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.Gurlad Singh Kahlon Vs Union Of India And Ors..Item no. 11 in Court no. 2 – W.P.(Crl.) No. 9/2016.Bench: Madan Lokur, Deepak Gupta, Hemant Gupta, JJ..This case concerns the SIT probe into 186 cases in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots and prays for the modification of the Supreme Court ordered that constituted the SIT to look into these 186 cases. Earlier this year, a three-Judge Bench of the Court had set up a three-member SIT to probe the case. One of the members of the SIT subsequently withdrew from the SIT. The instant application, in this case, prays for modification of the Court’s order to alter the constitution of the SIT..Sonia Gandhi Vs Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax And Ors.Item no. 64 in Court no. 3 – SLP(C) No. 28627/2018.Bench: AK Sikri, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer, JJ..This petition is filed by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Oscar Fernandes challenging the Delhi High Court that had ordered the re-opening of their tax assessments for the year 2011-12. In the previous hearing, the Court did not issue a formal notice in the case but listed it for final hearing. There was no interim stay imposed on the tax assessment proceedings either..DELHI HIGH COURT:.Delhi High Court Bar Association vs S Gurumurthy .Item no. 3 in Court no. 34– CONT.CAS.(CRL) 10/2018.Bench: Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ..The case pertains to the contempt petition filed by the Delhi High Court Bar Association against Chartered Accountant S Gurumurthy for making scandalous allegations against Justice S Muralidhar..Today in Court: The Court offered S Gurumurthy an opportunity to tender an unconditional and unequivocal apology. The offer was however declined and the Court decided to hear the petition on merit..Read full story here..Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund vs Directorate of Estates.Item no. 54 in Court no. 10– W.P.(C) 11861/2018.Bench: Yogesh Khanna, J. .The case pertains to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund’s challenge to the eviction notice issued to it by the Directorate of Estates in respect of its office situated within the Teen Murti Estate premises, New Delhi. .Today in Court: Matter adjourned till January 9,2019. The stay on eviction would continue till then..MADRAS HIGH COURT.A Ponusamy Vs Inspector of Police.Item 80 in Court 44 – CRL OP 27319/2018.Bench: Justice Anand Venkatesh.The case pertains to a challenge to a Magistrate order refusing remand of Nakkheeran Gopal, Editor of Tamil News Magazine, Nakkheeran. He was arrested last month for publishing articles alluding to a link between the Raj Bhawan and Nirmala Devi, a college lecturer accused of having lured college girls into prostitution.
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.Gurlad Singh Kahlon Vs Union Of India And Ors..Item no. 11 in Court no. 2 – W.P.(Crl.) No. 9/2016.Bench: Madan Lokur, Deepak Gupta, Hemant Gupta, JJ..This case concerns the SIT probe into 186 cases in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots and prays for the modification of the Supreme Court ordered that constituted the SIT to look into these 186 cases. Earlier this year, a three-Judge Bench of the Court had set up a three-member SIT to probe the case. One of the members of the SIT subsequently withdrew from the SIT. The instant application, in this case, prays for modification of the Court’s order to alter the constitution of the SIT..Sonia Gandhi Vs Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax And Ors.Item no. 64 in Court no. 3 – SLP(C) No. 28627/2018.Bench: AK Sikri, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer, JJ..This petition is filed by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Oscar Fernandes challenging the Delhi High Court that had ordered the re-opening of their tax assessments for the year 2011-12. In the previous hearing, the Court did not issue a formal notice in the case but listed it for final hearing. There was no interim stay imposed on the tax assessment proceedings either..DELHI HIGH COURT:.Delhi High Court Bar Association vs S Gurumurthy .Item no. 3 in Court no. 34– CONT.CAS.(CRL) 10/2018.Bench: Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ..The case pertains to the contempt petition filed by the Delhi High Court Bar Association against Chartered Accountant S Gurumurthy for making scandalous allegations against Justice S Muralidhar..Today in Court: The Court offered S Gurumurthy an opportunity to tender an unconditional and unequivocal apology. The offer was however declined and the Court decided to hear the petition on merit..Read full story here..Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund vs Directorate of Estates.Item no. 54 in Court no. 10– W.P.(C) 11861/2018.Bench: Yogesh Khanna, J. .The case pertains to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund’s challenge to the eviction notice issued to it by the Directorate of Estates in respect of its office situated within the Teen Murti Estate premises, New Delhi. .Today in Court: Matter adjourned till January 9,2019. The stay on eviction would continue till then..MADRAS HIGH COURT.A Ponusamy Vs Inspector of Police.Item 80 in Court 44 – CRL OP 27319/2018.Bench: Justice Anand Venkatesh.The case pertains to a challenge to a Magistrate order refusing remand of Nakkheeran Gopal, Editor of Tamil News Magazine, Nakkheeran. He was arrested last month for publishing articles alluding to a link between the Raj Bhawan and Nirmala Devi, a college lecturer accused of having lured college girls into prostitution.
