A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court, the Delhi High Court and the Karnataka High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Dr. Anand Rai v. Union of India and Ors.Common Cause v. Union of India & Anr.PACL Ltd. v. Securities And Exchange Board Of IndiaCommon Cause & Ors. v. Union Of India & Ors. (Coal scam)Telangana Judges Association & Anr v. Union of India & Ors.Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information TechnologyArundhati Roy v. Registrar, High Court of Judicature at Bombay Nagpur Bench Nagpur & Anr.Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association & Anr. v. State Of Maharashtra & Anr.Union of India v. Sh. Harish Chandra Singh Rawat And Anr.Gauri Maulekhi v. Union of India And Ors..Bombay High Court.Harshad Govind Jadhav & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.The Secretary, Law and Judiciary Department & Ors. v. Pramod Mahadeo Thakur & Ors.Dina Wadia v. Union of India, Through Ministry of External AffairsShrikant Madhav Karve v. Secretary (Parivahan IV), Ministry of HomeJuhi Chawla Mehta & 10 Ors. v. Union of India & 7 Ors.Nazir Noor Ali Jariya v. All India Muslim Personal Law Board & 15 Ors..Delhi High Court.Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage (INTACH) Delhi Chapter through it’s Convenor Mr. A.G. Krishna Menon v. Heritage Conservation Committee and Ors.Motilal Vohra v. Subramanian Swamy and Anr.Arun Jaitley v. Arvind Kejriwal and Ors..Karnataka High Court.Uber Technologies Private Limited v. State of Karnataka & Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Dr. Anand Rai v. Union of India and Ors..Item 43 in court 2 – Writ Petition (Civil) 382/2016.Bench: Anil R Dave, L Nageswara Rao JJ..The petition challenging the ordinance passed on NEET. You can read more about NEET here..Today in court: Justice L Nageswara Rao recused from the case since he had represented the Tamil Nadu government in the case before he was elevated to the Bench. The matter will now be heard on July 15. Read more here..2. Common Cause v. Union of India & Anr..[Item 82 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 678/2013].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..A petition filed by NGO Common Cause seeking an inquiry into the allegations of corruption against former CJI, Justice KG Balakrishnan. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had told the Court that there is no evidence against Justice Balakrishnan and there can be no investigation in such cases..When the matter was last heard, the Court had asked the Central government to submit a chart setting out the details of the assessments made by the Income Tax Department..Today in court: The Petitioner NGO sought permission to amend the petition which was granted and the matter was adjourned..3. PACL Ltd. v. Securities And Exchange Board Of India.[Item 1 in court 2 – IA 8/2016 in CA 13394/2015].Bench: Anil R Dave, L Nageswara Rao JJ..The ponzi scheme where PACL collected Rs. 45,000 crore Read more about the PACL case here..Today in court: This was an application moved by PACL for money to pay statutory dues, legal fees etc. The petitioner did not press for the same; Instead it submitted that it would approach the Lodha committee. The Supreme Court recorded the same and disposed of the application. Senior Advocate AM Singhvi appeared for PACL. Read more here..4. Common Cause & Ors. v. Union Of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 8 – WP(C) 463/2012].Bench: Madan B Lokur, Kurian Joseph, AK Sikri JJ..Hearing in the Coal scam matter. Check evening updates to know more..Today in court: The inquiry team led by former CBI Special Director, ML Sharma concluded that former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha interfered in the investigation of certain cases. The Court has now reserved its verdict on further action to be taken with regard to the report submitted by ML Sharma’s team. Read more here..5. Telangana Judges Association & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 24 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 85/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, DY Chandruchud J..Case pertaining to appointment of judges to lower judiciary in Telangana. Check evening updates to know more..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..6. Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology.[Item 40 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl.) 160/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, DY Chandruchud J..A petition praying for a ban on websites spreading jokes about the Sikh community and portraying them as persons of low intellect..