Supreme Court of India.1. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 25 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 888/2013].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A petition by Subramanian Swamy challenging the acquisition of 24% stake in the Indian carrier Jet Airways by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..2. Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. U.O.I. & Ors. .[Item 1 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 382/2014].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Challenge to the 4G spectrum auctions alleging corruption. Check evening updates..Today in court: In what came across as a major surprise, Chief Justice TS Thakur questioned the functioning of NGO Centre for PIL and the mechanism adopted by the NGO while deciding on whether to agitate a matter in court or not..The Bench then proceeded to hear the case for the whole day before reserving its verdict. Read the full story here..3. Union of India v. Courts on its own Motion thr. Registrar, High Court of Delhi at New Delhi and Ors..[Item 21 in court 2 – SLP(C) 35077/2015].Bench: Anil R Dave, Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ..The challenge to the Delhi High Court’s decision to quash the 60 per cent reservation in Sanskriti School to children of Group A Government officers. The Court had appointed Kapil Sibal as Amicus Curiae in the case..Sibal had told the court during that the 60 percent quota is bad in law. At the same time, he had acknowledged that the concern of the government officers is genuine and wards of government officers have to be accommodated. He had suggested that the Central government should come up with an institutional mechanism to solve the issue..Today in court: The petitioner has raised a new challenge – to a notification issued by the State pursuant to the judgment of the Delhi High Court. The Court said that the petitioner could approach the High Court challenging the same. The case was then adjourned for January 19..4. Compassion Unlimited Plus Action v. Union Of India And Ors..[Item 27 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 24/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A batch of petitions challenging the Central government’s notification allowing use of bulls for bullock cart races and jallikkattu..Today in court: The Court stayed the notification and posted the case for March 15. Read the full story here..5. Voluntary Health Association Of Punjab v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 3 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 349/2006].Bench: Jagdish Singh Khehar, NV Ramana JJ..A writ petition seeking the effective implementation of Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994. During the last hearing the Court had recorded the critical sex ratio in certain districts of Odisha and asked the State government to take note of the same. It had also directed the States and Union Territories which had not filed their quarterly report to file the same before the concerned Committee on or before November 30, 2015..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..6. Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Madras v. B. Kulamani and Anr.[Item 77 in court 1 – SLP(C) NO. 23629/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..7. High Court of Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and State of Andhra Pradesh, Thr. It’s Registrar General and Anr, etc. v. P. Murali Mohana Reddy and Ors.etc.[Item 82 in court 1 – . SLP(C) NO. 25325-25326/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..Delhi High Court.1. Cellulars Operators Association of India and Ors Vs Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.[Item 28, Court 1- WP (C) 11596/2015].Bench- Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..A petition challenging TRAI’s tariff order making it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate subscribers for the first three calls dropped per day at the rate of Re 1 per dropped call from January 1..Yesterday, the petitioners concluded their arguments. The Union and TRAI will make their submissions tomorrow, after which the Bench is expected to pass an interim order in the matter..Today in Court- ASG PS Narsimha began his arguments for TRAI today. He is expected to continue with his submissions on January 15..2. Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs Union of India & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. .[Item 25, Court 1- W.P.(C) 1815/2015].Bench- Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J. .A PIL filed by Prashant Bhushan seeking probe into a number of corruption cases at AIIMS that were unearthed by the previous Central Vigilance Officer, IFS officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi during his tenure from 2012 to 2014..The plea had impleaded Union health minister JP Nadda as a Respondent and had stated that before Nadda became the Minister, had undertaken all possible efforts to ‘dismantle the vigilance department’ at the hospital..Today in Court- This matter was not taken up today. It will now be heard on March 22..3. Delhi Judicial Association (Regd) Vs Union of India & Ors. .