A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Mukesh v. State for NCT of DelhiMrs X v. Union of IndiaSuraj India Trust v. Chief Justice of IndiaArrive Safe Society Of Chandigarh v. Aamir Khan Productions & Ors.Muthu Kumar v. Chief Election Officer Election Department Chennai And Anr.Lok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors.Goa Foundation v. State of Goa.Bombay High Court.Dr. Vijaypat Singhania And Smt. Asha Devi Singhania v. Hari Shankar Singhania & 19 OrsShadaab Patel v. State of MaharashtraJaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors..Delhi High Court.(India TV) Independent News Service Pvt Ltd. v. India Broadcast Live, LLC and Ors.Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. NATCO Pharma Ltd.Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Anr.National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and Anr. v. The Bar Council of India and Anr.Rahul Mehra v. Union of India and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Mukesh v. State for NCT of Delhi.[Item 301 in court 4 – SLP (CRL) NO. 3119-3120/2014].Bench: Justice Dipak Mishra, Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The appeal of those convicted in the Nirbhaya rape. The last hearing, held on July 18, saw arguments made by ML Sharma, the lawyer representing the appellants..Today in Court: ML Sharma continued his reading of the trial court judgment, finally eliciting a frustrated admonishment from Justice Dipak Mishra, who directed that he get to the point by Monday. He also suggested that the case be argued bereft of all emotion. The hearing shall resume on Monday..2. Mrs X v. Union of India .[Item 58 in court 3 – W.P.(C) No. 593/2016].Bench: Justice Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..A petition challenging the 20-week limit on abortions under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The Court had issued notice to Central and Maharashtra governments yesterday..Read more about the case here..Today in Court: A medical examination of the petitioner shall now be conducted at KEM Hospital in Mumbai tomorrow. The report of the said examination shall be submitted to the Supreme Court on Monday to decide the feasibility of abortion..3. Suraj India Trust Vs. Chief Justice of India.[Item 6 in court 5 – I.A. 1 & 2/2016 IN CONMT.PET.(C) D 2868/2016 IN W.P.(C) NO. 204/2010].Bench: Justice Chelameswar, Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ..An appeal against the NJAC order, challenging the validity of the collegium system. The petitioner organization has requested that the matter be adjudicated by the Chief Justice of India, and a revisiting of the the Supreme Court Advocates on Record judgment, for which an 11-judge bench is to be formed..Today in Court: The matter is listed for the last week of September by which time the petitioner organization must file all relevant documents..4. Arrive Safe Society Of Chandigarh v. Aamir Khan Productions & Ors..[Item 12 in court 1 – S.L.P.(C)… /2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, FML Kalifulla, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition alleging Aamir Khan’s misuse of the National Emblem in his show Satyamev Jayate..Today in Court: The case has been dismissed..5. Muthu Kumar v. Chief Election Officer Election Department Chennai And Anr..[Item 15 in court 1 – WP (Crl.) 98/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, FML Kalifulla, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition requesting fast tracking of cases against certain politicians in Tamil Nadu..Today in Court: The case has been dismissed, with the petitioner asked to approach the Madras High Court..6. Lok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors..[Item 16 in court 1 – W.P.(C) NO. 330/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, FML Kalifulla, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition to establish a procedure to ensure that unnecessary delays in issuing notification of the disqualification and vacation of seats of convicted lawmakers does not frustrate Section 8 of the the Representation of Peoples’ Act, 1951..Today in Court: The Apex Court issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission. Read more here..7. Goa Foundation v. State of Goa.[Item 52 in court 3 – Writ Petition (Civil) 711/2015].Bench: JS Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..A petition challenging the renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases..Today in Court: The Court said that a miscellaneous day was no day to take up a serious petition like this. The matter has been posted for hearing after a period of 8 weeks on a non-miscellaneous day..Bombay High Court.1. Dr. Vijaypat Singhania And Smt. Asha Devi Singhania v. Hari Shankar Singhania & 19 Ors.[Item 906 Court 52- COMAPST(OS)/5/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.Check evening updates..Today in court: The matter was listed for speaking to the minutes, hence it was adjourned after some time..2. Shadaab Patel v. State of Maharashtra .[Item 912 Court 52- CHWST(OS)/187/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.A PIL challenging the sale of land in Peddar Road to Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia Commercial Pvt Ltd. The petitioner alleges that the land, belonging to Currimbhoy Ebrahimbhoy Khoja Orphanage, was sold to Ambani for 21 crore, which is less then 10 per cent of the actual price of that land..The bench had sought a reply from the petitioner as to why this PIL was delayed. Senior Counsel Iqbal Chagla appearing for Antilia Commercial has questioned the maintainability of this PIL..Today in court: The lawyers for the petitioner as well as the intervenor were not present hence the matter was adjourned..3. Jaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors..