Supreme Court.1. Union of India v. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors..[Item 501 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl) 48/2014].Bench: Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justices FM Kalifulla, PC Ghose, AM Sapre & UU Lalit..The Central government’s petition against the decision of the Tamil Nadu government to release those convicted of assassinating Rajiv Gandhi..At the last hearing the Court has modified its order of July 2014 by which it had restrained all States from exercising the power of remission to free convicts serving jail terms. It ordered that the States were free to exercise its power of remission subject to certain conditions. The hearing will resume today..Today in court: The hearing could not be followed today. The matter will continue tomorrow..2. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Min. of Law & Ors..[Item 1 in court 5 – Writ Petition (Crl) 184/2014].Bench: Justices Dipak Misra & Prafulla C Pant.A batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions criminalising defamation. The Central government made its submissions on the last day of hearing, arguments to resume today..Today in court: Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai has joined the fight. The petition filed by her has been tagged along with the main matter after advocate Avi Singh mentioned the case before the Bench. Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium will appear for Pillai tomorrow..Meanwhile, Senior Advocate Anoop Bhambani has completed his arguments today. The hearing will resume tomorrow and the petitioners are likely to complete their arguments by tomorrow afternoon..3. Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 1 in Court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 494/2012].Bench: Justices J Chelameswar, SA Bobde & C Nagappan.A batch of petitions challenging the Constitutionality of Aadhar card scheme. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had pressed for referring the matter to a larger Bench. However, Senior Advocates Shyam Divan and Gopal Subramanium had vehemently opposed this. Subramanium will resume arguments today..Today in court: Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium’s submissions are progressing in the case. Hearing will continue tomorrow..4. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. State of Maharashtra.[Item 11 in court 3 – Writ Petition (Criminal) 129/ 2015].Bench: Anil R Dave J., Kurian Joseph J..When the matter was heard yesterday, Justice Anil R Dave seemed inclined to dismiss the case while Justice Joseph sought clarification from the Attorney General on why two judges were excluded from hearing the curative petition..The matter will be taken up at 10.30 AM today as the first item..Today in court: Read a detailed report here..Delhi High Court.1. Registrar, Supreme Court of India Vs Commodore Lokesh K. Batra & Ors..[Item 5, Court 1- LPA 24/2015].An appeal filed against a Single Bench order of the High Court that directed the Supreme Court Registry to disclose information of judgments that have been reserved by the Supreme Court, under the RTI Act..Today in Court: The Bench reserved its judgment on the issue after hearing arguments from both sides..2. ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd. Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors..[Item 4, Court 8- WP (C) 6668/2015].A petition filed by ANI Technologies (providing taxi services under the OLA brand) stating that it is not covered under the purview of the amended Radio Taxi Scheme enacted by the Delhi Government, primarily because all their cabs have All India Permits to ply..A Single Bench of Justice Manmohan had told the Delhi Govt during the last hearing that ‘banning the cabs was not a solution’ merely because they did not adhere to certain norms. However, Justice Manmohan was also categorical in directing the Petitioner that ‘either they need to ply CNG cabs or not ply at all’, citing the rising levels of pollution in the city to ban all diesel operated cabs..Today in Court: The Bench will pronounce its order tomorrow at 2.30 pm
Supreme Court.1. Union of India v. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors..[Item 501 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl) 48/2014].Bench: Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justices FM Kalifulla, PC Ghose, AM Sapre & UU Lalit..The Central government’s petition against the decision of the Tamil Nadu government to release those convicted of assassinating Rajiv Gandhi..At the last hearing the Court has modified its order of July 2014 by which it had restrained all States from exercising the power of remission to free convicts serving jail terms. It ordered that the States were free to exercise its power of remission subject to certain conditions. The hearing will resume today..Today in court: The hearing could not be followed today. The matter will continue tomorrow..2. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Min. of Law & Ors..[Item 1 in court 5 – Writ Petition (Crl) 184/2014].Bench: Justices Dipak Misra & Prafulla C Pant.A batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions criminalising defamation. The Central government made its submissions on the last day of hearing, arguments to resume today..Today in court: Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai has joined the fight. The petition filed by her has been tagged along with the main matter after advocate Avi Singh mentioned the case before the Bench. Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium will appear for Pillai tomorrow..Meanwhile, Senior Advocate Anoop Bhambani has completed his arguments today. The hearing will resume tomorrow and the petitioners are likely to complete their arguments by tomorrow afternoon..3. Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 1 in Court 6 – Writ Petition (Civil) 494/2012].Bench: Justices J Chelameswar, SA Bobde & C Nagappan.A batch of petitions challenging the Constitutionality of Aadhar card scheme. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had pressed for referring the matter to a larger Bench. However, Senior Advocates Shyam Divan and Gopal Subramanium had vehemently opposed this. Subramanium will resume arguments today..Today in court: Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium’s submissions are progressing in the case. Hearing will continue tomorrow..4. Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. State of Maharashtra.[Item 11 in court 3 – Writ Petition (Criminal) 129/ 2015].Bench: Anil R Dave J., Kurian Joseph J..When the matter was heard yesterday, Justice Anil R Dave seemed inclined to dismiss the case while Justice Joseph sought clarification from the Attorney General on why two judges were excluded from hearing the curative petition..The matter will be taken up at 10.30 AM today as the first item..Today in court: Read a detailed report here..Delhi High Court.1. Registrar, Supreme Court of India Vs Commodore Lokesh K. Batra & Ors..[Item 5, Court 1- LPA 24/2015].An appeal filed against a Single Bench order of the High Court that directed the Supreme Court Registry to disclose information of judgments that have been reserved by the Supreme Court, under the RTI Act..Today in Court: The Bench reserved its judgment on the issue after hearing arguments from both sides..2. ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd. Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors..[Item 4, Court 8- WP (C) 6668/2015].A petition filed by ANI Technologies (providing taxi services under the OLA brand) stating that it is not covered under the purview of the amended Radio Taxi Scheme enacted by the Delhi Government, primarily because all their cabs have All India Permits to ply..A Single Bench of Justice Manmohan had told the Delhi Govt during the last hearing that ‘banning the cabs was not a solution’ merely because they did not adhere to certain norms. However, Justice Manmohan was also categorical in directing the Petitioner that ‘either they need to ply CNG cabs or not ply at all’, citing the rising levels of pollution in the city to ban all diesel operated cabs..Today in Court: The Bench will pronounce its order tomorrow at 2.30 pm
