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.Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India.Item 50 in Court No. 1 – WP (C) No. 55/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi with Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL challenges the Government’s decision to grant ten percent reservation to the members of the general category who belong to the Economically weaker sections..Today in Court: The matter is listed for March 28.DELHI HIGH COURT.P Chidambaram vs Central Bureau of Investigation.Item 36 in Court No. 29- BAIL APPLN. 1316/2018 .Bench: Justice Sunil Gaur .The case pertains to former Union Minister P Chidambaram’s plea seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media bribery case which is being probed by CBI..Today in Court: The Court allowed an application filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking to bring an additional submission on record..Read the full story here..Amit Sahni vs UOI.Item 27 in Court No. 1- W.P.(C) 12254/2018 .Bench: Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anup J Bhambhani.The case deals with a petition to curb the sale of expired drugs..Today in Court: The Court granted additional time to the Centre to file its response in the plea. Matter to be heard next on July 10..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 20 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. 21 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.
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.Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India.Item 50 in Court No. 1 – WP (C) No. 55/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi with Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL challenges the Government’s decision to grant ten percent reservation to the members of the general category who belong to the Economically weaker sections..Today in Court: The matter is listed for March 28.DELHI HIGH COURT.P Chidambaram vs Central Bureau of Investigation.Item 36 in Court No. 29- BAIL APPLN. 1316/2018 .Bench: Justice Sunil Gaur .The case pertains to former Union Minister P Chidambaram’s plea seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media bribery case which is being probed by CBI..Today in Court: The Court allowed an application filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking to bring an additional submission on record..Read the full story here..Amit Sahni vs UOI.Item 27 in Court No. 1- W.P.(C) 12254/2018 .Bench: Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anup J Bhambhani.The case deals with a petition to curb the sale of expired drugs..Today in Court: The Court granted additional time to the Centre to file its response in the plea. Matter to be heard next on July 10..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 20 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. 21 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.