A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.Jaffar Ullah And Anr Vs Union of India And Ors.Item 7 in Court no. 1 – W.P.(C) No. 859/2013.Bench: CJI Gogoi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul J..This matter relates to the deportation of Rohingya refugees and their living conditions in refugee camps set up in various parts of the country. In the earlier hearing, the Court had dismissed an application filed for staying the deportation of certain refugees to Myanmar, their country of origin..Nivedita Jha Vs The State Of Bihar And Ors..Item no. 66 in Court No. 2 – SLP(C) No. 24978/2018.Bench: Madan Lokur, Deepak Gupta JJ..This case relates to the brutality unearthed in a number of shelter homes in Bihar with various cases of sexual violence and abuse of child inmates coming to light in a report prepared by Tata Institute of Social Sciences. In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had transferred the investigation in all the cases to CBI in addition to the probe in Muzaffarpur Shelter home that was already placed before the CBI..Lourembam Deben Singh And Ors. Vs Union Of India And Ors.Item no. 301 in Court No. 2 – W.P.(Crl.) No. 205/2018.Co. Amit Kumar And Ors. Vs Union Of India And Ors.Item No. 302 in Court No. 2 – W.P.(Crl.) No. 201/2018.Bench: Madan Lokur, UU Lalit JJ..These petitions pertains to the CBI probe in the extra-judicial killings in Manipur. In an application filed earlier seeking recusal of the Bench hearing the case, the Court dismissed the application and placed the case for preliminary hearing before the same Bench..DELHI HIGH COURT.VK Sasikala vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 3 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10725/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.TTV Dhinakaran vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 4 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10728/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.The cases pertain to the “two-leaves” symbol dispute between the two factions of AIADMK, one led by ousted AIADMK leaders Sasikala-Dhinakaran and other by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam..Today is Court: Matter was adjourned till December 21..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. Vs Union of India and two others.Item 47 in Court 3 – WP 21479/2018.Bench: S Manikumar, Subramonium Prasad JJ..The petition brought by Kalyan Jewellers challenges the Constitutionality of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 2016. The petitioner has contended that the new Act, which replaced the erstwhile BIS Act of 1996, imposes disproportionate and arbitrary penalties on jewellers/licence holders alone, while disregarding basic principles of natural justice and criminal procedure..ML Ravi Vs The Chief Election Commissioner.Item 27 in Court 4 – WP 26250/2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..This petition calls for the linking of Aadhaar with Voter ID. Last month, the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and PT Asha issued notice in the petition filed by Advocate ML Ravi, president of the Desiya Makkal Sakkthi Katchi. When it came up for admission, the Election Commission of India, through Advocate Niranjan Rajagopalan, informed the Bench that it supports the plea for Aadhaar linkage. The matter was posted before the present Bench after a roster change. Although it has been listed multiple times before the Bench, it could not be taken up due to paucity of time.
A summary of important cases from the causelist of the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and Madras High Court..The causelist will be updated in the evening to reflect the developments in court today..SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.Jaffar Ullah And Anr Vs Union of India And Ors.Item 7 in Court no. 1 – W.P.(C) No. 859/2013.Bench: CJI Gogoi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul J..This matter relates to the deportation of Rohingya refugees and their living conditions in refugee camps set up in various parts of the country. In the earlier hearing, the Court had dismissed an application filed for staying the deportation of certain refugees to Myanmar, their country of origin..Nivedita Jha Vs The State Of Bihar And Ors..Item no. 66 in Court No. 2 – SLP(C) No. 24978/2018.Bench: Madan Lokur, Deepak Gupta JJ..This case relates to the brutality unearthed in a number of shelter homes in Bihar with various cases of sexual violence and abuse of child inmates coming to light in a report prepared by Tata Institute of Social Sciences. In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had transferred the investigation in all the cases to CBI in addition to the probe in Muzaffarpur Shelter home that was already placed before the CBI..Lourembam Deben Singh And Ors. Vs Union Of India And Ors.Item no. 301 in Court No. 2 – W.P.(Crl.) No. 205/2018.Co. Amit Kumar And Ors. Vs Union Of India And Ors.Item No. 302 in Court No. 2 – W.P.(Crl.) No. 201/2018.Bench: Madan Lokur, UU Lalit JJ..These petitions pertains to the CBI probe in the extra-judicial killings in Manipur. In an application filed earlier seeking recusal of the Bench hearing the case, the Court dismissed the application and placed the case for preliminary hearing before the same Bench..DELHI HIGH COURT.VK Sasikala vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 3 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10725/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.TTV Dhinakaran vs Election Commission of India & Ors.Item 4 in Court No. 38- W.P.(C) 10728/2017 .Bench: Justices GS Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.The cases pertain to the “two-leaves” symbol dispute between the two factions of AIADMK, one led by ousted AIADMK leaders Sasikala-Dhinakaran and other by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam..Today is Court: Matter was adjourned till December 21..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. Vs Union of India and two others.Item 47 in Court 3 – WP 21479/2018.Bench: S Manikumar, Subramonium Prasad JJ..The petition brought by Kalyan Jewellers challenges the Constitutionality of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 2016. The petitioner has contended that the new Act, which replaced the erstwhile BIS Act of 1996, imposes disproportionate and arbitrary penalties on jewellers/licence holders alone, while disregarding basic principles of natural justice and criminal procedure..ML Ravi Vs The Chief Election Commissioner.Item 27 in Court 4 – WP 26250/2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..This petition calls for the linking of Aadhaar with Voter ID. Last month, the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and PT Asha issued notice in the petition filed by Advocate ML Ravi, president of the Desiya Makkal Sakkthi Katchi. When it came up for admission, the Election Commission of India, through Advocate Niranjan Rajagopalan, informed the Bench that it supports the plea for Aadhaar linkage. The matter was posted before the present Bench after a roster change. Although it has been listed multiple times before the Bench, it could not be taken up due to paucity of time.