[Item 21, Court 8- W.P.(C) 6198/2012].Bench- Manmohan J. .Check evening updates..Today in Court- This matter could not be tracked. Any inputs/leads would be appreciated..4. Novartis India Ltd & Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors. .[Item 16, Court 1- W.P.(C) 7111/2015].Bench- Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J. . Check evening updates..Today in Court- This matter was not taken up today. It will now be heard on April 6..5. Subrata Bhattacharya Vs Securities & Exchange Board of India and Gurmeet Singh Vs Securities & Exchange Board of India .[Item 23-24, Court 12- WP (C) 12341/2015 and WP (C) 12342/2015].Bench- RS Endlaw J. .Check evening updates..Today in Court- Counsel for SEBI informed the Court that they had filed a transfer petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of all connected PACL matters to the Apex Court, so therefore this matter could be listed after that date. Accordingly, the matter was adjourned and will now be taken up on April 19 (Transfer petition in the SC is scheduled to be heard on April 2)..Bombay High Court.1.Kantibhai Brijmohan Bora v. Chief minister of Maharashtra. [Item 1 Court 11 – CRPIL/2/2012 ]. Bench: A.S. Oka, C.V. Bhadang JJ.The matter relates to the challenge of flat allotments made under the discretionary quota of the Maharashtra CM since 1982. In October 2014, the High Court appointed retired judge JA Patil to probe the matter, with the judge filing his report in October last year. Subsequently, the government had started acting on the recommendations in the report, including initiating eviction proceedings..Today in Court: The applications listed today largely dealt with obtaining a copy of the report prepared by Justice JA Patil. Allowing these pleas, the Bench directed the concerned parties to approach the High Court’s Registrar to obtain a copy of the report. A few of the parties did try and seek ad interim relief from eviction; a relief that the Bench refused to grant with Oka J. repeating the fact that this relief could not be granted in the current PIL. The judge advised the parties to challenge the eviction proceedings before the competent authority, and not the High Court..2.Salman Salim Khan v. State of Maharashtra.[Item 2 Court 13 – APPA(criminal)/43/2016].Bench: A.M. Thipsay J..Check evening updates..Today in court: This was reportedly (NDTV) an application filed by the actor seeking more time in submitting court-directed sureties.
Supreme Court of India.1. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 25 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 888/2013].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A petition by Subramanian Swamy challenging the acquisition of 24% stake in the Indian carrier Jet Airways by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..2. Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. U.O.I. & Ors. .[Item 1 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 382/2014].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Challenge to the 4G spectrum auctions alleging corruption. Check evening updates..Today in court: In what came across as a major surprise, Chief Justice TS Thakur questioned the functioning of NGO Centre for PIL and the mechanism adopted by the NGO while deciding on whether to agitate a matter in court or not..The Bench then proceeded to hear the case for the whole day before reserving its verdict. Read the full story here..3. Union of India v. Courts on its own Motion thr. Registrar, High Court of Delhi at New Delhi and Ors..[Item 21 in court 2 – SLP(C) 35077/2015].Bench: Anil R Dave, Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ..The challenge to the Delhi High Court’s decision to quash the 60 per cent reservation in Sanskriti School to children of Group A Government officers. The Court had appointed Kapil Sibal as Amicus Curiae in the case..Sibal had told the court during that the 60 percent quota is bad in law. At the same time, he had acknowledged that the concern of the government officers is genuine and wards of government officers have to be accommodated. He had suggested that the Central government should come up with an institutional mechanism to solve the issue..Today in court: The petitioner has raised a new challenge – to a notification issued by the State pursuant to the judgment of the Delhi High Court. The Court said that the petitioner could approach the High Court challenging the same. The case was then adjourned for January 19..4. Compassion Unlimited Plus Action v. Union Of India And Ors..