Supreme Court of India.1. Suraksha Foundation v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 2 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 793/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ. .A fresh PIL concerning implementation of traffic regulations. Check evening updates..2. Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India.[Item 30 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl) 160/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R. Banumathi JJ..A petition praying for a ban on websites spreading jokes on Sikh community by portraying them as persons of low intellect. The Court on October 30, had agreed to hear the petitioner and directed that it be listed after 6 weeks. Read the full report here..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..3. Union of India v. Courts on its own Motion thr. Registrar, High Court of Delhi at New Delhi and Ors..[Item 46 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 offered by 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 the last hearing 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: This case was adjourned for tomorrow..4. State of Assam v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 6 in court 1 – IA 20/2015 in Orgnl. Suit 1/1989].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..This suit date back to 1989 and pertains to a boundary dispute between the States of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The issues for consideration include:.Maintainability of the suit filed by AssamDetermination of areas which are disputed after the demarcation..Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Krishnan Venugopal had appeared for Assam while Arunachal Pradesh is being represented by Senior Advocates Raju Ramachandran and TR Andhyarujina. .Check evening updates to know more about the interim application..Today in court: The court modified its order dated November 4, 2015 and extended the time for concluding the evidence by another six months from today instead of six weeks as erroneously mentioned in the order..5. Nagender Chindam and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr..[Item 15 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 8/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was dismissed..6. Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union Of India & Ors.[Item 31 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl.) 121/2013].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..7. Subrata Bhattacharya v. Securities & Exchange Board of India.Item 28 in Court 2 – Civil Appeal 13301/2015.Bench: Anil R Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh, Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ..A batch of petitions related to the PACL Ltd’s alleged ponzi scheme where it collected Rs. 45,000 crore from about 6 crore investors. Read more about the PACL case here..Today in court: This case was adjourned to February 2..8. Abdul Gani Bhat v. Chief Justice of J & K High Ct.& Anr.[Item 52 in court 3 – CRLMP.10870/2015 & 19760/2015 in WP (Crl.) D 32576/2013].Bench: JS Khehar, C Nagappan JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any lead/ information would be appreciated..9. Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (Scwla) v. Union Of India And Anr..[Item 9 in court 4 – Writ Petition (C) 4/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, NV Ramana JJ..A petition seeking castration of those who are convicted of sexual offences against children..Today in court: The Court categorically stated that it cannot prescribe any punishment and the same was the task of the Parliament. It, however, noted in its order that the Parliament may consider amending the law to define “child” and “child abuse” and bringing more severe punishment for those convicted of sexual offences against children..10. Indian Young Lawyers Association & Ors. v. State Of Kerala & Ors..[Item 303 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 373/2006].Bench: Dipak Misra, PC Ghose, NV Ramana JJ..A petition praying that women should be permitted to enter the temple of Sabarimala in Kerala. The Court had issued notice in this case way back in 2006. The matter was last heard in 2008 when the Court had directed it to be listed before a 3-judge Bench..Today in court: The Court gave time to the State government to file additional affidavit setting out its stand. Justice Dipak Misra remarked during the hearing that “Unless you have the Constitutional right to prohibit, you can’t prohibit”. The matter will now be heard on January 18. Read more about the hearing here..11. Karem Sivaji v. Union of India and Ors..[Item 14 in court 1 – Writ Petition (C) 3/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This petition was withdrawn..12. Ketan Tirodkar v. Union of India through Cabinet Secretary.[Item 28 in court 1 – Writ petition. (CRL.) 176/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R. Banumathi JJ..A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..13. Satyanarayana Murthy Jandhyala v. Registrar National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission & Anr..[Item 29 in court 1 – Writ Petition. (C) 785/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ.A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..14. Financial Times Ltd. & Anr. v. Registrar of Newspaper for India & Ors..