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..7. Arundhati Roy v. Registrar, High Court of Judicature at Bombay Nagpur Bench Nagpur & Anr..[Item 88 in court 3 – SLP (Crl.) 303/2016].Bench: Jagdish Singh Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..An appeal by Arundhati Roy against a contempt case initiated by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court. Justice AB Chaudhari of the High Court had initiated criminal contempt proceedings against Roy for an article she wrote in May this year defending the lecturer Dr GN Saibaba who was under detention..Today in court: This case adjourned and will now be heard after 3 weeks..8. Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association & Anr. v. State Of Maharashtra & Anr..[Item 52 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 793/2014].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..Petition concerning grant of licenses to dance bars in Maharashtra. The Supreme Court had directed the State governments to grant licenses to dance bars subject to fulfilment of license conditions. When the matter was last heard, the court was apprised of the fact that employees of certain dance bars have criminal antecedents and those bars have been denied license..The Court proceeded to pass an order that licenses shall be granted to such bars subject to the applicant giving an undertaking that employees with criminal antecedents shall not be engaged for work or allowed to enter bar or dance area..The Maharashtra government was directed to issue licenses to the remaining applicants and submit a compliance report..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..9. Union of India v. Sh. Harish Chandra Singh Rawat And Anr..[Item 77 in court 4 – SLP (C) 11567/2016 at 10:30 am].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..The case pertaining to President’s rule in Uttarakhand. The Centre had withdrawn the rule after Harish Rawat won the floor test. This had led to Rawat assuming charge as Chief Minister again. The case, however, is pending as the academic issue regarding justifiability of imposition of Article 356 rule remains..Today in court: The court directed the parties to complete the pleadings and adjourned the case to August 24..10. Gauri Maulekhi v. Union of India And Ors..[Item 66 in court 3 – WP(C) 409/2016].Bench: Justice JS Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..Case pertaining to illegal cattle transportation to Nepal..Today in court: The ministry of environment and forests was directed to frame rules under S. 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, within 3 months. The Ministry informed the Court that the draft rules were ready, and it was only a question of formalization by the competent authority. The Court also directed that the Ministry of Railways be deleted as respondent..Bombay High Court.1. Harshad Govind Jadhav & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors..[Item 901 Court 13- PIL(C)/225/2009].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ..The petitioner claims to have special qualifications required under Persons with disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 to get a government job. The state is yet to take a decision in this..Today in court: State government sought time to place its decision on the record, which was granted. The case was then adjourned..2. The Secretary, Law and Judiciary Dept. & Ors. v. Pramod Mahadeo Thaku & Ors..[Item 902 Court 13- CAIST(C)/17404/2016].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ..Application regarding allotment of land for parking at the new court building in Panvel..Today in court: This case could not be tracked..3. Dina Wadia v. Union of India, Through Ministry of External Affairs.[Item 902 Court 31- WP(OS)/1578/2007].Bench: SC Dharmadhikari, Dr. Shalini Phansalkar Joshi JJ.This petition was filed by Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter who stakes her claim to Jinnah House in Malabar Hills which was declared a state property almost 60 years ago. In a previous order, the Union of India was allowed to undertake some renovation work at the bungalow..Today in court: This matter was adjourned to September..4. Shrikant Madhav Karve v. Secretary (Parivahan IV), Ministry of Home.[Item 3 Court 13- PIL(C)/28/2013].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.A detailed order was passed in this PIL, which raises the issue of fitness certificates for “transport vehicles”. The state is now seeking certain modifications in that order while the petitioner has made certain averments regarding compliances by the state..Today in court: The prayers in the state’s application for modification sought to draw a parallel between technical assistants and assistant motor vehicle inspectors. Court then asked the state to put it in writing that their respective duties were the same. The matter was adjourned for three weeks..5. Juhi Chawla Mehta & 10 Ors. v. Union of India in 7 Ors..