Supreme Court.1. The Kerala Bar Hotels Association & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors..[Item 101 in court 11 – Civil Appeal 4157/2015].Bench: Vikramajit Sen J., Shiva Kirti Singh J..Batch of petitions challenging the Kerala government’s decision to disallow Bars except in 5-star hotels. Senior Advocate including Aryama Sundaram and Mukul Rohatgi are appearing for the Bar owners. Sundaram has completed his arguments and Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi is now making submissions on behalf of four star bar owners..During the last hearing, Advocate Kaleeswaram Raj had objected to the AG appearing on behalf of private parties citing violation of Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987. The Court had, however, turned this down saying that it was for the government to look into and not the court..Rohatgi was on his legs when the court rose for the day. The hearing will resume today..Today in court: Senior Advocate Harish Salve argued for bar owners and completed his submissions today. Senior Advocate Venkatraman is making his submissions now. The hearing will continue tomorrow..2. Prasar Bharti v. Board of Control for Cricket in India.[Item 2 in court 8 – SLP (Civil)4572-4573/2015].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi J., PC Pant J..This is an appeal filed against Delhi High Court judgment which had barred National Broadcaster Doordarshan from sharing live feed of World Cup Cricket matches with private cable operators. The Court had issued notice in the matter and stayed the judgment of the High Court on February 10 this year. You can read more about the case here..Today in court: This case will be heard on September 15..3. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors..[Item 301 in court 5 – Crl MP 13386/2015 in Writ Petition (Crl) 184/2014].Bench: Dipak Misra J., PC Pant J..This is a criminal miscellaneous petition in the case concerning challenge to the criminal defamation provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure. Check evening updates to know more about this case..Today in court: This petition has been filed by Leader of Opposition of Tamil Nadu, Vijayakanth, seeking quashing of complaints against him for criminal defamation of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. The Court after hearing the parties reserved its judgment. Senior Advocate L Nageswara Rao appeared for Jayalalithaa..Delhi High Court.1. Subrata Roy Sahara Vs State & Anr; OP Shrivastava & Anr; Sahara India Commercial Corp Ltd. Vs State & Anr, JB Roy Vs State & Anr.[Item 7-10, Court No 29: CRL.M.C. 1392/2015, CRL.M.C. 1413/2015, CRL.M.C. 1414/2015 & CRL.M.C. 1415/2015].Bench: Suresh Kait J. .A petition moved by Subrata Roy Sahara and three others seeking stay of warrant and proceedings before the trial court..The warrants were issued by the trial court on a complaint filed by the IT Dept against Sahara and three of its directors for not filing IT Returns for a group company in the year 2013-14. Earlier, the warrants had been stayed by Justice Manmohan Singh who also ordered for stay of proceedings before the trial court..Today in Court: After granting a last opportunity to Sahara’s counsels for filing a rejoinder-affidavit, the Bench adjourned the matter for November 26..When the Bench questioned Sahara’s counsels as to why had they not filed a reply till date, the lawyers responded that since it was an issue of income tax returns, certain inputs had to be obtained from Subrato Roy who’s present incarceration made it difficult for timely clarification. The request for an adjournment was however, strongly opposed by the other side which argued that it was difficult to believe that a company’s MD had to be contacted, for a ‘simple matter such as filing of tax returns’ for a particular year..2. Ambika Soni v. Union of India & Ors and Kumari Shelja v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 1 & 2, Court 3-LPA 530/2015 and 531/2015].Special Bench- Rajiv Shakhder J., Pradeep Nandrajog J. .An appeal filed by Congress MPs Ambika Shukla and Kumari Selja challenging the Single Bench order that dismissed their plea against eviction..The matter was directed to be posted before a different Bench on August 18. This is the third instance of the matter being adjourned, citing Bench composition..Today in Court: The Government agreed to let the Appellants inspect some of the flats available under Type VII accommodation, for purposes of allotment..The matter will now be taken up on August 24 when the Appellants have been directed to inform the Court whether or not they found the said accommodation habitable.
