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 v. Union of India and Anr.Item 48 in Court no. 1 – WP (C) 273/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.Petition filed by leaders from over 20 opposition parties seeking direction to the Election Commission for physical verification of the VVPAT paper trail for at least 50 percent of the polling stations..The Election Commission filed an affidavit stating that the same is not required and if it has to be implemented, the time taken for counting of votes will increase by “about 6 days”. The petitioners have filed a rejoinder affidavit stating that the above delay is not a serious one and the Election Commission should be directed to verify 50 percent VVPAT in order to boost the public confidence in the integrity ofthe electoral process..Today in Court: The Supreme Court has ordered that the number of EVMs with respect to which VVPAT paper trail is verified be raised from 1 EVM to 5 EVMs per Assembly Segment/ Assembly Constituency..Subrata Chattoraj vs Union of India.Item no. 49 in Court 1 – MA 309/2019 in WP (C) 401/2013 [at 3.30 pm].Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.These are applications filed by the CBI against the West Bengal government alleging non-cooperation in the Saradha scam investigation. One of the applications had prayed for a direction to be passed to question the Commissioner of Police of Kolkata, Rajeev Kumar..Today in Court: Arguments were advanced. The matter was adjourned..DELHI HIGH COURT.Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd vs UOI.Item no. 33 in Court 7- W.P.(C) 13395/2018.Bench: Justice Vibhu Bakhru.The case pertains to J&J’s challenge to the Reports of the two Committees formed to examine the issues relating to its faulty Hip Implants. The two committees have determined the formula to compute the compensation for affected patients..Today in Court: Johnson & Johnson informed the Delhi High Court that it is willing to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to patients affected by its faulty Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip implants..Read the full story here..MADRAS HIGH COURT.R Annal v State of Tamil Nadu and 3 ors.Item 10/L2 in Court 8 – WP 9314/2019.Bench: Justice SM Subramaniam.This petition was moved against the implementation of an Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) for teaching and non-teaching employees of government or government-aided schools in Tamil Nadu..Arappor Iyyakkam v. M/S TM. Subramaniyam and Co., SP Velumani v Arappor Iyyakkam, TM Subramaniyam and Co. v Arappor Iyyakam etc..Item 14 in Court no. 38 – A 2169/2019, A 1663/2019, CS 136/2019 etc..Bench: Justice R Subramanian.This batch of cases has been filed to stop NGO Arappor Iyyakkam from publishing allegations that State Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development, SP Velumani has abused his powers to promote cartelization and bid-rigging in the award of public corporation contracts, in order to favour his close aides and benamis. A petition calling for a direction to register an FIR against Velumani in connection with the same is also pending before the High Court..Henri Tiphagne v The State.Item No 50 in Court 45 – HCP 369/2019.Bench: Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar.This plea was filed to trace missing Anti-Sterlite activist, Mugilan @ Shanmugam. The petition was moved following apprehensions that Mugilan may have been illegally picked up by the police. Mugilan had recently alleged the involvement of senior police officers in the violence following anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi last year.
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 v. Union of India and Anr.Item 48 in Court no. 1 – WP (C) 273/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.Petition filed by leaders from over 20 opposition parties seeking direction to the Election Commission for physical verification of the VVPAT paper trail for at least 50 percent of the polling stations..The Election Commission filed an affidavit stating that the same is not required and if it has to be implemented, the time taken for counting of votes will increase by “about 6 days”. The petitioners have filed a rejoinder affidavit stating that the above delay is not a serious one and the Election Commission should be directed to verify 50 percent VVPAT in order to boost the public confidence in the integrity ofthe electoral process..Today in Court: The Supreme Court has ordered that the number of EVMs with respect to which VVPAT paper trail is verified be raised from 1 EVM to 5 EVMs per Assembly Segment/ Assembly Constituency..Subrata Chattoraj vs Union of India.Item no. 49 in Court 1 – MA 309/2019 in WP (C) 401/2013 [at 3.30 pm].Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.These are applications filed by the CBI against the West Bengal government alleging non-cooperation in the Saradha scam investigation. One of the applications had prayed for a direction to be passed to question the Commissioner of Police of Kolkata, Rajeev Kumar..Today in Court: Arguments were advanced. The matter was adjourned..DELHI HIGH COURT.Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd vs UOI.Item no. 33 in Court 7- W.P.(C) 13395/2018.Bench: Justice Vibhu Bakhru.The case pertains to J&J’s challenge to the Reports of the two Committees formed to examine the issues relating to its faulty Hip Implants. The two committees have determined the formula to compute the compensation for affected patients..Today in Court: Johnson & Johnson informed the Delhi High Court that it is willing to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to patients affected by its faulty Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip implants..Read the full story here..MADRAS HIGH COURT.R Annal v State of Tamil Nadu and 3 ors.Item 10/L2 in Court 8 – WP 9314/2019.Bench: Justice SM Subramaniam.This petition was moved against the implementation of an Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) for teaching and non-teaching employees of government or government-aided schools in Tamil Nadu..Arappor Iyyakkam v. M/S TM. Subramaniyam and Co., SP Velumani v Arappor Iyyakkam, TM Subramaniyam and Co. v Arappor Iyyakam etc..Item 14 in Court no. 38 – A 2169/2019, A 1663/2019, CS 136/2019 etc..Bench: Justice R Subramanian.This batch of cases has been filed to stop NGO Arappor Iyyakkam from publishing allegations that State Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development, SP Velumani has abused his powers to promote cartelization and bid-rigging in the award of public corporation contracts, in order to favour his close aides and benamis. A petition calling for a direction to register an FIR against Velumani in connection with the same is also pending before the High Court..Henri Tiphagne v The State.Item No 50 in Court 45 – HCP 369/2019.Bench: Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar.This plea was filed to trace missing Anti-Sterlite activist, Mugilan @ Shanmugam. The petition was moved following apprehensions that Mugilan may have been illegally picked up by the police. Mugilan had recently alleged the involvement of senior police officers in the violence following anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi last year.