[Item 17 Court 13- PIL(OS)/97/2015].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla, seeks an embargo on the installation of mobile phone towers in public places due to the harmful radiation emanating. The PIL has been tagged along with several others. Ad interim stay on on installation of cell phone towers in recreational grounds and playgrounds continues..Today in court: The ad-interim stay will continue, and the tagged PIL’s will now be heard together on August 18..6. Nazir Noor Ali Jariya v. All India Muslim Personal Law Board & Ors..[Item 22 Court 13- PIL(OS)/56/2014].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.The petitioners claim that matters relating to matrimonial dispute or other matters are only within the jurisdiction of civil courts or Family Courts. Relying upon the observations made by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Mohd. Zahir Khan Koti v. Masajid Committee, the petitioner says that the functioning of the Darul-Quza does not have any statutory support..Acting AG Rohit Deo has been asked to appear today. For more details read our previous report..Today in court: Rohit Deo tendered an affidavit in the matter, the petitioner’s advocate sought three weeks time to file a rejoinder. The show cause notice issued to the Chief Secretary was recalled as the state accepted the error on part of the Government Pleader’s office in the matter.A circular was issued by the law and judiciary department to ensure such mistakes do not happen in future..Delhi High Court .1. Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage (INTACH) Delhi Chapter through it’s Convenor Mr. A.G. Krishna Menon v. Heritage Conservation Committee and Ors..[Court No. 15; Item No. 11 – W.P. (C) 5271/2016].Bench: Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva.An NGO has alleged the “complete abdication” of responsibility by Heritage Conservation Committee and the Delhi Urban Art Commission to protect the city’s contemporary architectural heritage..In the last hearing, Justice Manmohan had asked the HCC and DUAC to produce the original files which contain the decisions of the two bodies on the issue which has been raised in the plea filed by INTACH..Today in Court: No interim orders passed indicting the tender process. Main Writ Petition will be set for hearing. In case dismantling starts before the hearing then the petitioner can approach the Court. Matter will be taken up on Sept. 15, 2016..2. Motilal Vohra v. Subramanian Swamy and Anr..[Court No. 32; Item No. 1 – CRL M.C. 671/2016, Item No. 2 – CRL M.C. 672/2016, Item No. 3 – CRL M.C. 1317/2016, Item No. 4 – CRL M.C. 1319/2016, Item No. 5 – CRL M.C. 1321/2016] .Bench: Justice PS Teji.Subramanian Swamy had filed a case against Congress leaders alleging cheating and misappropriation of funds in the acquisition of the newspaper Young India. The accused include Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Motilal Vohra, Oscar Fernandes, Sam Pitroda and Young Indian Pvt. Ltd. The Delhi High Court is likely to announce its verdict on summoning of the documents related to the case..Today in Court: Justice Teji set aside the orders of the trial court dated January 11, 2016 and March 11, 2016..3. Arun Jaitley v. Arvind Kejriwal and Ors..[Court No. 22; Item No. 43 – C.S. (OS) 3457/2015].Bench: Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw.Civil defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party leaders Raghav Chadha, Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh and Deepak Bajpai by Mr. Arun Jaitley for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements against him and his family members..Today in Court: All of the defendants denied the allegation that the defamatory statements in question were made by them. The Court framed the issues in the matter as follows –.Whether the statements made were defamatory in nature?Whether the defamatory statements could be attributed to the defendants and to what extent the damages could be ascribed to each of them?Whether or not the statements are actionable since they have been part of the public domain since 1991?.The matter will come up before the Joint Registrar on September 28, 2016 when the date for the trial will be fixed..Karnataka High Court.1. Uber Technologies Private Limited v. State of Karnataka & Ors..[Item 18, List 1, Court Hall 19 – WP 31673-31674/2016 c/w WP 30917/2016 & WP 30191/2016].Bench: Aravind Kumar J..A batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Rules, 2016.
