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.M Siddiq (D) thr Ors vs Mahant Suresh Das and ors. (For Order).Item no. 1501 in Court 1 – CA No. 10866-10867/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, and S Abdul Nazeer.This case pertains to the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute. Today, the Court will pass orders relating to the possibility of mediation between the parties in the case..Manohar Lal Sharma vs Union of India Ministry of Home Affairs Secretary.Item no. 41 in Court 1 – WP (Crl) No. 1/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S Abdul Nazeer, and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL assails the validity of the MHA notification allowing several Central agencies to monitor and carry out surveillance of digital activity..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 13 in Court 3 – WP 21479/2018.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.This petition 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..Geeta Rani vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 14 in Court 3 – WP 34053/2018.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.This petition calls for the deregistration of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the ground that it has been representing Indian cricket at the national and international level without any sanction or authority. In December last year, the Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam issued notice in the matter. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in roster. It has been listed under the heading of ‘For Dismissal’ before the present Bench today..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
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.M Siddiq (D) thr Ors vs Mahant Suresh Das and ors. (For Order).Item no. 1501 in Court 1 – CA No. 10866-10867/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, and S Abdul Nazeer.This case pertains to the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute. Today, the Court will pass orders relating to the possibility of mediation between the parties in the case..Manohar Lal Sharma vs Union of India Ministry of Home Affairs Secretary.Item no. 41 in Court 1 – WP (Crl) No. 1/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S Abdul Nazeer, and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL assails the validity of the MHA notification allowing several Central agencies to monitor and carry out surveillance of digital activity..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 13 in Court 3 – WP 21479/2018.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.This petition 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..Geeta Rani vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 14 in Court 3 – WP 34053/2018.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.This petition calls for the deregistration of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the ground that it has been representing Indian cricket at the national and international level without any sanction or authority. In December last year, the Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam issued notice in the matter. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in roster. It has been listed under the heading of ‘For Dismissal’ before the present Bench today..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.