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.Nivedita Jha vs State of Bihar.Item no. 1 in Court 1 – SLP(C) No. 24978/2018.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This petition relates to incidents of sexual abuse shelter homes in Bihar. The Court had earlier handed over the probe in the matter from Bihar police to the CBI..Today in Court: The Court transferred the trial in the Muzaffarpur case to POCSO Court in Saket, Delhi. In relation to the investigation in the cases in other 16 shelter homes in Bihar, the Court has sought personal presence of former interim Director of CBI M Nageshwar Rao to explain why the investigating officer was transferred despite an embargo imposed on transfers by the Court..DELHI HIGH COURT.The Joint Director, Directorate of Enforcement vs A Raja & Ors.Item no. 18 in Court 31- CRL.L.P. 184/2018.Central Bureau of Investigation vs A Raja & Ors.Item no. 19 in Court 31- CRL.L.P. 185/2018.Central Bureau of Investigation vs Ravi Kant Ruia & Ors.Item no. 20 in Court 31- CRL.L.P. 257/2018.Bench: Justice Najmi Wziri.The case pertains to appeals filed against the acquittal of all 17 accused in the 2G scam case..Today in Court: In a bid to impose costs on respondents who are yet to their replies in appeals preferred by the CBI and the ED against the trial court’s acquittal in the 2G case, the Delhi High Court called for a tree plantation drive in Delhi’s South Ridge forest area..Read full story here.
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.Nivedita Jha vs State of Bihar.Item no. 1 in Court 1 – SLP(C) No. 24978/2018.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This petition relates to incidents of sexual abuse shelter homes in Bihar. The Court had earlier handed over the probe in the matter from Bihar police to the CBI..Today in Court: The Court transferred the trial in the Muzaffarpur case to POCSO Court in Saket, Delhi. In relation to the investigation in the cases in other 16 shelter homes in Bihar, the Court has sought personal presence of former interim Director of CBI M Nageshwar Rao to explain why the investigating officer was transferred despite an embargo imposed on transfers by the Court..DELHI HIGH COURT.The Joint Director, Directorate of Enforcement vs A Raja & Ors.Item no. 18 in Court 31- CRL.L.P. 184/2018.Central Bureau of Investigation vs A Raja & Ors.Item no. 19 in Court 31- CRL.L.P. 185/2018.Central Bureau of Investigation vs Ravi Kant Ruia & Ors.Item no. 20 in Court 31- CRL.L.P. 257/2018.Bench: Justice Najmi Wziri.The case pertains to appeals filed against the acquittal of all 17 accused in the 2G scam case..Today in Court: In a bid to impose costs on respondents who are yet to their replies in appeals preferred by the CBI and the ED against the trial court’s acquittal in the 2G case, the Delhi High Court called for a tree plantation drive in Delhi’s South Ridge forest area..Read full story here.