A summary of cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court, the Delhi High Court and the Karnataka High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Dr. Anand Rai v. Union of India and Ors.Common Cause v. Union of India & Anr.PACL Ltd. v. Securities And Exchange Board Of IndiaCommon Cause & Ors. v. Union Of India & Ors. (Coal scam)Telangana Judges Association & Anr v. Union of India & Ors.Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information TechnologyArundhati Roy v. Registrar, High Court of Judicature at Bombay Nagpur Bench Nagpur & Anr.Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association & Anr. v. State Of Maharashtra & Anr.Union of India v. Sh. Harish Chandra Singh Rawat And Anr.Gauri Maulekhi v. Union of India And Ors..Bombay High Court.Harshad Govind Jadhav & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.The Secretary, Law and Judiciary Department & Ors. v. Pramod Mahadeo Thakur & Ors.Dina Wadia v. Union of India, Through Ministry of External AffairsShrikant Madhav Karve v. Secretary (Parivahan IV), Ministry of HomeJuhi Chawla Mehta & 10 Ors. v. Union of India & 7 Ors.Nazir Noor Ali Jariya v. All India Muslim Personal Law Board & 15 Ors..Delhi High Court.Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage (INTACH) Delhi Chapter through it’s Convenor Mr. A.G. Krishna Menon v. Heritage Conservation Committee and Ors.Motilal Vohra v. Subramanian Swamy and Anr.Arun Jaitley v. Arvind Kejriwal and Ors..Karnataka High Court.Uber Technologies Private Limited v. State of Karnataka & Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Dr. Anand Rai v. Union of India and Ors..Item 43 in court 2 – Writ Petition (Civil) 382/2016.Bench: Anil R Dave, L Nageswara Rao JJ..The petition challenging the ordinance passed on NEET. You can read more about NEET here..Today in court: Justice L Nageswara Rao recused from the case since he had represented the Tamil Nadu government in the case before he was elevated to the Bench. The matter will now be heard on July 15. Read more here..2. Common Cause v. Union of India & Anr..[Item 82 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 678/2013].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..A petition filed by NGO Common Cause seeking an inquiry into the allegations of corruption against former CJI, Justice KG Balakrishnan. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had told the Court that there is no evidence against Justice Balakrishnan and there can be no investigation in such cases..When the matter was last heard, the Court had asked the Central government to submit a chart setting out the details of the assessments made by the Income Tax Department..Today in court: The Petitioner NGO sought permission to amend the petition which was granted and the matter was adjourned..3. PACL Ltd. v. Securities And Exchange Board Of India.[Item 1 in court 2 – IA 8/2016 in CA 13394/2015].Bench: Anil R Dave, L Nageswara Rao JJ..The ponzi scheme where PACL collected Rs. 45,000 crore Read more about the PACL case here..Today in court: This was an application moved by PACL for money to pay statutory dues, legal fees etc. The petitioner did not press for the same; Instead it submitted that it would approach the Lodha committee. The Supreme Court recorded the same and disposed of the application. Senior Advocate AM Singhvi appeared for PACL. Read more here..4. Common Cause & Ors. v. Union Of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 8 – WP(C) 463/2012].Bench: Madan B Lokur, Kurian Joseph, AK Sikri JJ..Hearing in the Coal scam matter. Check evening updates to know more..Today in court: The inquiry team led by former CBI Special Director, ML Sharma concluded that former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha interfered in the investigation of certain cases. The Court has now reserved its verdict on further action to be taken with regard to the report submitted by ML Sharma’s team. Read more here..5. Telangana Judges Association & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 24 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 85/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, DY Chandruchud J..Case pertaining to appointment of judges to lower judiciary in Telangana. Check evening updates to know more..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..6. Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology.[Item 40 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Crl.) 160/2015].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, DY Chandruchud J..A petition praying for a ban on websites spreading jokes about the Sikh community and portraying them as persons of low intellect..