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.Cen Pub Information Officer, SCI vs Subhash Chandra Agarwal.Item no. 501 in Court 1 – CA No. 10044/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi with Justices NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna.This is an appeal filed by the Supreme Court against an order of the Central Information Commission which had held that the information/ file notings relating to communication between Collegium and government Court judges should be furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005. This case involves important questions including whether the Chief Justice of India will come under the scope of RTI Act, 2005..Today in Court: The Court reserved its judgment in the case.Attorney General for India vs Prashant Bhushan.Item 1 in Court No. 4 – CONMT.PET.(Crl.) No. 1/2019 in W.P.(C) No. 54/2019.Bench: Justices Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha.Contempt of court petition filed by Attorney General KK Venugopal against advocate Prashant Bhushan for his tweets in the case challenging the appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as interim Director of CBI. The case now pertains to the larger question of whether or not it is contempt of Court when lawyers discuss sub-0judice matters in public..Today in Court: The case was adjourned today.DELHI HIGH COURT.Devender Kumar vs CBI & Ors.Item 1 in Court 30- CRL.M.A. 6377/2019.Bench: Justice Mukta Gupta.The case pertains to the CBI’s plea seeking an extension of the time granted to them to conclude the probe in the FIR lodged against former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and DSP Devendra Kumar in relation to the Moin Qureshi bribery case..Today in Court: The case was adjourned till April 12..MADRAS HIGH COURT.R Veerasamy @ Senthil Kumar and Another vs Inspector of Police.Item 135 in Court 46 – CRL OPL 6880/2019.Bench: Justice Anand Venkatesh.The Madras High Court has decided to examine whether the State government can also be made responsible for crimes committed under the influence of alcohol, given the monopoly exercised by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) over the sale of alcohol in Tamil Nadu. To this end, it has also invited the views of the Bar on the question of whether the State can be viewed as an abettor under Section 107, IPC when it comes to alcohol-related crimes..Today in Court: Case has been posted to be taken up next on April 25. The state has been asked to file a counter on whether it is possible to introduce a compensatory scheme as a welfare measure for victims of alcohol-induced crimes. Read full story here.
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.Cen Pub Information Officer, SCI vs Subhash Chandra Agarwal.Item no. 501 in Court 1 – CA No. 10044/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi with Justices NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna.This is an appeal filed by the Supreme Court against an order of the Central Information Commission which had held that the information/ file notings relating to communication between Collegium and government Court judges should be furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005. This case involves important questions including whether the Chief Justice of India will come under the scope of RTI Act, 2005..Today in Court: The Court reserved its judgment in the case.Attorney General for India vs Prashant Bhushan.Item 1 in Court No. 4 – CONMT.PET.(Crl.) No. 1/2019 in W.P.(C) No. 54/2019.Bench: Justices Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha.Contempt of court petition filed by Attorney General KK Venugopal against advocate Prashant Bhushan for his tweets in the case challenging the appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as interim Director of CBI. The case now pertains to the larger question of whether or not it is contempt of Court when lawyers discuss sub-0judice matters in public..Today in Court: The case was adjourned today.DELHI HIGH COURT.Devender Kumar vs CBI & Ors.Item 1 in Court 30- CRL.M.A. 6377/2019.Bench: Justice Mukta Gupta.The case pertains to the CBI’s plea seeking an extension of the time granted to them to conclude the probe in the FIR lodged against former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and DSP Devendra Kumar in relation to the Moin Qureshi bribery case..Today in Court: The case was adjourned till April 12..MADRAS HIGH COURT.R Veerasamy @ Senthil Kumar and Another vs Inspector of Police.Item 135 in Court 46 – CRL OPL 6880/2019.Bench: Justice Anand Venkatesh.The Madras High Court has decided to examine whether the State government can also be made responsible for crimes committed under the influence of alcohol, given the monopoly exercised by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) over the sale of alcohol in Tamil Nadu. To this end, it has also invited the views of the Bar on the question of whether the State can be viewed as an abettor under Section 107, IPC when it comes to alcohol-related crimes..Today in Court: Case has been posted to be taken up next on April 25. The state has been asked to file a counter on whether it is possible to introduce a compensatory scheme as a welfare measure for victims of alcohol-induced crimes. Read full story here.