Supreme Court.1. The Kerala Bar Hotels Association & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors..[Item 101 in court 11 – Civil Appeal 4157/2015].Bench: Vikramajit Sen J., Shiva Kirti Singh J..Batch of petitions challenging the Kerala government’s decision to disallow Bars except in 5-star hotels. Senior Advocate including Aryama Sundaram and Mukul Rohatgi are appearing for the Bar owners. Sundaram has completed his arguments and Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi is now making submissions on behalf of four star bar owners..During the last hearing, Advocate Kaleeswaram Raj had objected to the AG appearing on behalf of private parties citing violation of Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987. The Court had, however, turned this down saying that it was for the government to look into and not the court..Rohatgi was on his legs when the court rose for the day. The hearing will resume today..Today in court: Senior Advocate Harish Salve argued for bar owners and completed his submissions today. Senior Advocate Venkatraman is making his submissions now. The hearing will continue tomorrow..2. Prasar Bharti v. Board of Control for Cricket in India.[Item 2 in court 8 – SLP (Civil)4572-4573/2015].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi J., PC Pant J..This is an appeal filed against Delhi High Court judgment which had barred National Broadcaster Doordarshan from sharing live feed of World Cup Cricket matches with private cable operators. The Court had issued notice in the matter and stayed the judgment of the High Court on February 10 this year. You can read more about the case here..Today in court: This case will be heard on September 15..3. Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors..[Item 301 in court 5 – Crl MP 13386/2015 in Writ Petition (Crl) 184/2014].Bench: Dipak Misra J., PC Pant J..This is a criminal miscellaneous petition in the case concerning challenge to the criminal defamation provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure. Check evening updates to know more about this case..Today in court: This petition has been filed by Leader of Opposition of Tamil Nadu, Vijayakanth, seeking quashing of complaints against him for criminal defamation of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. The Court after hearing the parties reserved its judgment. Senior Advocate L Nageswara Rao appeared for Jayalalithaa..Delhi High Court.1. Subrata Roy Sahara Vs State & Anr; OP Shrivastava & Anr; Sahara India Commercial Corp Ltd. Vs State & Anr, JB Roy Vs State & Anr.[Item 7-10, Court No 29: CRL.M.C. 1392/2015, CRL.M.C. 1413/2015, CRL.M.C. 1414/2015 & CRL.M.C. 1415/2015].Bench: Suresh Kait J. .A petition moved by Subrata Roy Sahara and three others seeking stay of warrant and proceedings before the trial court..The warrants were issued by the trial court on a complaint filed by the IT Dept against Sahara and three of its directors for not filing IT Returns for a group company in the year 2013-14. Earlier, the warrants had been stayed by Justice Manmohan Singh who also ordered for stay of proceedings before the trial court..Today in Court: After granting a last opportunity to Sahara’s counsels for filing a rejoinder-affidavit, the Bench adjourned the matter for November 26..When the Bench questioned Sahara’s counsels as to why had they not filed a reply till date, the lawyers responded that since it was an issue of income tax returns, certain inputs had to be obtained from Subrato Roy who’s present incarceration made it difficult for timely clarification. The request for an adjournment was however, strongly opposed by the other side which argued that it was difficult to believe that a company’s MD had to be contacted, for a ‘simple matter such as filing of tax returns’ for a particular year..2. Ambika Soni v. Union of India & Ors and Kumari Shelja v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 1 & 2, Court 3-LPA 530/2015 and 531/2015].Special Bench- Rajiv Shakhder J., Pradeep Nandrajog J. .An appeal filed by Congress MPs Ambika Shukla and Kumari Selja challenging the Single Bench order that dismissed their plea against eviction..The matter was directed to be posted before a different Bench on August 18. This is the third instance of the matter being adjourned, citing Bench composition..Today in Court: The Government agreed to let the Appellants inspect some of the flats available under Type VII accommodation, for purposes of allotment..The matter will now be taken up on August 24 when the Appellants have been directed to inform the Court whether or not they found the said accommodation habitable.