[Item 904 Court 49- APEAL(Cri)/1020/2009.Bench: VK Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar JJ.The appeal of eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is being heard along with the CBI’s petition seeking death penalty for three of these convicts. They were sentenced to life by a special court in January 2008 for gang-raping a five month pregnant Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members in the post-Godhra riots of 2002..Harshad Ponda is appearing for the appellants and Hiten Venegaokar is appearing for the CBI. Read yesterday’s report for more details..Today in court: The defence continued to read out Bilkis’s statement to the CBI on Day 4 of the hearing. In the statement Bilkis has pointed out various omissions by the Limkheda police as well as omissions in the statement made to the executive magistrate in the Godhra camp. One of the omissions was that she was threatened with a lethal injection at Limkheda if she continued to name all the accused in the case.. Delhi High Court.1. (India TV) Independent News Service Pvt Ltd. v. India Broadcast Live, LLC and Ors. .[CS (OS) 102/2007 – Court No. 24; Item No. 5].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..A civil suit filed by Independent News Services Pvt. Ltd – claiming exclusive rights to use the trademark INDIA TV along with its variations and which is used with respect to a TV channel by the plaintiff..2. Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. NATCO Pharma Ltd. .[CS (COMM) 29/2016 – Court No. 24; Item No. 1].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..Check evening updates to know more..3. Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Anr..[CS (OS) 81/2010 – Court No. 24; Item No. 7].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..Check evening updates to know more..4. National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and Anr. v. The Bar Council of India and Anr. .[W.P. (C) 6331/2016 – Court No. 1; Item No. 20].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Fresh matter. Check evening updates to know more about this case..5. Rahul Mehra v. Union of India and Ors..[CM. APPL. 25922/2016 – Court No. 4; Item No. 1].Bench: S. Ravindra Bhat, Najmi Waziri, JJ..Fresh matter. Check evening updates to know more about this case.
A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Mukesh v. State for NCT of DelhiMrs X v. Union of IndiaSuraj India Trust v. Chief Justice of IndiaArrive Safe Society Of Chandigarh v. Aamir Khan Productions & Ors.Muthu Kumar v. Chief Election Officer Election Department Chennai And Anr.Lok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors.Goa Foundation v. State of Goa.Bombay High Court.Dr. Vijaypat Singhania And Smt. Asha Devi Singhania v. Hari Shankar Singhania & 19 OrsShadaab Patel v. State of MaharashtraJaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors..Delhi High Court.(India TV) Independent News Service Pvt Ltd. v. India Broadcast Live, LLC and Ors.Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. NATCO Pharma Ltd.Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Anr.National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and Anr. v. The Bar Council of India and Anr.Rahul Mehra v. Union of India and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Mukesh v. State for NCT of Delhi.[Item 301 in court 4 – SLP (CRL) NO. 3119-3120/2014].Bench: Justice Dipak Mishra, Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan JJ..The appeal of those convicted in the Nirbhaya rape. The last hearing, held on July 18, saw arguments made by ML Sharma, the lawyer representing the appellants..Today in Court: ML Sharma continued his reading of the trial court judgment, finally eliciting a frustrated admonishment from Justice Dipak Mishra, who directed that he get to the point by Monday. He also suggested that the case be argued bereft of all emotion. The hearing shall resume on Monday..2. Mrs X v. Union of India .[Item 58 in court 3 – W.P.(C) No. 593/2016].Bench: Justice Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..A petition challenging the 20-week limit on abortions under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The Court had issued notice to Central and Maharashtra governments yesterday..Read more about the case here..Today in Court: A medical examination of the petitioner shall now be conducted at KEM Hospital in Mumbai tomorrow. The report of the said examination shall be submitted to the Supreme Court on Monday to decide the feasibility of abortion..3. Suraj India Trust Vs. Chief Justice of India.[Item 6 in court 5 – I.A. 1 & 2/2016 IN CONMT.PET.(C) D 2868/2016 IN W.P.(C) NO. 204/2010].Bench: Justice Chelameswar, Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ..An appeal against the NJAC order, challenging the validity of the collegium system. The petitioner organization has requested that the matter be adjudicated by the Chief Justice of India, and a revisiting of the the Supreme Court Advocates on Record judgment, for which an 11-judge bench is to be formed..Today in Court: The matter is listed for the last week of September by which time the petitioner organization must file all relevant documents..4. Arrive Safe Society Of Chandigarh v. Aamir Khan Productions & Ors..