A list of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court.Abhiram Singh v. CD CommachenAssam Sanmilita Mahasangha v. Union of India.Delhi High Court.Monsanto Company v. Competition Commission of India and Ors.Monsanto Technology LLC v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Anr..SUMMARY OF CASES.1. Abhiram Singh v. C D Commachen.[Item 701 in court 1 – CA 37/1992].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Revisiting of the two-decade-old ‘Hindutva’ judgement for an authoritative pronouncement on electoral law categorizing misuse of religion for electoral gains as “corrupt practice”. The issue is the scope of corrupt practices mentioned in sub-section (3) of Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951..Senior Advocates Shyam Diwan and Arvind Datar made their submissions yesterday..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal began his submissions today..2. Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 7 at 3:00 p.m. – Writ Petition (Civil) 562/2012].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ..A case relating to illegal migration into the State of Assam. It involves many significant issues including Constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act and whether there is a rational basis for having a separate cut-off date for regularizing illegal migrants who enter Assam as opposed to the rest of the country..The Court is also considering whether an influx of illegal migrants into a State of India constitute “external aggression” and/or “internal disturbance”?.Today in Court: The Court had convened to take stock of the measures of border policing in the State. It issued interim directions to the States to respond to a copy of the documents served upon them. The matter is now posted for December 15.. Delhi High Court.1. Monsanto Company v. Competition Commission of India and Ors. .[W.P. (C) 7578/2016; Court No. 16 Item No. 36].Bench: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J..US biotechnology major Monsanto and one of its group entities have moved the Delhi High Court after the Competition Commission rejected their challenge against an investigation into allegedly unfair business practices in the Indian seeds market..Today in Court: The matter got adjourned to November 21..2. Monsanto Technology LLC v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Ors..[CS (Comm) 132/2016; Court No. 22 Item No. 3].Bench: RK Gauba, J..BT cotton seed major Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Ltd’s plea against Nuziveedu Seeds for infringing its trademark and selling seeds beyond the period of license..In the last hearing, the bench heard arguments in the matter. Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi, arguing for Monsanto, said that the defendants were infringing their patents as well as their trademarks and also stood in violation of the licensing agreement between the parties, which has since been terminated..Today in Court: The arguments in the matter continued with Chander Lall arguing for Monsanto and Jayant Bhushan arguing for the respondents. The case is listed for further arguments tomorrow.
A list of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court.Abhiram Singh v. CD CommachenAssam Sanmilita Mahasangha v. Union of India.Delhi High Court.Monsanto Company v. Competition Commission of India and Ors.Monsanto Technology LLC v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Anr..SUMMARY OF CASES.1. Abhiram Singh v. C D Commachen.[Item 701 in court 1 – CA 37/1992].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Revisiting of the two-decade-old ‘Hindutva’ judgement for an authoritative pronouncement on electoral law categorizing misuse of religion for electoral gains as “corrupt practice”. The issue is the scope of corrupt practices mentioned in sub-section (3) of Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951..Senior Advocates Shyam Diwan and Arvind Datar made their submissions yesterday..Today in Court: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal began his submissions today..2. Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 7 at 3:00 p.m. – Writ Petition (Civil) 562/2012].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ..A case relating to illegal migration into the State of Assam. It involves many significant issues including Constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act and whether there is a rational basis for having a separate cut-off date for regularizing illegal migrants who enter Assam as opposed to the rest of the country..The Court is also considering whether an influx of illegal migrants into a State of India constitute “external aggression” and/or “internal disturbance”?.Today in Court: The Court had convened to take stock of the measures of border policing in the State. It issued interim directions to the States to respond to a copy of the documents served upon them. The matter is now posted for December 15.. Delhi High Court.1. Monsanto Company v. Competition Commission of India and Ors. .[W.P. (C) 7578/2016; Court No. 16 Item No. 36].Bench: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J..US biotechnology major Monsanto and one of its group entities have moved the Delhi High Court after the Competition Commission rejected their challenge against an investigation into allegedly unfair business practices in the Indian seeds market..Today in Court: The matter got adjourned to November 21..2. Monsanto Technology LLC v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd and Ors..[CS (Comm) 132/2016; Court No. 22 Item No. 3].Bench: RK Gauba, J..BT cotton seed major Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Ltd’s plea against Nuziveedu Seeds for infringing its trademark and selling seeds beyond the period of license..In the last hearing, the bench heard arguments in the matter. Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi, arguing for Monsanto, said that the defendants were infringing their patents as well as their trademarks and also stood in violation of the licensing agreement between the parties, which has since been terminated..Today in Court: The arguments in the matter continued with Chander Lall arguing for Monsanto and Jayant Bhushan arguing for the respondents. The case is listed for further arguments tomorrow.