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.National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms v. Union of India (For Judgment).Item 1501 in court 5 – WP (C) 191/ 2019.Bench: Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.Judgment in plea to do away with the current system of Senior Advocate designation..Today in Court: The Court dismissed the plea seeking a different system for Senior Designation..State of Maharashtra vs Gautam Navlakha.Item 9 in Court No. 1 – SLP (Crl) No. 866/2019.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This petition filed by the State of Maharashtra challenges the Delhi High Court’s order setting aside the remand order against activist Gautam Navlakha. Navlakha is named as one of the accused in the case relating to the Bhima Koregaon violence of January 2018..Today in Court: The Supreme Court asked the Bombay High Court to decide on Navlakha’s plea seeking quashing of FIR against him expeditiously..Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vs M/s Nestle India.Item 13 in Court No. 11 – SLP (C) No. 33251/2015.Bench: Justices DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta.This case relates to the case against FMCG giant Nestle and its product Maggi noodles filed by the NCDRC seeking damages of Rs 640 Crores for allegedly indulging in unfair trade practices, false labelling and misleading advertisements..Today in Court: The matter was not taken up today.MADRAS HIGH COURT.Geeta Rani vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 7 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..Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 21 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..Captain R Venkataramanan vs Union of India and 3 others.Item no. 48 in Court 3 – WP 1720/2019.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.This petition challenges notifications issued by the Indian Ports Association to enlist the services of Indian Law Firms in drafting legislative changes to the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and allied rules and regulations. The Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam had issued notice in the matter last January. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in the roster..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.National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms v. Union of India (For Judgment).Item 1501 in court 5 – WP (C) 191/ 2019.Bench: Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.Judgment in plea to do away with the current system of Senior Advocate designation..Today in Court: The Court dismissed the plea seeking a different system for Senior Designation..State of Maharashtra vs Gautam Navlakha.Item 9 in Court No. 1 – SLP (Crl) No. 866/2019.Bench: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This petition filed by the State of Maharashtra challenges the Delhi High Court’s order setting aside the remand order against activist Gautam Navlakha. Navlakha is named as one of the accused in the case relating to the Bhima Koregaon violence of January 2018..Today in Court: The Supreme Court asked the Bombay High Court to decide on Navlakha’s plea seeking quashing of FIR against him expeditiously..Food Safety and Standards Authority of India vs M/s Nestle India.Item 13 in Court No. 11 – SLP (C) No. 33251/2015.Bench: Justices DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta.This case relates to the case against FMCG giant Nestle and its product Maggi noodles filed by the NCDRC seeking damages of Rs 640 Crores for allegedly indulging in unfair trade practices, false labelling and misleading advertisements..Today in Court: The matter was not taken up today.MADRAS HIGH COURT.Geeta Rani vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 7 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..Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 21 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..Captain R Venkataramanan vs Union of India and 3 others.Item no. 48 in Court 3 – WP 1720/2019.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.This petition challenges notifications issued by the Indian Ports Association to enlist the services of Indian Law Firms in drafting legislative changes to the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and allied rules and regulations. The Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam had issued notice in the matter last January. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in the roster..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.