The Supreme Court was quite slow this week, with most important matters being taken up in Court 1. Nevertheless, there were some matters of interest..Read the highlights below..Monday, January 16.Notice in Tamil Nadu ban on establishment of private law colleges.The Court declined to stay a Madras High Court order quashing a State law prohibiting a ‘private person’ to establish law colleges or impart legal education in Tamil Nadu..A Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra however issued notice to Advocate’s Forum for Social Justice, in the appeal filed by Tamil Nadu challenging the decision of the High Court quashing the Tamil Nadu Establishment of Private Law Colleges (Prohibition) Act of 2014..Read full story here..SC will hear petition to protect user data on WhatsApp, provided Harish Salve argues during vacation.The Court issued notice in a petition seeking guidelines to regulate WhatsApp and said that it will hear it during the summer vacation, provided Senior Advocate Harish Salve appear and argue for the petitioner..A Bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud issued notice to the Centre and WhatsApp, asking them to respond within two weeks..The case is an appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court which was rendered on September 23 of last year..Read full story here..Tuesday, January 17.“You are lacklustre”, Supreme Court comes down on BCI.A Bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud has termed the conduct of the BCI “lacklustre”, while proceeding to dispose a batch of transfer petitions filed by the regulatory body. The adverse remark was prompted by BCI telling the Court that service could not be completed on various individual respondents..The transfer petitions were filed as far back as 2010, seeking the transfer of different cases in various high courts relating to Rule 7 of Legal Education Rules..Read full story here..Wednesday, January 18.SC remarks in favour of stray dogs right to life.The Supreme Court observed that stray dogs too have a right to live and said only those stray dogs, which are dangerous, could be eliminated..The remark was made during the hearing of the case relating to culling of stray dogs in Kerala..Thursday, January 19.No legal sanctity for Ecclesiastical decrees.The Court dismissed a petition seeking recognition of divorce decrees of Ecclesiastical Courts..The petitioner had contended that marriage and its dissolution or annulment were governed by the Church, and if it remains unrecognized, the faithful Catholic population might be guilty of bigamy under the Indian Penal Code, even after a decree of divorce has been granted by the Court..The argument, which could have held ground had there been a State religion, did not find favour with the Bench..Read full story here..Friday, January 20.The curious case of the Tripura High Court.The Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court has written to the Supreme Court highlighting a peculiar problem faced by it..The High Court has only three judges and when a case in which a judge has an apparent conflict of interest comes up before the High Court, the concerned judge cannot recuse, since there are not enough judges to constitute another Bench..The Supreme Court has taken up the letter petition suo moto and asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to assist the court..Read full story here..Supreme Court defers Jallikattu judgment by a week.The Supreme Court has agreed not to pass judgement for a week on the Jallikattu issue for a week taking into account the contention of the Centre that they were in talks with Tamil Nadu to figure out a way to resolve the situation..The decision was taken when Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi.
The Supreme Court was quite slow this week, with most important matters being taken up in Court 1. Nevertheless, there were some matters of interest..Read the highlights below..Monday, January 16.Notice in Tamil Nadu ban on establishment of private law colleges.The Court declined to stay a Madras High Court order quashing a State law prohibiting a ‘private person’ to establish law colleges or impart legal education in Tamil Nadu..A Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra however issued notice to Advocate’s Forum for Social Justice, in the appeal filed by Tamil Nadu challenging the decision of the High Court quashing the Tamil Nadu Establishment of Private Law Colleges (Prohibition) Act of 2014..Read full story here..SC will hear petition to protect user data on WhatsApp, provided Harish Salve argues during vacation.The Court issued notice in a petition seeking guidelines to regulate WhatsApp and said that it will hear it during the summer vacation, provided Senior Advocate Harish Salve appear and argue for the petitioner..A Bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud issued notice to the Centre and WhatsApp, asking them to respond within two weeks..The case is an appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court which was rendered on September 23 of last year..Read full story here..Tuesday, January 17.“You are lacklustre”, Supreme Court comes down on BCI.A Bench of Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud has termed the conduct of the BCI “lacklustre”, while proceeding to dispose a batch of transfer petitions filed by the regulatory body. The adverse remark was prompted by BCI telling the Court that service could not be completed on various individual respondents..The transfer petitions were filed as far back as 2010, seeking the transfer of different cases in various high courts relating to Rule 7 of Legal Education Rules..Read full story here..Wednesday, January 18.SC remarks in favour of stray dogs right to life.The Supreme Court observed that stray dogs too have a right to live and said only those stray dogs, which are dangerous, could be eliminated..The remark was made during the hearing of the case relating to culling of stray dogs in Kerala..Thursday, January 19.No legal sanctity for Ecclesiastical decrees.The Court dismissed a petition seeking recognition of divorce decrees of Ecclesiastical Courts..The petitioner had contended that marriage and its dissolution or annulment were governed by the Church, and if it remains unrecognized, the faithful Catholic population might be guilty of bigamy under the Indian Penal Code, even after a decree of divorce has been granted by the Court..The argument, which could have held ground had there been a State religion, did not find favour with the Bench..Read full story here..Friday, January 20.The curious case of the Tripura High Court.The Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court has written to the Supreme Court highlighting a peculiar problem faced by it..The High Court has only three judges and when a case in which a judge has an apparent conflict of interest comes up before the High Court, the concerned judge cannot recuse, since there are not enough judges to constitute another Bench..The Supreme Court has taken up the letter petition suo moto and asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to assist the court..Read full story here..Supreme Court defers Jallikattu judgment by a week.The Supreme Court has agreed not to pass judgement for a week on the Jallikattu issue for a week taking into account the contention of the Centre that they were in talks with Tamil Nadu to figure out a way to resolve the situation..The decision was taken when Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi.
