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.BG Verghese vs Union of India Ministry of Homa Affairs & Anr.Item no. 3 in Court 1 – WP (Crl) No. 31/2007.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi with L Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ..This PIL pertains to the alleged fake encounters that took place in Gujarat between 2002 and 2006 wherein a Monitoring committee headed by retired judge, Justice HS Bedi had submitted its final report after submission of 10 interim reports..However, the State of Gujarat alleged during the previous hearing that the 11th (final) report submitted by Justice Bedi is a unilateral action on the part of the Judge without taking views of the other members of the Monitoring Authority in contradistinction to the practice followed while submitting the earlier interim reports..The Court, therefore, requested Justice HS Bedi to clarify whether the final report was shared with other members of the Monitoring Authority and whether Justice Bedi as the Chairman of the Monitoring Authority, considers it necessary to take the views of the other members of the Monitoring Authority if the 11th (final) report has been submitted unilaterally by him..DELHI HIGH COURT.Pooja Mahajan vs UOI & Ors.Item no. 39 in Court 3- W.P.(C) 121/2019 .Bench: S Muralidhar, Sanjeev Narula, JJ .The case pertains to a challenge to the CBFC certification granted of Anupam Kher-starrer ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’..Today in Court: The plea was dismissed by the High Court..Read full story here..Associated Journals Ltd vs Land and Development Office & Anr.Item No. 33 in Court 1 – LPA 10/2019 .Bench: Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao.The case is an appeal against an order of a single Judge Bench which had upheld the Central government order asking AJL to vacate Herald House..Today in Court: Hearing was deferred to January 16 by the Court due to unavailability of Senior Counsels. .MADRAS HIGH COURT.Traffic Dr KR Ramaswamy vs The Chief Secretary and others.Item no.11 in Court 4 – WP 16307/2017.Bench – M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam JJ..This batch of PILs moved by social activist Traffic Ramaswamy pertains to the erection of illegal banners and hoardings in the state of Tamil Nadu. When the matter was taken up in December 2018, the Bench had passed a sternly worded order barring political parties from erecting any such banners throughout the state.
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.BG Verghese vs Union of India Ministry of Homa Affairs & Anr.Item no. 3 in Court 1 – WP (Crl) No. 31/2007.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi with L Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ..This PIL pertains to the alleged fake encounters that took place in Gujarat between 2002 and 2006 wherein a Monitoring committee headed by retired judge, Justice HS Bedi had submitted its final report after submission of 10 interim reports..However, the State of Gujarat alleged during the previous hearing that the 11th (final) report submitted by Justice Bedi is a unilateral action on the part of the Judge without taking views of the other members of the Monitoring Authority in contradistinction to the practice followed while submitting the earlier interim reports..The Court, therefore, requested Justice HS Bedi to clarify whether the final report was shared with other members of the Monitoring Authority and whether Justice Bedi as the Chairman of the Monitoring Authority, considers it necessary to take the views of the other members of the Monitoring Authority if the 11th (final) report has been submitted unilaterally by him..DELHI HIGH COURT.Pooja Mahajan vs UOI & Ors.Item no. 39 in Court 3- W.P.(C) 121/2019 .Bench: S Muralidhar, Sanjeev Narula, JJ .The case pertains to a challenge to the CBFC certification granted of Anupam Kher-starrer ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’..Today in Court: The plea was dismissed by the High Court..Read full story here..Associated Journals Ltd vs Land and Development Office & Anr.Item No. 33 in Court 1 – LPA 10/2019 .Bench: Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao.The case is an appeal against an order of a single Judge Bench which had upheld the Central government order asking AJL to vacate Herald House..Today in Court: Hearing was deferred to January 16 by the Court due to unavailability of Senior Counsels. .MADRAS HIGH COURT.Traffic Dr KR Ramaswamy vs The Chief Secretary and others.Item no.11 in Court 4 – WP 16307/2017.Bench – M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam JJ..This batch of PILs moved by social activist Traffic Ramaswamy pertains to the erection of illegal banners and hoardings in the state of Tamil Nadu. When the matter was taken up in December 2018, the Bench had passed a sternly worded order barring political parties from erecting any such banners throughout the state.