[Item 12 in court 1 – S.L.P.(C)… /2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, FML Kalifulla, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition alleging Aamir Khan’s misuse of the National Emblem in his show Satyamev Jayate..Today in Court: The case has been dismissed..5. Muthu Kumar v. Chief Election Officer Election Department Chennai And Anr..[Item 15 in court 1 – WP (Crl.) 98/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, FML Kalifulla, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition requesting fast tracking of cases against certain politicians in Tamil Nadu..Today in Court: The case has been dismissed, with the petitioner asked to approach the Madras High Court..6. Lok Prahari Thr. Its General Secretary, S.N. Shukla v. Election Commission Of India & Ors..[Item 16 in court 1 – W.P.(C) NO. 330/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, FML Kalifulla, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Petition to establish a procedure to ensure that unnecessary delays in issuing notification of the disqualification and vacation of seats of convicted lawmakers does not frustrate Section 8 of the the Representation of Peoples’ Act, 1951..Today in Court: The Apex Court issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission. Read more here..7. Goa Foundation v. State of Goa.[Item 52 in court 3 – Writ Petition (Civil) 711/2015].Bench: JS Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..A petition challenging the renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases..Today in Court: The Court said that a miscellaneous day was no day to take up a serious petition like this. The matter has been posted for hearing after a period of 8 weeks on a non-miscellaneous day..Bombay High Court.1. Dr. Vijaypat Singhania And Smt. Asha Devi Singhania v. Hari Shankar Singhania & 19 Ors.[Item 906 Court 52- COMAPST(OS)/5/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.Check evening updates..Today in court: The matter was listed for speaking to the minutes, hence it was adjourned after some time..2. Shadaab Patel v. State of Maharashtra .[Item 912 Court 52- CHWST(OS)/187/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.A PIL challenging the sale of land in Peddar Road to Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia Commercial Pvt Ltd. The petitioner alleges that the land, belonging to Currimbhoy Ebrahimbhoy Khoja Orphanage, was sold to Ambani for 21 crore, which is less then 10 per cent of the actual price of that land..The bench had sought a reply from the petitioner as to why this PIL was delayed. Senior Counsel Iqbal Chagla appearing for Antilia Commercial has questioned the maintainability of this PIL..Today in court: The lawyers for the petitioner as well as the intervenor were not present hence the matter was adjourned..3. Jaswantbhai Chaturbhai Nai and Ors v. State of Gujarat & Ors..[Item 904 Court 49- APEAL(Cri)/1020/2009.Bench: VK Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar JJ.The appeal of eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is being heard along with the CBI’s petition seeking death penalty for three of these convicts. They were sentenced to life by a special court in January 2008 for gang-raping a five month pregnant Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members in the post-Godhra riots of 2002..Harshad Ponda is appearing for the appellants and Hiten Venegaokar is appearing for the CBI. Read yesterday’s report for more details..Today in court: The defence continued to read out Bilkis’s statement to the CBI on Day 4 of the hearing. In the statement Bilkis has pointed out various omissions by the Limkheda police as well as omissions in the statement made to the executive magistrate in the Godhra camp. One of the omissions was that she was threatened with a lethal injection at Limkheda if she continued to name all the accused in the case.. Delhi High Court.1. (India TV) Independent News Service Pvt Ltd. v. India Broadcast Live, LLC and Ors. .[CS (OS) 102/2007 – Court No. 24; Item No. 5].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..A civil suit filed by Independent News Services Pvt. Ltd – claiming exclusive rights to use the trademark INDIA TV along with its variations and which is used with respect to a TV channel by the plaintiff..2. Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. NATCO Pharma Ltd. .[CS (COMM) 29/2016 – Court No. 24; Item No. 1].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..Check evening updates to know more..3. Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Anr. v. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Anr..[CS (OS) 81/2010 – Court No. 24; Item No. 7].Bench: Hima Kohli, J..Check evening updates to know more..4. National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and Anr. v. The Bar Council of India and Anr. .[W.P. (C) 6331/2016 – Court No. 1; Item No. 20].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Fresh matter. Check evening updates to know more about this case..5. Rahul Mehra v. Union of India and Ors..[CM. APPL. 25922/2016 – Court No. 4; Item No. 1].Bench: S. Ravindra Bhat, Najmi Waziri, JJ..Fresh matter. Check evening updates to know more about this case.