[Item 10 in court 2 – IA 3-4/2015 in SLP(C) 20709-20710/2011].Bench: Anil Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh AK Goel JJ..A trademark dispute between UK based business daily Financial Times and the Times Group in India. Financial Times has now moved an application to allow it to publish in India, with a disclaimer that it is not related to The Times Group that publishes The Times of India and Economic Times..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any lead/ information would be appreciated..Delhi High Court.1. Shweta Kapoor Vs GNCT of Delhi & Anr. [Lead case in a batch of matters].[Court 1- Item 84-94].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J. .Petitions challenging the odd/even vehicle scheme proposed by the Delhi Govt..During the last hearing, the Bench had reserved orders after Senior Advocate Harish Salve who appeared for the Delhi Govt, submitted that the Scheme had produced ‘definite change in the pollution levels’..Previously, the Bench has often suggested to the Govt whether it is possible to limit the Scheme to one week and assess the pollution levels accordingly..Today in Court- The Bench refused to interfere with the Notification of the State Government that put into place the Odd-Even Scheme. You can read the report here. .2. Cellulars Operators Association of India and Ors Vs Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.[Item 81, 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..During the previous hearing, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued for the Petitioners and submitted that telecom operators were not solely responsible for call drops and TRAI’s Regulation was arbitrary as it was unreasonable. ASG PS Narsimha appeared for the Government..Today in Court- 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..3. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Erricson (Publ) Vs Mercury Electronics & Anr..[Item 11, Court 19- CS (OS) 442/2013].Bench: Najmi Waziri J..The Micromax-Erricson dispute..Previously, Yu Televentures, a subsidiary company of Micromax and the founder of Micromax Rahul Sharma had filed an appeal against the bailable warrants issued by the Single Bench against directors of Yu which included Sharma. The Division Bench had discharged warrants against all the directors..4. Jagdish Kumar Sikka Vs The Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd & Ors. .[Item 26, Court 10- FAO 14/2016].Bench- Rajiv Shakhder J. .Check evening updates..Today in Court- The petition was dismissed.
Supreme Court of India.1. Suraksha Foundation v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 2 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 793/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ. .A fresh PIL concerning implementation of traffic regulations. Check evening updates..2. Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India.[Item 30 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl) 160/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R. Banumathi JJ..A petition praying for a ban on websites spreading jokes on Sikh community by portraying them as persons of low intellect. The Court on October 30, had agreed to hear the petitioner and directed that it be listed after 6 weeks. Read the full report here..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..3. Union of India v. Courts on its own Motion thr. Registrar, High Court of Delhi at New Delhi and Ors..[Item 46 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 offered by 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 the last hearing 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: This case was adjourned for tomorrow..4. State of Assam v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 6 in court 1 – IA 20/2015 in Orgnl. Suit 1/1989].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..This suit date back to 1989 and pertains to a boundary dispute between the States of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The issues for consideration include:.Maintainability of the suit filed by AssamDetermination of areas which are disputed after the demarcation..Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Krishnan Venugopal had appeared for Assam while Arunachal Pradesh is being represented by Senior Advocates Raju Ramachandran and TR Andhyarujina. .Check evening updates to know more about the interim application..Today in court: The court modified its order dated November 4, 2015 and extended the time for concluding the evidence by another six months from today instead of six weeks as erroneously mentioned in the order..5. Nagender Chindam and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr..[Item 15 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 8/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was dismissed..6. Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union Of India & Ors.[Item 31 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl.) 121/2013].