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.N Chandrababu Naidu and Ors vs Union of India and Anr.Item 24 in Court no. 1 – WP (C) 273/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL has been filed by leaders from over 20 opposition parties seeking direction to the Election Commission for 50 percent of EVM results to be crosschecked with VVPAT before the declaration of results in the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls..Today in Court: The Court issued notice to the EC and directed the Commission to depute a senior official to assit the Court while listing the case for March 25..Lalu Prasad Yadav vs State of Jharkhand.Item no 33 in Court No. 1 – SLP (Crl) No. 2219/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.The RJD Supremo has approached the Supreme Court seeking bail in the Fodder Scam case..Today in Court: The Court issued notice to the Respondents returnable in two weeks..Ajay Kumar Bassi vs Central Bureau of Investigation.Item no 46 in Court No. 1 – WP (C) No. 90/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This petition has been filed by CBI officer AK Bassi challenging his transfer to Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands..Today in Court: The case was adjourned for three weeks.X vs Union of India.Item no 57 in Court no. 1 – WP (Crl) No. 83/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.Petition by a woman from Arunachal Pradesh alleging rape by the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. She has sought permission to move Delhi High Court..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the petition and said the petitioner is free to approach the jurisdictional High Court for redressal of her grievances..Sajjan Kumar vs State through CBI.Item no. 11 in Court no. 2 – Crl A No. 1642/2018.Bench: Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer.Appeal by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar convicted by the Delhi High Court in relation to the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots..Today in Court: The case was adjourned for after Holi break..S Sreesanth v. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (For Judgment).Item 1501 in court 12 – SLP (C) 3551/ 2018.Bench: Justices Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph.Appeal filed by former India Cricketer S Sreesanth challenging the life ban imposed on him by BCCI pursuant to allegations of spot-fixing..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today upheld the findings by the Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against former India cricketer S Sreesanth while stating that the quantum needs to be revised..DELHI HIGH COURT.Arnab Goswami vs State of NCT of Delhi & Ors.Item 40 in Court 35- CRL.M.C. 720/2019.Bench: Justice AK Pathak.The case pertains to Arnab Goswami’s plea seeking exemption from personal appearance to in a defamation case filed by a lawyer before a Delhi court..Today in Court: The exemption from personal appearance was extended till May 7..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 11 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. 49 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 issued notice in the matter last January. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in roster..H Jayalakshmi vs State of Tamil Nadu .Item 11/L2 in Court 8 – WP 23292/2018.Bench: Justice SM Subramaniam.A petition initially filed seeking for an independent probe into allegations of sexual assault by the DVAC joint director had prompted Justice SM Subramaniam to direct that CCTV cameras be installed in his chambers as a measure to usher in more transparency among public functionaries. Recently, the judge queried why this direction has not been implemented even though a month had passed since it was issued..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.N Chandrababu Naidu and Ors vs Union of India and Anr.Item 24 in Court no. 1 – WP (C) 273/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL has been filed by leaders from over 20 opposition parties seeking direction to the Election Commission for 50 percent of EVM results to be crosschecked with VVPAT before the declaration of results in the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls..Today in Court: The Court issued notice to the EC and directed the Commission to depute a senior official to assit the Court while listing the case for March 25..Lalu Prasad Yadav vs State of Jharkhand.Item no 33 in Court No. 1 – SLP (Crl) No. 2219/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.The RJD Supremo has approached the Supreme Court seeking bail in the Fodder Scam case..Today in Court: The Court issued notice to the Respondents returnable in two weeks..Ajay Kumar Bassi vs Central Bureau of Investigation.Item no 46 in Court No. 1 – WP (C) No. 90/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.This petition has been filed by CBI officer AK Bassi challenging his transfer to Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands..Today in Court: The case was adjourned for three weeks.X vs Union of India.Item no 57 in Court no. 1 – WP (Crl) No. 83/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.Petition by a woman from Arunachal Pradesh alleging rape by the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. She has sought permission to move Delhi High Court..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the petition and said the petitioner is free to approach the jurisdictional High Court for redressal of her grievances..Sajjan Kumar vs State through CBI.Item no. 11 in Court no. 2 – Crl A No. 1642/2018.Bench: Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer.Appeal by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar convicted by the Delhi High Court in relation to the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots..Today in Court: The case was adjourned for after Holi break..S Sreesanth v. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (For Judgment).Item 1501 in court 12 – SLP (C) 3551/ 2018.Bench: Justices Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph.Appeal filed by former India Cricketer S Sreesanth challenging the life ban imposed on him by BCCI pursuant to allegations of spot-fixing..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today upheld the findings by the Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against former India cricketer S Sreesanth while stating that the quantum needs to be revised..DELHI HIGH COURT.Arnab Goswami vs State of NCT of Delhi & Ors.Item 40 in Court 35- CRL.M.C. 720/2019.Bench: Justice AK Pathak.The case pertains to Arnab Goswami’s plea seeking exemption from personal appearance to in a defamation case filed by a lawyer before a Delhi court..Today in Court: The exemption from personal appearance was extended till May 7..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 11 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. 49 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 issued notice in the matter last January. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in roster..H Jayalakshmi vs State of Tamil Nadu .Item 11/L2 in Court 8 – WP 23292/2018.Bench: Justice SM Subramaniam.A petition initially filed seeking for an independent probe into allegations of sexual assault by the DVAC joint director had prompted Justice SM Subramaniam to direct that CCTV cameras be installed in his chambers as a measure to usher in more transparency among public functionaries. Recently, the judge queried why this direction has not been implemented even though a month had passed since it was issued..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.