A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, and the Bombay High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Mukesh and Anr. v. State for NCT of DelhiAll India Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association.Ranvir Singh v. Union of IndiaUnion Of India v. V Sriharan @, Murugan & Ors.Sudhir Kumar and Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Singh and Ors.Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. Manohar Lal Sharma And Ors..Bombay High Court.Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar Association Mumbai v. Union of India & Ors.Akhil Anil Chitre v. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd & 5 Ors.Uday Shetty v. Union of India & Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES .Supreme Court of India.1. Mukesh and Anr. v. State for NCT of Delhi.[Item 301 in court 4 –SLP(CRL) 3119-3120/2014].Bench: Dipak Misra, R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan..Appeal against the life sentence awarded to the driver, and the other accused in the Nirbhaya case..Today in Court: Advocate ML Sharma made his arguments in Court, submitting that the executive-judiciary were colluding to make a scapegoat out of his client, incurring the wrath of Justice Dipak Misra, who asserted that there needs to be a limit to the evaluation of the trial process. Everything done at the Trial Court stage could not be negated by mere allegations..2. All India Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association..[Item 22 in court 1 – SLP(C) 20144-20145/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ..The case relating to Ayurvedic doctors prescribing allopathic medicines and conducting surgeries. The appellants, All India Medicine Graduates Association, have a challenged a judgment of the Delhi High Court which held that no practitioner of Indian systems of medicine would be entitled to practice modern scientific medicine even if he holds a qualification as listed in the schedule to the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970..The Court had, on the last hearing, directed the appellants to submit a list of surgeries that Ayurvedic doctors can currently perform..Today in Court: A list of surgeries has been submitted to the Court that the Ayurvedic doctors can competently undertake. The matter is posted for a later date..3. Ranvir Singh v. Union of India.[Item 34 in court 1 – WP(C) 818/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ..Check evening updates..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked..4. Union Of India v. V Sriharan @, Murugan & Ors..[Item 302 in court 6 at 2 pm– Writ Petition (Crl.) NO. 48/2014].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant, AM Khanwilkar JJ..A petition regarding the release of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers. The Supreme Court had commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment. Subsequently, the Tamil Nadu government had released them..The Central government had challenged the same contending that it is the Union government which is empowered to release. A Constitution bench of the Court had heard the issue and ruled that State government cannot exercise the power of remission unilaterally in cases which have been investigated by Central agencies. It had then asked a 3-judge Bench to decide the case of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers in accordance with the judgment..Today in Court: This bench did not sit today..5. Sudhir Kumar and Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Singh and Ors..[Item 20 in court 4 – CONMT PET (C) 464/2016 IN WP(C) 631/2004 ].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..Check evening updates..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked..6. Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. Manohar Lal Sharma And Ors..[Item 43 in court 8 – WP (C) 138/2015].Bench: Gopala Gowda J., AK Goel J..The petition filed by Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association praying for restricting the entry of two lawyers – ML Sharma and AP Singh, into court premises. The court had issued notice in the case on March 24 last year..Today in Court: The matter has been adjourned..Bombay High Court.1. Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar Association Mumbai v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 18 Court 52- WP(C)/7923/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.A petition seeking the shifting of the current premises of the Debt Recovery Tribunal..Today in court: An order was passed in the matter, an update will be posted once the order is uploaded online..2. Akhil Anil Chitre v. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd & 5 Ors..[Item 24 Court 52- PIL(OS)/61/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.A PIL regarding excessive parking charges at the Mumbai Airport. AAI, DGCA, Union of India and the state government are respondents. Notice has been issued to all respondents..Today in court: This case was adjourned..3. Uday Shetty v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 18 Court 13- PIL(OS)/78/2009].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.A PIL regarding accidents on the Mumbai local railway tracks. This matter has been tagged along with a similar PIL filed by Sameer Zaveri. For more details read our previous report..Today in court: Similar PILs are being heard by division bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil, hence the bench has now referred the natter to Chief’s court for assigning the appropriate bench for all these PILs..4. Akashaditya Harishchandra Lama v. Ashutosh Gowariker and 4 Ors..[Item 63 Court 13- APPST(OS)/284/2016].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.This is an appeal against the order of Justice GS Patel in a suit seeking injunction against the release of the film Mohenjo Daro alleging copyright infringement by Ashutosh Gowariker. The appellant alleges that Gowariker “stole” his script. Patel J had imposed a cost of 1.5 lakh on the plaintiff..Today in court: Observing that the city civil court order had not granted liberty to file a fresh suit in the High Court, Oka J said that there was no reason given in the plaint as to why there was a delay of three months in filing the suit..“The official trailer of the film was released on June 28 2016 and the present suit was filed 8 days after that.”.Ad-interim relief seeking stay on the release of the film was rejected and the appeal has been kept pending. The movie is slated to release on August 12. The matter was adjourned for 6 weeks.
