A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.Anjali Bhardwaj And Ors. Vs Union of India.Item no. 6 in Court no. 2 – W.P.(C) No. 436/2018.Bench: AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer, and MR Shah JJ..This PIL concerns vacant posts in the Information Commissions across the country. During the last hearing in the case in August 2018, the Court had asked the Centre to file an affidavit stating how many posts the Centre intended to fill and the time-frame within which it would be done. Read the Centre’s Affidavit here..Sonia Gandhi vs Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax & Ors.Item no. 7 in Court 2- SLP (C) No. 28627/2018.Bench- AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer, and MR Shah JJ..The matter pertains to the reassessment of the IT returns of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Oscar Fernandes in relation to the National Herald transaction for the year 2011-12. In an earlier hearing the Court had given a green signal to the IT Department to reopen the assessment and complete it but without giving effect to the same..DELHI HIGH COURT.Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund vs Directorate of Estates.Item no. 38 in Court no. 10– W.P.(C) 11861/2018.Bench: Yogesh Khanna, J. .The case pertains to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund’s challenge to the eviction notice issued to it by the Directorate of Estates in respect of its office situated within the Teen Murti Estate premises, New Delhi..Today in Court: The Bench did not assemble. Matter would be heard next on January 31..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Mathew Samuel v State.Item no. 1 in Court 44 – CRL OP/2003/2019.Bench: N Anand Venkatesh, J..The case concerns an FIR registered against Narada News Editor, Mathew Samuel for uploading a video in which Tamil Nadu E Palanisami is accused of having a role to play in the burglary and subsequent deaths in the Kodanadu Estate case. A petition was filed by Samuel last week, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him under Section 153A, IPC for having uploaded the video in question..Today in Court: The Court stayed the FIR against Mathew Samuel and ordered notice in the matter. The case will be taken up next after four weeks.
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and the Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.Anjali Bhardwaj And Ors. Vs Union of India.Item no. 6 in Court no. 2 – W.P.(C) No. 436/2018.Bench: AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer, and MR Shah JJ..This PIL concerns vacant posts in the Information Commissions across the country. During the last hearing in the case in August 2018, the Court had asked the Centre to file an affidavit stating how many posts the Centre intended to fill and the time-frame within which it would be done. Read the Centre’s Affidavit here..Sonia Gandhi vs Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax & Ors.Item no. 7 in Court 2- SLP (C) No. 28627/2018.Bench- AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer, and MR Shah JJ..The matter pertains to the reassessment of the IT returns of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Oscar Fernandes in relation to the National Herald transaction for the year 2011-12. In an earlier hearing the Court had given a green signal to the IT Department to reopen the assessment and complete it but without giving effect to the same..DELHI HIGH COURT.Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund vs Directorate of Estates.Item no. 38 in Court no. 10– W.P.(C) 11861/2018.Bench: Yogesh Khanna, J. .The case pertains to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund’s challenge to the eviction notice issued to it by the Directorate of Estates in respect of its office situated within the Teen Murti Estate premises, New Delhi..Today in Court: The Bench did not assemble. Matter would be heard next on January 31..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Mathew Samuel v State.Item no. 1 in Court 44 – CRL OP/2003/2019.Bench: N Anand Venkatesh, J..The case concerns an FIR registered against Narada News Editor, Mathew Samuel for uploading a video in which Tamil Nadu E Palanisami is accused of having a role to play in the burglary and subsequent deaths in the Kodanadu Estate case. A petition was filed by Samuel last week, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him under Section 153A, IPC for having uploaded the video in question..Today in Court: The Court stayed the FIR against Mathew Samuel and ordered notice in the matter. The case will be taken up next after four weeks.