A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Govindachamy v. State of Kerala [For judgment]Sivakumar v. Secretary, Ministry Of Home, Govt. Of Karnataka And Ors.Air India Ltd v. Air India Employees Union & Anr Etc.Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.Delhi High Court.Lava International Ltd. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM EricssonAmit Shukla v. State Govt. of NCT DelhiMonsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Competition Commission of India and Ors.Britannia Industries Ltd v. ITC Ltd.SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Govindaswamy v. State of Kerala [For judgment].[Item 1A in court 6 – Crl.A. No. 1584-1585/2014].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant, UU Lalit JJ..Judgment in the appeal filed by one Govindachamy against death penalty for rape and murder of a girl from Kerala. Read more here..Today in Court: The Court set aside the death penalty awarded for murder, while uploaded the punishment for rape..Read full story here..2. Sivakumar v. Secretary, Ministry Of Home, Govt. Of Karnataka And Ors..[Item 10 in court 4 – WP(Crl.) 131/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..A PIL petition filed by a Kanyakumari based social activist against the damages caused to public property in the Cauvery water agitation and praying for maintenance of law and order..Today in Court: This case will now be listed on September 20..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..“You say you don’t want to delay the matter but you are, in fact, delaying it. You put your house in order. If learned AG cannot appear, put your house in order”, Justice Rohinton Nariman had remarked during the previous hearing..Today in Court: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi and Senior Advocate CA Sundaram argued the matter. It will now be taken up at a later date..4. Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.[Item 901 in court 1 – CA 3453/2002].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, SA Bobde, Shiva Kirti Singh, NV Ramana, R Banumathi, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The case relating to the imposition of entry tax. The Bench is currently listening to the states’ arguments. When the matter was last heard, Senior Advocate Arvind Datar continued his submissions..Today in Court: This matter was not taken up today..Delhi High Court .1. Lava International Ltd. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.[FAO (OS) (Comm) 43/2016; Court No. 3 Item No. 17].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..A patent battle between Lava and Ericsson for use of Ericsson’s patents of WCDMA, EDGE, and CDMA technology in the smartphones..Today in Court: The matter got adjourned to November 24..2. Amit Shukla v. State Govt. of NCT Delhi.[Crl A. 851/2016; Court No. 33 Item No. 5].Bench: Gita Mittal, P.S. Teji, JJ..One of the two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case has moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and sentence. Amit Shukla, along with accused Ravi Kapoor, was awarded the death penalty by the trial court..Today in Court: This matter could not be tracked. Any details/updates will be appreciated..3. Monsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Competition Commission of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 1776/2016; Court No. 16 Item No. 24].Bench: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J..A petition filed by Monsanto challenging the CCI’s order of investigation into alleged anti-competitive activities..Today in Court: This matter could not be tracked. Any details/updates will be appreciated..4. Britannia Industries Ltd v. ITC Ltd.[FAO (OS) (Comm) 77/2016; Court No. 3 Item No. 28].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..Appeal filed by Britannia against the single judge order granted in favour of ITC in the digestive biscuits dispute between Nutri Choice Digestive Zero and Sun Feast Farmlite. For more information, read our previous report..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi appearing for ITC argued the issue of similarity and dissimilarity between the two biscuit packets. He laid down the foundation for ITC’s Sun Feast Farmlite Digestive and tried to establish a certain reputation enjoyed by ITC after the said product was launched..The arguments will continue tomorrow.
A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Govindachamy v. State of Kerala [For judgment]Sivakumar v. Secretary, Ministry Of Home, Govt. Of Karnataka And Ors.Air India Ltd v. Air India Employees Union & Anr Etc.Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.Delhi High Court.Lava International Ltd. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM EricssonAmit Shukla v. State Govt. of NCT DelhiMonsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Competition Commission of India and Ors.Britannia Industries Ltd v. ITC Ltd.SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Govindaswamy v. State of Kerala [For judgment].[Item 1A in court 6 – Crl.A. No. 1584-1585/2014].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant, UU Lalit JJ..Judgment in the appeal filed by one Govindachamy against death penalty for rape and murder of a girl from Kerala. Read more here..Today in Court: The Court set aside the death penalty awarded for murder, while uploaded the punishment for rape..Read full story here..2. Sivakumar v. Secretary, Ministry Of Home, Govt. Of Karnataka And Ors..[Item 10 in court 4 – WP(Crl.) 131/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..A PIL petition filed by a Kanyakumari based social activist against the damages caused to public property in the Cauvery water agitation and praying for maintenance of law and order..Today in Court: This case will now be listed on September 20..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..“You say you don’t want to delay the matter but you are, in fact, delaying it. You put your house in order. If learned AG cannot appear, put your house in order”, Justice Rohinton Nariman had remarked during the previous hearing..Today in Court: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi and Senior Advocate CA Sundaram argued the matter. It will now be taken up at a later date..4. Jindal Stainless Steel v. State of Haryana.[Item 901 in court 1 – CA 3453/2002].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AK Sikri, SA Bobde, Shiva Kirti Singh, NV Ramana, R Banumathi, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The case relating to the imposition of entry tax. The Bench is currently listening to the states’ arguments. When the matter was last heard, Senior Advocate Arvind Datar continued his submissions..Today in Court: This matter was not taken up today..Delhi High Court .1. Lava International Ltd. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.[FAO (OS) (Comm) 43/2016; Court No. 3 Item No. 17].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..A patent battle between Lava and Ericsson for use of Ericsson’s patents of WCDMA, EDGE, and CDMA technology in the smartphones..Today in Court: The matter got adjourned to November 24..2. Amit Shukla v. State Govt. of NCT Delhi.[Crl A. 851/2016; Court No. 33 Item No. 5].Bench: Gita Mittal, P.S. Teji, JJ..One of the two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case has moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and sentence. Amit Shukla, along with accused Ravi Kapoor, was awarded the death penalty by the trial court..Today in Court: This matter could not be tracked. Any details/updates will be appreciated..3. Monsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Competition Commission of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 1776/2016; Court No. 16 Item No. 24].Bench: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J..A petition filed by Monsanto challenging the CCI’s order of investigation into alleged anti-competitive activities..Today in Court: This matter could not be tracked. Any details/updates will be appreciated..4. Britannia Industries Ltd v. ITC Ltd.[FAO (OS) (Comm) 77/2016; Court No. 3 Item No. 28].Bench: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ashutosh Kumar, JJ..Appeal filed by Britannia against the single judge order granted in favour of ITC in the digestive biscuits dispute between Nutri Choice Digestive Zero and Sun Feast Farmlite. For more information, read our previous report..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi appearing for ITC argued the issue of similarity and dissimilarity between the two biscuit packets. He laid down the foundation for ITC’s Sun Feast Farmlite Digestive and tried to establish a certain reputation enjoyed by ITC after the said product was launched..The arguments will continue tomorrow.