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.Abhiram Singh v. CD CommachenState of Karnataka v. Tamil NaduAjayinder Sangwan v. Bar Council of Delhi.Delhi High Court.National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors.Telfonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International Ltd..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. 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 Representation of the People Act, 1951..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Arvind Datar continued his submissions from yesterday..2. State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.[Item 6 in court 4– CA 2453/2007].Bench: Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy, AM Khanwilkar JJ..The petition over the sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The Court had yesterday directed the Karnataka government to release of 2000 cusecs of water as an interim measure..Today in Court: The judgment has been reserved..3. Ajayinder Sangwan v. Bar Council of Delhi & Ors..[Item 6 in court 7 – IA 2 in TC(C) 126/2015].Bench: PC Ghose, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The case pertaining to the challenge to the Bar Council of India Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015..Today in Court: Orders in the matter will be passed tomorrow..Delhi High Court.1. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 5232/2007; Court No. 3 Item No. 16].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..A writ petition filed for the rights of manual scavengers against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Jal Board. The petitioners filed a report stating they had interacted with 1,000 manual scavengers out of which only 233 agreed to come on record and talk about the conditions they 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..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned since the judge was on leave..2. Telfonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International Ltd..[PH CS (Comm) 1148/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 58].Bench: S. Muralidhar, J..Patent infringement suit filed against Lava by Ericsson for using their Standard Essential Patents in the form of the GSM, WCDMA technology in the manufacture of smart phones..Today in Court: The matter was transferred to another bench, to be heard on Monday, October 24.
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.Abhiram Singh v. CD CommachenState of Karnataka v. Tamil NaduAjayinder Sangwan v. Bar Council of Delhi.Delhi High Court.National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors.Telfonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International Ltd..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. 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 Representation of the People Act, 1951..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Arvind Datar continued his submissions from yesterday..2. State of Karnataka v. State of Tamil Nadu.[Item 6 in court 4– CA 2453/2007].Bench: Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy, AM Khanwilkar JJ..The petition over the sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The Court had yesterday directed the Karnataka government to release of 2000 cusecs of water as an interim measure..Today in Court: The judgment has been reserved..3. Ajayinder Sangwan v. Bar Council of Delhi & Ors..[Item 6 in court 7 – IA 2 in TC(C) 126/2015].Bench: PC Ghose, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The case pertaining to the challenge to the Bar Council of India Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015..Today in Court: Orders in the matter will be passed tomorrow..Delhi High Court.1. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 5232/2007; Court No. 3 Item No. 16].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..A writ petition filed for the rights of manual scavengers against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Jal Board. The petitioners filed a report stating they had interacted with 1,000 manual scavengers out of which only 233 agreed to come on record and talk about the conditions they 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..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned since the judge was on leave..2. Telfonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International Ltd..[PH CS (Comm) 1148/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 58].Bench: S. Muralidhar, J..Patent infringement suit filed against Lava by Ericsson for using their Standard Essential Patents in the form of the GSM, WCDMA technology in the manufacture of smart phones..Today in Court: The matter was transferred to another bench, to be heard on Monday, October 24.