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.Interglobe Aviation Ltd (Indigo) v. Registrar General High Court of Meghalaya.Item 4 in court 1 – SLP (C) No. 32394/2018.Bench: Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, SK Kaul, KM Joseph JJ. .Appeal by Air carriers Indigo and Spicejet against a suo motu order of Meghalaya High Court directing the launch of flights from Shillong..The matter was mentioned yesterday by counsel for IndiGo who told the Supreme Court that it cannot begin commercial operations from Shillong because the airport there lacks infrastructure facilities to support large aircrafts..Anjali Bhardwaj And Ors. Vs Union of India.Item no. 4 in Court no. 3 – W.P.(C) No. 436/2018.Bench: AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer, R Subhash Reddy JJ..This PIL concerns vacant posts in the Information Commissions across the country. During the last hearing in the case in August, the Court had asked the Centre to file an affidavit stating how many posts the Centre intended to fill and the time-frame within which it would be done. Read the Centre’s Affidavit here..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]..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Cholamandalam Vs Director General of Police and Ors.Item no. in Court 36 – CRL OP 5922/2018.Bench: Justice PN Prakash.After an insurance company approached the High Court seeking an independent probe into a motor accident case involving duplicate claims, the Court took note of broader issues concerning litigation in motor accident cases. Over the course of hearings, the Court took it upon itself to address the unofficial turf war amongst lawyers when it comes to motor accident cases. An expert body was constituted under retired Madras High Court Judge, Justice K Chandru to examine these issues and suggest reforms. The report submitted by Justice Chandru had also prompted the Court to summon seven advocates to defend themselves against finding that they were complicit in filing duplicate motor accident claims.
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.Interglobe Aviation Ltd (Indigo) v. Registrar General High Court of Meghalaya.Item 4 in court 1 – SLP (C) No. 32394/2018.Bench: Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, SK Kaul, KM Joseph JJ. .Appeal by Air carriers Indigo and Spicejet against a suo motu order of Meghalaya High Court directing the launch of flights from Shillong..The matter was mentioned yesterday by counsel for IndiGo who told the Supreme Court that it cannot begin commercial operations from Shillong because the airport there lacks infrastructure facilities to support large aircrafts..Anjali Bhardwaj And Ors. Vs Union of India.Item no. 4 in Court no. 3 – W.P.(C) No. 436/2018.Bench: AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer, R Subhash Reddy JJ..This PIL concerns vacant posts in the Information Commissions across the country. During the last hearing in the case in August, the Court had asked the Centre to file an affidavit stating how many posts the Centre intended to fill and the time-frame within which it would be done. Read the Centre’s Affidavit here..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]..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Cholamandalam Vs Director General of Police and Ors.Item no. in Court 36 – CRL OP 5922/2018.Bench: Justice PN Prakash.After an insurance company approached the High Court seeking an independent probe into a motor accident case involving duplicate claims, the Court took note of broader issues concerning litigation in motor accident cases. Over the course of hearings, the Court took it upon itself to address the unofficial turf war amongst lawyers when it comes to motor accident cases. An expert body was constituted under retired Madras High Court Judge, Justice K Chandru to examine these issues and suggest reforms. The report submitted by Justice Chandru had also prompted the Court to summon seven advocates to defend themselves against finding that they were complicit in filing duplicate motor accident claims.