A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, and the Bombay High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Mukesh and Anr. v. State for NCT of DelhiAll India Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association.Ranvir Singh v. Union of IndiaUnion Of India v. V Sriharan @, Murugan & Ors.Sudhir Kumar and Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Singh and Ors.Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. Manohar Lal Sharma And Ors..Bombay High Court.Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar Association Mumbai v. Union of India & Ors.Akhil Anil Chitre v. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd & 5 Ors.Uday Shetty v. Union of India & Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES .Supreme Court of India.1. Mukesh and Anr. v. State for NCT of Delhi.[Item 301 in court 4 –SLP(CRL) 3119-3120/2014].Bench: Dipak Misra, R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan..Appeal against the life sentence awarded to the driver, and the other accused in the Nirbhaya case..Today in Court: Advocate ML Sharma made his arguments in Court, submitting that the executive-judiciary were colluding to make a scapegoat out of his client, incurring the wrath of Justice Dipak Misra, who asserted that there needs to be a limit to the evaluation of the trial process. Everything done at the Trial Court stage could not be negated by mere allegations..2. All India Medicine Graduates Association (Regd.) v. Delhi Medical Association..[Item 22 in court 1 – SLP(C) 20144-20145/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ..The case relating to Ayurvedic doctors prescribing allopathic medicines and conducting surgeries. The appellants, All India Medicine Graduates Association, have a challenged a judgment of the Delhi High Court which held that no practitioner of Indian systems of medicine would be entitled to practice modern scientific medicine even if he holds a qualification as listed in the schedule to the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970..The Court had, on the last hearing, directed the appellants to submit a list of surgeries that Ayurvedic doctors can currently perform..Today in Court: A list of surgeries has been submitted to the Court that the Ayurvedic doctors can competently undertake. The matter is posted for a later date..3. Ranvir Singh v. Union of India.[Item 34 in court 1 – WP(C) 818/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud JJ..Check evening updates..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked..4. Union Of India v. V Sriharan @, Murugan & Ors..[Item 302 in court 6 at 2 pm– Writ Petition (Crl.) NO. 48/2014].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant, AM Khanwilkar JJ..A petition regarding the release of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers. The Supreme Court had commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment. Subsequently, the Tamil Nadu government had released them..The Central government had challenged the same contending that it is the Union government which is empowered to release. A Constitution bench of the Court had heard the issue and ruled that State government cannot exercise the power of remission unilaterally in cases which have been investigated by Central agencies. It had then asked a 3-judge Bench to decide the case of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers in accordance with the judgment..Today in Court: This bench did not sit today..5. Sudhir Kumar and Ors. v. Ajay Kumar Singh and Ors..[Item 20 in court 4 – CONMT PET (C) 464/2016 IN WP(C) 631/2004 ].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..Check evening updates..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked..6. Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. Manohar Lal Sharma And Ors..[Item 43 in court 8 – WP (C) 138/2015].Bench: Gopala Gowda J., AK Goel J..The petition filed by Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association praying for restricting the entry of two lawyers – ML Sharma and AP Singh, into court premises. The court had issued notice in the case on March 24 last year..Today in Court: The matter has been adjourned..Bombay High Court.1. Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar Association Mumbai v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 18 Court 52- WP(C)/7923/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.A petition seeking the shifting of the current premises of the Debt Recovery Tribunal..Today in court: An order was passed in the matter, an update will be posted once the order is uploaded online..2. Akhil Anil Chitre v. Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd & 5 Ors..[Item 24 Court 52- PIL(OS)/61/2016].Bench: VM Kanade, MS Sonak JJ.A PIL regarding excessive parking charges at the Mumbai Airport. AAI, DGCA, Union of India and the state government are respondents. Notice has been issued to all respondents..Today in court: This case was adjourned..3. Uday Shetty v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 18 Court 13- PIL(OS)/78/2009].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.A PIL regarding accidents on the Mumbai local railway tracks. This matter has been tagged along with a similar PIL filed by Sameer Zaveri. For more details read our previous report..Today in court: Similar PILs are being heard by division bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil, hence the bench has now referred the natter to Chief’s court for assigning the appropriate bench for all these PILs..4. Akashaditya Harishchandra Lama v. Ashutosh Gowariker and 4 Ors..[Item 63 Court 13- APPST(OS)/284/2016].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.This is an appeal against the order of Justice GS Patel in a suit seeking injunction against the release of the film Mohenjo Daro alleging copyright infringement by Ashutosh Gowariker. The appellant alleges that Gowariker “stole” his script. Patel J had imposed a cost of 1.5 lakh on the plaintiff..Today in court: Observing that the city civil court order had not granted liberty to file a fresh suit in the High Court, Oka J said that there was no reason given in the plaint as to why there was a delay of three months in filing the suit..“The official trailer of the film was released on June 28 2016 and the present suit was filed 8 days after that.”.Ad-interim relief seeking stay on the release of the film was rejected and the appeal has been kept pending. The movie is slated to release on August 12. The matter was adjourned for 6 weeks.