A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.Malik Mazhar Sultan And Anr. Vs U.P. Public Service Commission Through Its Secretary And Ors..Item No. 4 in Court 1 – C.A. No. 1867/2006.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice KM Joseph.The case concerning appointments to subordinate judiciary and adequacy of infrastructure and manpower in subordinate judiciary. The Court has been passing various directions in this regard to different High Courts and State governments..Assam Public Works Vs Union Of India And Ors..Item no. 301 in Court 1 – W.P.(C) No. 274/2009.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Rohinton Nariman.This case relates to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the State of Assam. During the last hearing, the NRC co-ordinator Prateek Hajela had submitted a report before the Supreme Court stating that five documents should not be allowed to be used for claiming inclusion in NRC..However, the Court after considering the submissions made by various parties had refused to accept Hajela’s submissions. Instead, it had asked Hajela and his team to make the verification process vigorous and add additional layers of verification so as to prevent abuse and ensure that only eligible persons are included in the final NRC..Today in court: The court extended the deadline for submissions of claims and objections to December 31. Read the full story here..Nivedita Jha Vs The State Of Bihar And Ors..Item no. 7 in Court 2 – SLP(C) No. 24978/2018.Bench: Justice Madan Lokur, Justice Deepak Gupta, Justice Hemant Gupta.This case concerns the probe in the cases of sexual abuse in the Shelter homes of Bihar. The Court had found the investigation and FIR registered by the State Police of Bihar to be unsatisfactory and had transferred the probe to the CBI..Swiss Ribbons Pvt Limited v. Union of India.Item 1 in Court 7 – WP (C) N. 99/ 2018.Bench: Justice Rohinton Nariman, Justice Navin Sinha.The case challenging the vires of various provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The petitioner has also challenged all appointments made to NCLT and NCLAT prior to 2018 on the ground that they were in violation of the Supreme Court judgment in Madras Bar Association v. Union of India [(2015) 8 SCC 583]..Today in court: Senior Advocate KV Viswanathan is making submissions. The hearing will continue tomorrow.
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.Malik Mazhar Sultan And Anr. Vs U.P. Public Service Commission Through Its Secretary And Ors..Item No. 4 in Court 1 – C.A. No. 1867/2006.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice KM Joseph.The case concerning appointments to subordinate judiciary and adequacy of infrastructure and manpower in subordinate judiciary. The Court has been passing various directions in this regard to different High Courts and State governments..Assam Public Works Vs Union Of India And Ors..Item no. 301 in Court 1 – W.P.(C) No. 274/2009.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Rohinton Nariman.This case relates to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the State of Assam. During the last hearing, the NRC co-ordinator Prateek Hajela had submitted a report before the Supreme Court stating that five documents should not be allowed to be used for claiming inclusion in NRC..However, the Court after considering the submissions made by various parties had refused to accept Hajela’s submissions. Instead, it had asked Hajela and his team to make the verification process vigorous and add additional layers of verification so as to prevent abuse and ensure that only eligible persons are included in the final NRC..Today in court: The court extended the deadline for submissions of claims and objections to December 31. Read the full story here..Nivedita Jha Vs The State Of Bihar And Ors..Item no. 7 in Court 2 – SLP(C) No. 24978/2018.Bench: Justice Madan Lokur, Justice Deepak Gupta, Justice Hemant Gupta.This case concerns the probe in the cases of sexual abuse in the Shelter homes of Bihar. The Court had found the investigation and FIR registered by the State Police of Bihar to be unsatisfactory and had transferred the probe to the CBI..Swiss Ribbons Pvt Limited v. Union of India.Item 1 in Court 7 – WP (C) N. 99/ 2018.Bench: Justice Rohinton Nariman, Justice Navin Sinha.The case challenging the vires of various provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The petitioner has also challenged all appointments made to NCLT and NCLAT prior to 2018 on the ground that they were in violation of the Supreme Court judgment in Madras Bar Association v. Union of India [(2015) 8 SCC 583]..Today in court: Senior Advocate KV Viswanathan is making submissions. The hearing will continue tomorrow.