[Item 27 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 24/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A batch of petitions challenging the Central government’s notification allowing use of bulls for bullock cart races and jallikkattu..Today in court: The Court stayed the notification and posted the case for March 15. Read the full story here..5. Voluntary Health Association Of Punjab v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 3 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 349/2006].Bench: Jagdish Singh Khehar, NV Ramana JJ..A writ petition seeking the effective implementation of Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994. During the last hearing the Court had recorded the critical sex ratio in certain districts of Odisha and asked the State government to take note of the same. It had also directed the States and Union Territories which had not filed their quarterly report to file the same before the concerned Committee on or before November 30, 2015..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..6. Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Madras v. B. Kulamani and Anr.[Item 77 in court 1 – SLP(C) NO. 23629/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..7. High Court of Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and State of Andhra Pradesh, Thr. It’s Registrar General and Anr, etc. v. P. Murali Mohana Reddy and Ors.etc.[Item 82 in court 1 – . SLP(C) NO. 25325-25326/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..Delhi High Court.1. Cellulars Operators Association of India and Ors Vs Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.[Item 28, Court 1- WP (C) 11596/2015].Bench- Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..A petition challenging TRAI’s tariff order making it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate subscribers for the first three calls dropped per day at the rate of Re 1 per dropped call from January 1..Yesterday, the petitioners concluded their arguments. The Union and TRAI will make their submissions tomorrow, after which the Bench is expected to pass an interim order in the matter..Today in Court- ASG PS Narsimha began his arguments for TRAI today. He is expected to continue with his submissions on January 15..2. Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs Union of India & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. .[Item 25, Court 1- W.P.(C) 1815/2015].Bench- Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J. .A PIL filed by Prashant Bhushan seeking probe into a number of corruption cases at AIIMS that were unearthed by the previous Central Vigilance Officer, IFS officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi during his tenure from 2012 to 2014..The plea had impleaded Union health minister JP Nadda as a Respondent and had stated that before Nadda became the Minister, had undertaken all possible efforts to ‘dismantle the vigilance department’ at the hospital..Today in Court- This matter was not taken up today. It will now be heard on March 22..3. Delhi Judicial Association (Regd) Vs Union of India & Ors. .[Item 21, Court 8- W.P.(C) 6198/2012].Bench- Manmohan J. .Check evening updates..Today in Court- This matter could not be tracked. Any inputs/leads would be appreciated..4. Novartis India Ltd & Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors. .[Item 16, Court 1- W.P.(C) 7111/2015].Bench- Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J. . Check evening updates..Today in Court- This matter was not taken up today. It will now be heard on April 6..5. Subrata Bhattacharya Vs Securities & Exchange Board of India and Gurmeet Singh Vs Securities & Exchange Board of India .[Item 23-24, Court 12- WP (C) 12341/2015 and WP (C) 12342/2015].Bench- RS Endlaw J. .Check evening updates..Today in Court- Counsel for SEBI informed the Court that they had filed a transfer petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of all connected PACL matters to the Apex Court, so therefore this matter could be listed after that date. Accordingly, the matter was adjourned and will now be taken up on April 19 (Transfer petition in the SC is scheduled to be heard on April 2)..Bombay High Court.1.Kantibhai Brijmohan Bora v. Chief minister of Maharashtra. [Item 1 Court 11 – CRPIL/2/2012 ]. Bench: A.S. Oka, C.V. Bhadang JJ.The matter relates to the challenge of flat allotments made under the discretionary quota of the Maharashtra CM since 1982. In October 2014, the High Court appointed retired judge JA Patil to probe the matter, with the judge filing his report in October last year. Subsequently, the government had started acting on the recommendations in the report, including initiating eviction proceedings..Today in Court: The applications listed today largely dealt with obtaining a copy of the report prepared by Justice JA Patil. Allowing these pleas, the Bench directed the concerned parties to approach the High Court’s Registrar to obtain a copy of the report. A few of the parties did try and seek ad interim relief from eviction; a relief that the Bench refused to grant with Oka J. repeating the fact that this relief could not be granted in the current PIL. The judge advised the parties to challenge the eviction proceedings before the competent authority, and not the High Court..2.Salman Salim Khan v. State of Maharashtra.[Item 2 Court 13 – APPA(criminal)/43/2016].Bench: A.M. Thipsay J..Check evening updates..Today in court: This was reportedly (NDTV) an application filed by the actor seeking more time in submitting court-directed sureties.
