A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Haji Ali Dargah Trust v. Dr. Noorjehan Safia NiazState of Kerala v. GovindaswamyAzad Hawkers Union v. Shri Vile Parle Kelvani Mandal and Ors.Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India through Secretary General and Ors..Delhi High Court.Gaurav Jain and Ors. v. Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Delhi and Ors.Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt Ltd v. The Advertising Standards Council of India.SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Haji Ali Dargah Trust v. Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz.[Item 34 in court 1 – SLP (C) 29488/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Appeal against the Bombay High Court judgment allowing entry of women inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali dargah..Today in Court: The matter is now posted for hearing after the Dusshera holidays, which is when it might be heard along with the Sabrimala case..Read full story here..2. State of Kerala v. Govindachamy .[Item 301 in court 6 – Crl A 1584-1585/2014].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant, UU Lalit JJ..Review petition against the judgment of the apex court exonerating one Govindachamy of the death penalty for the rape and murder of a girl from Kerala..Today in Court: This matter is adjourned for October 17..3. Azad Hawkers Union v. Shri Vile Parle Kelvani Mandal and Ors..[Item 54 in court 4 – SLP(Civil) 3039/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, UU Lalit JJ..A challenge to the Bombay High Court’s decision that those who prepare and sell food on streets will not fall under the ambit of the Street Vendors Act. Prashant Bhushan had appeared for the petitioners, submitting that they are also engaged in vending of food items on the street; the only difference being that they make the food there. This is not reason enough to exclude them from the purview of the Act, he had argued..Today in Court: This item has been adjourned for the last week of November..4. Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India through Secretary General and Ors..[Item 1 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 454/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar JJ..A petition filed by Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising in the Supreme Court challenging the allegedly non-transparent and arbitrary method followed by the Supreme Court of India in designating Senior Advocates..The Supreme Court has now filed an affidavit admitting that there are no Rules regulating designation of advocates as Seniors but the same is governed by certain resolutions passed by the court from time to time. The court has also claimed that the process currently followed is “fair” and “transparent”..Today in Court: The matter is now posted for hearing after the Dusshera holidays..Read full story here.. Delhi High Court.1. Gaurav Jain and Ors. v. Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 3868/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 9].Bench: G. Rohini CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal J..Petition challenging the provisions relating to possession and personal consumption of beef within Delhi..Today in Court: The bench did not sit today. Matter adjourned..2. Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt Ltd v. The Advertising Standards Council of India.[CS (OS) 458/2016; Court No. 21 Item No. 14].Bench: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J..Suit against the Advertising Standards Council of India in regard to a nation wide broadcast of an advertisement..Today in Court: The defendant argued against the jurisdiction of the court along with maintainability of the suit. The bench granted time to the parties to refer to judgments of the court on the two issues. The matter will come up in November.
A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Haji Ali Dargah Trust v. Dr. Noorjehan Safia NiazState of Kerala v. GovindaswamyAzad Hawkers Union v. Shri Vile Parle Kelvani Mandal and Ors.Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India through Secretary General and Ors..Delhi High Court.Gaurav Jain and Ors. v. Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Delhi and Ors.Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt Ltd v. The Advertising Standards Council of India.SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Haji Ali Dargah Trust v. Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz.[Item 34 in court 1 – SLP (C) 29488/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar JJ..Appeal against the Bombay High Court judgment allowing entry of women inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali dargah..Today in Court: The matter is now posted for hearing after the Dusshera holidays, which is when it might be heard along with the Sabrimala case..Read full story here..2. State of Kerala v. Govindachamy .[Item 301 in court 6 – Crl A 1584-1585/2014].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant, UU Lalit JJ..Review petition against the judgment of the apex court exonerating one Govindachamy of the death penalty for the rape and murder of a girl from Kerala..Today in Court: This matter is adjourned for October 17..3. Azad Hawkers Union v. Shri Vile Parle Kelvani Mandal and Ors..[Item 54 in court 4 – SLP(Civil) 3039/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, UU Lalit JJ..A challenge to the Bombay High Court’s decision that those who prepare and sell food on streets will not fall under the ambit of the Street Vendors Act. Prashant Bhushan had appeared for the petitioners, submitting that they are also engaged in vending of food items on the street; the only difference being that they make the food there. This is not reason enough to exclude them from the purview of the Act, he had argued..Today in Court: This item has been adjourned for the last week of November..4. Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India through Secretary General and Ors..[Item 1 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 454/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar JJ..A petition filed by Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising in the Supreme Court challenging the allegedly non-transparent and arbitrary method followed by the Supreme Court of India in designating Senior Advocates..The Supreme Court has now filed an affidavit admitting that there are no Rules regulating designation of advocates as Seniors but the same is governed by certain resolutions passed by the court from time to time. The court has also claimed that the process currently followed is “fair” and “transparent”..Today in Court: The matter is now posted for hearing after the Dusshera holidays..Read full story here.. Delhi High Court.1. Gaurav Jain and Ors. v. Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Delhi and Ors..[W.P. (C) 3868/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 9].Bench: G. Rohini CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal J..Petition challenging the provisions relating to possession and personal consumption of beef within Delhi..Today in Court: The bench did not sit today. Matter adjourned..2. Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt Ltd v. The Advertising Standards Council of India.[CS (OS) 458/2016; Court No. 21 Item No. 14].Bench: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J..Suit against the Advertising Standards Council of India in regard to a nation wide broadcast of an advertisement..Today in Court: The defendant argued against the jurisdiction of the court along with maintainability of the suit. The bench granted time to the parties to refer to judgments of the court on the two issues. The matter will come up in November.