: This case was not taken up today..2. In re Deepak Khosla.[Item 6 in court 7 – SMC(CRL) NO. 1/2016 IN SLP CRL @ SLP(CRL) NO. 2276-2277/2016].Bench: Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman JJ..A contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court against advocate Deepak Khosla based on a report received from the Registry of the Court. Read more here..Today in Court: This case was not taken up today..3. In Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1,382 Prisons.[Item 25 in court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 406/2013].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agrawal JJ..Case pertaining to inhuman treatment of prisoners and under-trials in jails..Today in Court: This case was not taken up today..4. Abhiram Singh v. C D Commachen.[Item 701 in court 1 – CA 37/1992].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Revisiting of the two-decade-old Hindutva judgement for an authoritative pronouncement on electoral law categorising misuse of religion for electoral gains as “corrupt practice”. The issue is the scope of corrupt practices mentioned in sub-section (3) of Section 123 of the 1951 Representation of People Act..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Arvind Datar made his submissions today..5. State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.[Item 7 in court 4 at 2:00 p.m. – CA 2453/2007].Bench: Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy, AM Khanwilkar JJ..The petition over the sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka..Today in Court: The Court has directed the release of 2000 cusecs of water as an interim measure. The hearing will continue tomorrow..Delhi High Court.1. P.K. Dash, Advocate and Ors. v. Bar Council of Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 8106/2010; Court No. 5 Item No. 1].Bench: S Ravindra Bhat, Siddharth Mridul, JJ..Clarification sought through the petition regarding the one-bar-one-vote principle and its implementation before the DHCBA 2016 elections scheduled to be held next month..Today in Court: After some hearing, learned senior counsel sought liberty to withdraw the applications and seek recourse to remedies available in law. Liberty granted. Miscellaneous applications were accordingly dismissed as withdrawn..2. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Gionee Communication Equipment and Anr..[CS (OS) 2010/2013; Court No. 24 Item No. 7].Bench: GS Sistani, J..A patent battle between Gionee and Ericsson for use of Ericsson’s standard essential patents of WCDMA, EDGE, and CDMA technology in the smartphones..Today in Court: The matter got listed for production of documents before the Joint Registrar. Next date of hearing is November 22.
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.Indian National Congress v. Union of IndiaIn re Deepak KhoslaIn Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1,382 PrisonsAbhiram Singh v. CD CommachenState of Karnataka v. Tamil Nadu.Delhi High Court.P.K. Dash v. Bar Council of Delhi and Ors.Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Gionee Communication Equipment.SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Indian National Congress v. Union of India.Item 31 in court 3 – SLP (Civil) 18190/2014.Bench: JS Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..An appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court directing investigation into funds received by the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party from foreign companies..Today in Court: This case was not taken up today..2. In re Deepak Khosla.[Item 6 in court 7 – SMC(CRL) NO. 1/2016 IN SLP CRL @ SLP(CRL) NO. 2276-2277/2016].Bench: Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman JJ..A contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court against advocate Deepak Khosla based on a report received from the Registry of the Court. Read more here..Today in Court: This case was not taken up today..3. In Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1,382 Prisons.[Item 25 in court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 406/2013].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agrawal JJ..Case pertaining to inhuman treatment of prisoners and under-trials in jails..Today in Court: This case was not taken up today..4. Abhiram Singh v. C D Commachen.[Item 701 in court 1 – CA 37/1992].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Revisiting of the two-decade-old Hindutva judgement for an authoritative pronouncement on electoral law categorising misuse of religion for electoral gains as “corrupt practice”. The issue is the scope of corrupt practices mentioned in sub-section (3) of Section 123 of the 1951 Representation of People Act..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Arvind Datar made his submissions today..5. State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.[Item 7 in court 4 at 2:00 p.m. – CA 2453/2007].Bench: Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy, AM Khanwilkar JJ..The petition over the sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka..Today in Court: The Court has directed the release of 2000 cusecs of water as an interim measure. The hearing will continue tomorrow..Delhi High Court.1. P.K. Dash, Advocate and Ors. v. Bar Council of Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 8106/2010; Court No. 5 Item No. 1].Bench: S Ravindra Bhat, Siddharth Mridul, JJ..Clarification sought through the petition regarding the one-bar-one-vote principle and its implementation before the DHCBA 2016 elections scheduled to be held next month..Today in Court: After some hearing, learned senior counsel sought liberty to withdraw the applications and seek recourse to remedies available in law. Liberty granted. Miscellaneous applications were accordingly dismissed as withdrawn..2. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Gionee Communication Equipment and Anr..[CS (OS) 2010/2013; Court No. 24 Item No. 7].Bench: GS Sistani, J..A patent battle between Gionee and Ericsson for use of Ericsson’s standard essential patents of WCDMA, EDGE, and CDMA technology in the smartphones..Today in Court: The matter got listed for production of documents before the Joint Registrar. Next date of hearing is November 22.