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..7. Arundhati Roy v. Registrar, High Court of Judicature at Bombay Nagpur Bench Nagpur & Anr..[Item 88 in court 3 – SLP (Crl.) 303/2016].Bench: Jagdish Singh Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..An appeal by Arundhati Roy against a contempt case initiated by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court. Justice AB Chaudhari of the High Court had initiated criminal contempt proceedings against Roy for an article she wrote in May this year defending the lecturer Dr GN Saibaba who was under detention..Today in court: This case adjourned and will now be heard after 3 weeks..8. Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association & Anr. v. State Of Maharashtra & Anr..[Item 52 in court 4 – Writ Petition (Civil) 793/2014].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..Petition concerning grant of licenses to dance bars in Maharashtra. The Supreme Court had directed the State governments to grant licenses to dance bars subject to fulfilment of license conditions. When the matter was last heard, the court was apprised of the fact that employees of certain dance bars have criminal antecedents and those bars have been denied license..The Court proceeded to pass an order that licenses shall be granted to such bars subject to the applicant giving an undertaking that employees with criminal antecedents shall not be engaged for work or allowed to enter bar or dance area..The Maharashtra government was directed to issue licenses to the remaining applicants and submit a compliance report..Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..9. Union of India v. Sh. Harish Chandra Singh Rawat And Anr..[Item 77 in court 4 – SLP (C) 11567/2016 at 10:30 am].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..The case pertaining to President’s rule in Uttarakhand. The Centre had withdrawn the rule after Harish Rawat won the floor test. This had led to Rawat assuming charge as Chief Minister again. The case, however, is pending as the academic issue regarding justifiability of imposition of Article 356 rule remains..Today in court: The court directed the parties to complete the pleadings and adjourned the case to August 24..10. Gauri Maulekhi v. Union of India And Ors..[Item 66 in court 3 – WP(C) 409/2016].Bench: Justice JS Khehar, Arun Mishra JJ..Case pertaining to illegal cattle transportation to Nepal..Today in court: The ministry of environment and forests was directed to frame rules under S. 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, within 3 months. The Ministry informed the Court that the draft rules were ready, and it was only a question of formalization by the competent authority. The Court also directed that the Ministry of Railways be deleted as respondent..Bombay High Court.1. Harshad Govind Jadhav & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors..[Item 901 Court 13- PIL(C)/225/2009].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ..The petitioner claims to have special qualifications required under Persons with disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 to get a government job. The state is yet to take a decision in this..Today in court: State government sought time to place its decision on the record, which was granted. The case was then adjourned..2. The Secretary, Law and Judiciary Dept. & Ors. v. Pramod Mahadeo Thaku & Ors..[Item 902 Court 13- CAIST(C)/17404/2016].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ..Application regarding allotment of land for parking at the new court building in Panvel..Today in court: This case could not be tracked..3. Dina Wadia v. Union of India, Through Ministry of External Affairs.[Item 902 Court 31- WP(OS)/1578/2007].Bench: SC Dharmadhikari, Dr. Shalini Phansalkar Joshi JJ.This petition was filed by Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter who stakes her claim to Jinnah House in Malabar Hills which was declared a state property almost 60 years ago. In a previous order, the Union of India was allowed to undertake some renovation work at the bungalow..Today in court: This matter was adjourned to September..4. Shrikant Madhav Karve v. Secretary (Parivahan IV), Ministry of Home.[Item 3 Court 13- PIL(C)/28/2013].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.A detailed order was passed in this PIL, which raises the issue of fitness certificates for “transport vehicles”. The state is now seeking certain modifications in that order while the petitioner has made certain averments regarding compliances by the state..Today in court: The prayers in the state’s application for modification sought to draw a parallel between technical assistants and assistant motor vehicle inspectors. Court then asked the state to put it in writing that their respective duties were the same. The matter was adjourned for three weeks..5. Juhi Chawla Mehta & 10 Ors. v. Union of India in 7 Ors..