A list of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Krishna Kumar Singh v. State of BiharState Of UP v. Jai Bir SinghAmit Sibal v. Arvind Kejriwal & Ors.Animal Welfare Board of India v. People for Elimination Of Stray Troubles & Ors.Delhi High Court.Nasik Zilla Cable Operator Association v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.Ajay Singh v. KAL Airways Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.Reckitt Benckiser India Pvt Ltd v. Gillette India Ltd..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Krishna Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar.[Item 701 in court 1 – CA 5875/1994].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Case concerning the constitutional validity of an ordinance after it lapses. Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi made his submissions on the last hearing..Today in Court: The Bench has reserved its judgment..2. State Of UP v. Jai Bir Singh.[Item 702 in court 1 – CA 897/2002].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Case relating to the scope of definition of industry under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes act, 1947..Today in Court: The Bench has reserved its judgment..3. Amit Sibal v. Arvind Kejriwal & Ors..[Item 3 in court 9 – SLP (Crl) 1306/2014].Bench: AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..An appeal against the Delhi High Court order in the defamation case filed by Senior Advocate Amit Sibal against Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders for their comments that Sibal had misused his father’s ministerial position to represent telecom companies..Today in Court: The Bench has remanded the matter back to the High Court for deciding the issue under Section 482 CrPC on merits..4. Animal Welfare Board of India v. People for Elimination Of Stray Troubles. & Ors.[Item 7 in court 4 – SLP(C) 691/2009].Bench: Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy JJ..Case relating to culling of stray dogs in Kerala and Bombay..Today in Court: The Bench today barred the dog culling vigilante groups from declaring a war against stray dogs by indulging in activities such as the distribution of air guns to children, encouraging them to shoot strays. It also directed the Siri Jagan committee to monitor the situation prevailing in Kerala and directed them to submit a report to the Court..Delhi High Court.1. Nasik Zilla Cable Operator Association v. State of Maharashtra and Ors..[W.P. (C) 7175/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 17].Bench: G. Rohini CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal J..Around 62 petitions have been filed by Multi-service Operators (MSOs) throughout the country challenging the constitutional validity of the implementation of the Phase III of the Digital Addressable System (DAS), the cognizance of which has been taken by a Division Bench of the High Court..The Supreme Court had on 1 April this year accepted the plea of the Central Government that it would be just and proper for the apex court to transfer to the Delhi High Court all cases pending in different High Courts, many of which had passed injunction orders..Today in Court: The matter was simply adjourned..2. Ajay Singh v. KAL Airways Pvt. Ltd. and Ors..[FAO (OS) (Comm) 61/2016; Court No. 2 Item No. 1].Bench: Indira Banerjee, V. Kameswar Rao JJ..Share transfer dispute between Spicejet and KAL Airways. The matter arises out of non-issuance of warrants in favour of KAL’s non-executive chairperson Kalanithi Maran, after transfer of ownership to Ajay Singh, the current controlling shareholder of Spicejet..Today in Court: The matter was listed for arguments and was adjourned..3. Reckitt Benckiser India Pvt Ltd v. Gillette India Ltd..[C.S. (Comm) 246/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 4].Bench: Deepa Sharma, J..The suit is brought for injunction and damages against an allegedly disparaging video advertisement. Gillette also filed an application for grant of ad interim injunction against Reckitt Benckiser to prevent it from issuing, broadcasting, printing or publishing the impugned advertisement, or in any way disparaging the goodwill and reputation of their products..Today in Court: The matter is listed for framing of issues on December 20.
A list of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court..TABLE OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Krishna Kumar Singh v. State of BiharState Of UP v. Jai Bir SinghAmit Sibal v. Arvind Kejriwal & Ors.Animal Welfare Board of India v. People for Elimination Of Stray Troubles & Ors.Delhi High Court.Nasik Zilla Cable Operator Association v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.Ajay Singh v. KAL Airways Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.Reckitt Benckiser India Pvt Ltd v. Gillette India Ltd..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Krishna Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar.[Item 701 in court 1 – CA 5875/1994].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Case concerning the constitutional validity of an ordinance after it lapses. Senior Advocate Rakesh Dwivedi made his submissions on the last hearing..Today in Court: The Bench has reserved its judgment..2. State Of UP v. Jai Bir Singh.[Item 702 in court 1 – CA 897/2002].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Madan B Lokur, SA Bobde, AK Goel, UU Lalit, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Case relating to the scope of definition of industry under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes act, 1947..Today in Court: The Bench has reserved its judgment..3. Amit Sibal v. Arvind Kejriwal & Ors..[Item 3 in court 9 – SLP (Crl) 1306/2014].Bench: AK Sikri, R Banumathi JJ..An appeal against the Delhi High Court order in the defamation case filed by Senior Advocate Amit Sibal against Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders for their comments that Sibal had misused his father’s ministerial position to represent telecom companies..Today in Court: The Bench has remanded the matter back to the High Court for deciding the issue under Section 482 CrPC on merits..4. Animal Welfare Board of India v. People for Elimination Of Stray Troubles. & Ors.[Item 7 in court 4 – SLP(C) 691/2009].Bench: Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy JJ..Case relating to culling of stray dogs in Kerala and Bombay..Today in Court: The Bench today barred the dog culling vigilante groups from declaring a war against stray dogs by indulging in activities such as the distribution of air guns to children, encouraging them to shoot strays. It also directed the Siri Jagan committee to monitor the situation prevailing in Kerala and directed them to submit a report to the Court..Delhi High Court.1. Nasik Zilla Cable Operator Association v. State of Maharashtra and Ors..[W.P. (C) 7175/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 17].Bench: G. Rohini CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal J..Around 62 petitions have been filed by Multi-service Operators (MSOs) throughout the country challenging the constitutional validity of the implementation of the Phase III of the Digital Addressable System (DAS), the cognizance of which has been taken by a Division Bench of the High Court..The Supreme Court had on 1 April this year accepted the plea of the Central Government that it would be just and proper for the apex court to transfer to the Delhi High Court all cases pending in different High Courts, many of which had passed injunction orders..Today in Court: The matter was simply adjourned..2. Ajay Singh v. KAL Airways Pvt. Ltd. and Ors..[FAO (OS) (Comm) 61/2016; Court No. 2 Item No. 1].Bench: Indira Banerjee, V. Kameswar Rao JJ..Share transfer dispute between Spicejet and KAL Airways. The matter arises out of non-issuance of warrants in favour of KAL’s non-executive chairperson Kalanithi Maran, after transfer of ownership to Ajay Singh, the current controlling shareholder of Spicejet..Today in Court: The matter was listed for arguments and was adjourned..3. Reckitt Benckiser India Pvt Ltd v. Gillette India Ltd..[C.S. (Comm) 246/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 4].Bench: Deepa Sharma, J..The suit is brought for injunction and damages against an allegedly disparaging video advertisement. Gillette also filed an application for grant of ad interim injunction against Reckitt Benckiser to prevent it from issuing, broadcasting, printing or publishing the impugned advertisement, or in any way disparaging the goodwill and reputation of their products..Today in Court: The matter is listed for framing of issues on December 20.