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.Subrata Chattoraj vs Union of India.Item no. 1 in Court 1 – MA 309/2019 in WP (C) 401/2013.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna.These are applications filed by the CBI against the West Bengal government alleging non-cooperation in the Saradha scam. One of the applications sought for a direction to be passed to question the Commissioner of Police of Kolkata, Rajeev Kumar. The same was allowed by the Court during the last hearing..Another is a contempt application stating that the authorities of Kolkata Police are in contempt of the Supreme Court’s previous orders which had directed State to extend cooperation to the CBI in the probe. The Court has sought the response of the State, DGP and Police Commissioner to the same..Today in Court: Justice L Nageswara Rao recused himself from hearing the case. The case will be heard next on February 27..Reliance Communications Ltd & Ors vs State Bank of India & Ors (For Judgment).Item no. 1501 in Court 6 – WP (C) No. 845/2018.Bench: Justices Rohinton Nariman and Vineet Saran.Judgment in the contempt of court case initiated against Reliance Communication’s Anil Ambani for flouting the Court’s orders relating to repayment of money to Ericsson. The Court had sought Ambani’s personal presence in the Court for the hearing..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today held Reliance Communications and its Chairperson Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court. Read the 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.Subrata Chattoraj vs Union of India.Item no. 1 in Court 1 – MA 309/2019 in WP (C) 401/2013.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna.These are applications filed by the CBI against the West Bengal government alleging non-cooperation in the Saradha scam. One of the applications sought for a direction to be passed to question the Commissioner of Police of Kolkata, Rajeev Kumar. The same was allowed by the Court during the last hearing..Another is a contempt application stating that the authorities of Kolkata Police are in contempt of the Supreme Court’s previous orders which had directed State to extend cooperation to the CBI in the probe. The Court has sought the response of the State, DGP and Police Commissioner to the same..Today in Court: Justice L Nageswara Rao recused himself from hearing the case. The case will be heard next on February 27..Reliance Communications Ltd & Ors vs State Bank of India & Ors (For Judgment).Item no. 1501 in Court 6 – WP (C) No. 845/2018.Bench: Justices Rohinton Nariman and Vineet Saran.Judgment in the contempt of court case initiated against Reliance Communication’s Anil Ambani for flouting the Court’s orders relating to repayment of money to Ericsson. The Court had sought Ambani’s personal presence in the Court for the hearing..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today held Reliance Communications and its Chairperson Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court. Read the full story here.