[Item 17 Court 13- PIL(OS)/97/2015].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla, seeks an embargo on the installation of mobile phone towers in public places due to the harmful radiation emanating. The PIL has been tagged along with several others. Ad interim stay on on installation of cell phone towers in recreational grounds and playgrounds continues..Today in court: The ad-interim stay will continue, and the tagged PIL’s will now be heard together on August 18..6. Nazir Noor Ali Jariya v. All India Muslim Personal Law Board & Ors..[Item 22 Court 13- PIL(OS)/56/2014].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ.The petitioners claim that matters relating to matrimonial dispute or other matters are only within the jurisdiction of civil courts or Family Courts. Relying upon the observations made by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Mohd. Zahir Khan Koti v. Masajid Committee, the petitioner says that the functioning of the Darul-Quza does not have any statutory support..Acting AG Rohit Deo has been asked to appear today. For more details read our previous report..Today in court: Rohit Deo tendered an affidavit in the matter, the petitioner’s advocate sought three weeks time to file a rejoinder. The show cause notice issued to the Chief Secretary was recalled as the state accepted the error on part of the Government Pleader’s office in the matter.A circular was issued by the law and judiciary department to ensure such mistakes do not happen in future..Delhi High Court .1. Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage (INTACH) Delhi Chapter through it’s Convenor Mr. A.G. Krishna Menon v. Heritage Conservation Committee and Ors..[Court No. 15; Item No. 11 – W.P. (C) 5271/2016].Bench: Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva.An NGO has alleged the “complete abdication” of responsibility by Heritage Conservation Committee and the Delhi Urban Art Commission to protect the city’s contemporary architectural heritage..In the last hearing, Justice Manmohan had asked the HCC and DUAC to produce the original files which contain the decisions of the two bodies on the issue which has been raised in the plea filed by INTACH..Today in Court: No interim orders passed indicting the tender process. Main Writ Petition will be set for hearing. In case dismantling starts before the hearing then the petitioner can approach the Court. Matter will be taken up on Sept. 15, 2016..2. Motilal Vohra v. Subramanian Swamy and Anr..[Court No. 32; Item No. 1 – CRL M.C. 671/2016, Item No. 2 – CRL M.C. 672/2016, Item No. 3 – CRL M.C. 1317/2016, Item No. 4 – CRL M.C. 1319/2016, Item No. 5 – CRL M.C. 1321/2016] .Bench: Justice PS Teji.Subramanian Swamy had filed a case against Congress leaders alleging cheating and misappropriation of funds in the acquisition of the newspaper Young India. The accused include Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Motilal Vohra, Oscar Fernandes, Sam Pitroda and Young Indian Pvt. Ltd. The Delhi High Court is likely to announce its verdict on summoning of the documents related to the case..Today in Court: Justice Teji set aside the orders of the trial court dated January 11, 2016 and March 11, 2016..3. Arun Jaitley v. Arvind Kejriwal and Ors..[Court No. 22; Item No. 43 – C.S. (OS) 3457/2015].Bench: Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw.Civil defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party leaders Raghav Chadha, Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh and Deepak Bajpai by Mr. Arun Jaitley for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements against him and his family members..Today in Court: All of the defendants denied the allegation that the defamatory statements in question were made by them. The Court framed the issues in the matter as follows –.Whether the statements made were defamatory in nature?Whether the defamatory statements could be attributed to the defendants and to what extent the damages could be ascribed to each of them?Whether or not the statements are actionable since they have been part of the public domain since 1991?.The matter will come up before the Joint Registrar on September 28, 2016 when the date for the trial will be fixed..Karnataka High Court.1. Uber Technologies Private Limited v. State of Karnataka & Ors..[Item 18, List 1, Court Hall 19 – WP 31673-31674/2016 c/w WP 30917/2016 & WP 30191/2016].Bench: Aravind Kumar J..A batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Rules, 2016.
