A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..DELHI HIGH COURT.VK Sasikala vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 6 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10725/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.TTV Dhinakaran vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 7 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10728/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.The cases pertain to the “two-leaves” symbol dispute between the two factions of AIADMK, one led by ousted AIADMK leaders Sasikala-Dhinakaran and other by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam..State vs Sajjan Kumar.Item 1 in Court No. 3- CRL.M.A 50643/2018.Bench: Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel.This application seeks extension of time period granted to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to surrender in the case involving killing of five in the 1984 Anit-Sikh riots..MADRAS HIGH COURT.AK Athiban Vijay vs Union of India, CA Venkata Sivakumar vs Union of India.Item 2 in Court No. 3 – WP 33663/2018, WP 33383/2018.Bench: S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad JJ..The petitions pray for the establishment of regional benches of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)..M/S Practo Technologies Pvt Ltd and others v The Tamil Nadu Chemists and Drugs Association.Items 2-6 in Court No. 4 – WAs 144848, 145031, 145124, 144919, 145118 of 2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam JJ..This batch of appeals challenges the ban on the online sale of medicines that was ordered by a Single Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday. On Thursday, the Bench reserved its verdict in the matter after hearing both sides. The ban on online sale of medicines was suspended until the delivery of the verdict..Mr Antony Clement Rubin Vs Union of India.Item 76 in Court 4 – WP 20774/2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..The PIL had initially been filed praying to allow linkage of Aadhaar with e-mail IDs and other online user accounts for easier detection of online crimes. However, given that the Supreme Court was considering the validity of the Aadhaar Act at the time, the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad made it clear that the plea for Aadhaar linkage would not be entertained..The PIL was kept pending to explore ways to tackle cyber crimes. The apparent non-cooperation of Internet Service Providers and social media giants including Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube in aiding the investigation of cyber crimes had also prompted the Court to issue notice to these companies. The matter was posted before the Bench headed by Justice M Sathyanarayanan after a portfolio change.
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..DELHI HIGH COURT.VK Sasikala vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 6 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10725/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.TTV Dhinakaran vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 7 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10728/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.The cases pertain to the “two-leaves” symbol dispute between the two factions of AIADMK, one led by ousted AIADMK leaders Sasikala-Dhinakaran and other by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam..State vs Sajjan Kumar.Item 1 in Court No. 3- CRL.M.A 50643/2018.Bench: Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel.This application seeks extension of time period granted to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to surrender in the case involving killing of five in the 1984 Anit-Sikh riots..MADRAS HIGH COURT.AK Athiban Vijay vs Union of India, CA Venkata Sivakumar vs Union of India.Item 2 in Court No. 3 – WP 33663/2018, WP 33383/2018.Bench: S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad JJ..The petitions pray for the establishment of regional benches of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)..M/S Practo Technologies Pvt Ltd and others v The Tamil Nadu Chemists and Drugs Association.Items 2-6 in Court No. 4 – WAs 144848, 145031, 145124, 144919, 145118 of 2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam JJ..This batch of appeals challenges the ban on the online sale of medicines that was ordered by a Single Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday. On Thursday, the Bench reserved its verdict in the matter after hearing both sides. The ban on online sale of medicines was suspended until the delivery of the verdict..Mr Antony Clement Rubin Vs Union of India.Item 76 in Court 4 – WP 20774/2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..The PIL had initially been filed praying to allow linkage of Aadhaar with e-mail IDs and other online user accounts for easier detection of online crimes. However, given that the Supreme Court was considering the validity of the Aadhaar Act at the time, the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad made it clear that the plea for Aadhaar linkage would not be entertained..The PIL was kept pending to explore ways to tackle cyber crimes. The apparent non-cooperation of Internet Service Providers and social media giants including Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube in aiding the investigation of cyber crimes had also prompted the Court to issue notice to these companies. The matter was posted before the Bench headed by Justice M Sathyanarayanan after a portfolio change.