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..7. Subrata Bhattacharya v. Securities & Exchange Board of India.Item 28 in Court 2 – Civil Appeal 13301/2015.Bench: Anil R Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh, Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ..A batch of petitions related to the PACL Ltd’s alleged ponzi scheme where it collected Rs. 45,000 crore from about 6 crore investors. Read more about the PACL case here..Today in court: This case was adjourned to February 2..8. Abdul Gani Bhat v. Chief Justice of J & K High Ct.& Anr.[Item 52 in court 3 – CRLMP.10870/2015 & 19760/2015 in WP (Crl.) D 32576/2013].Bench: JS Khehar, C Nagappan JJ..Check evening updates..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any lead/ information would be appreciated..9. Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (Scwla) v. Union Of India And Anr..[Item 9 in court 4 – Writ Petition (C) 4/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, NV Ramana JJ..A petition seeking castration of those who are convicted of sexual offences against children..Today in court: The Court categorically stated that it cannot prescribe any punishment and the same was the task of the Parliament. It, however, noted in its order that the Parliament may consider amending the law to define “child” and “child abuse” and bringing more severe punishment for those convicted of sexual offences against children..10. Indian Young Lawyers Association & Ors. v. State Of Kerala & Ors..[Item 303 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 373/2006].Bench: Dipak Misra, PC Ghose, NV Ramana JJ..A petition praying that women should be permitted to enter the temple of Sabarimala in Kerala. The Court had issued notice in this case way back in 2006. The matter was last heard in 2008 when the Court had directed it to be listed before a 3-judge Bench..Today in court: The Court gave time to the State government to file additional affidavit setting out its stand. Justice Dipak Misra remarked during the hearing that “Unless you have the Constitutional right to prohibit, you can’t prohibit”. The matter will now be heard on January 18. Read more about the hearing here..11. Karem Sivaji v. Union of India and Ors..[Item 14 in court 1 – Writ Petition (C) 3/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This petition was withdrawn..12. Ketan Tirodkar v. Union of India through Cabinet Secretary.[Item 28 in court 1 – Writ petition. (CRL.) 176/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R. Banumathi JJ..A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..13. Satyanarayana Murthy Jandhyala v. Registrar National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission & Anr..[Item 29 in court 1 – Writ Petition. (C) 785/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ.A fresh PIL. Check evening updates..Today in court: This case was not taken up today..14. Financial Times Ltd. & Anr. v. Registrar of Newspaper for India & Ors..[Item 10 in court 2 – IA 3-4/2015 in SLP(C) 20709-20710/2011].Bench: Anil Dave, Shiva Kirti Singh AK Goel JJ..A trademark dispute between UK based business daily Financial Times and the Times Group in India. Financial Times has now moved an application to allow it to publish in India, with a disclaimer that it is not related to The Times Group that publishes The Times of India and Economic Times..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any lead/ information would be appreciated..Delhi High Court.1. Shweta Kapoor Vs GNCT of Delhi & Anr. [Lead case in a batch of matters].[Court 1- Item 84-94].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J. .Petitions challenging the odd/even vehicle scheme proposed by the Delhi Govt..During the last hearing, the Bench had reserved orders after Senior Advocate Harish Salve who appeared for the Delhi Govt, submitted that the Scheme had produced ‘definite change in the pollution levels’..Previously, the Bench has often suggested to the Govt whether it is possible to limit the Scheme to one week and assess the pollution levels accordingly..Today in Court- The Bench refused to interfere with the Notification of the State Government that put into place the Odd-Even Scheme. You can read the report here. .2. Cellulars Operators Association of India and Ors Vs Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.[Item 81, 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..During the previous hearing, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued for the Petitioners and submitted that telecom operators were not solely responsible for call drops and TRAI’s Regulation was arbitrary as it was unreasonable. ASG PS Narsimha appeared for the Government..Today in Court- 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..3. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Erricson (Publ) Vs Mercury Electronics & Anr..[Item 11, Court 19- CS (OS) 442/2013].Bench: Najmi Waziri J..The Micromax-Erricson dispute..Previously, Yu Televentures, a subsidiary company of Micromax and the founder of Micromax Rahul Sharma had filed an appeal against the bailable warrants issued by the Single Bench against directors of Yu which included Sharma. The Division Bench had discharged warrants against all the directors..4. Jagdish Kumar Sikka Vs The Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd & Ors. .[Item 26, Court 10- FAO 14/2016].Bench- Rajiv Shakhder J. .Check evening updates..Today in Court- The petition was dismissed.
