Supreme Court of India.1. Common Cause v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 114/2014].Bench: Chief Justice HL Dattu, Arun Mishra, AK Goel JJ. .This case pertains to mining in Odisha. When the matter was taken up yesterday, a number of senior lawyers sought for transfer of the case to the National Green Tribunal. .Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..2. Nagrik Chetna Manch v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 6 – IA 3/2015 in Writ Petition (Civil) 932/2013].Bench: Jasti Chelameswar, SA Bobde, C Nagappan JJ. .Applications filed in the Aadhar matter by the RBI and UIDAI seeking clarifications on the interim order passed by the Supreme Court directing that Aadhar should not be mandatory for availing welfare services except LPG and PDS schemes..The Court heard all the concerned parties yesterday, and is likely to pronounce an order at 3.30 pm today. .Today in court: The Court did not issue any directions or clarifications. Instead, it referred the applications to a larger Bench which will be hearing the issue of right to privacy as a fundamental right.3. Deepak Kundu & Ors. v. Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana & Ors..[Item 2 in court 8 – SLP(C) 26871/2015].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi J., NV Ramana J. .An appeal against the P&H High Court’s decision upholding the Rules framed by the state Bar Council with respect to district bar association elections. The Bar Associations of Panipat, Rohtak, Jajjhar, Kurukhetra, Karnal and Gurgaon have approached the Supreme Court..The Court had issued notice in the matter few weeks back. Whe the matter was heard on Monday this week, it summoned the Advocate Generals of the two States..Today in court: The Court set aside the order passed by the High Court on the ground that it had not heard the Bar Associations of Rohtak and Panipat. It directed the High Court to hear the case afresh on merits..4. Vineet Narain v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 93 in court 1 – Writ Petition(Civil) 309/2014].Bench: Chief Justice HL Dattu, Arun Mishra J. .Check evening updates to know more about this case..Today in court: This case could not be tracked..Delhi High Court.1. Krittika Padode and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. and Vibhor Anand & Anr. v. Union of India and Anr..[Item 2 & 4 in Court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 2399/2015 with Writ Petition (Civil) 2400/2015].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..A petition challenging the ban imposed on the documentary India’s Daughter. The Court has granted multiple adjournments in this matter after stating that it wished to peruse the I&B Ministry’s advisory (banning the film) before passing any order in the petition..On the last date of hearing, the I&B Ministry had produced the said Advisory and a copy was also made available to the Petitioners..Today in Court: The Chief’s Court did not assemble today. This matter has been adjourned to December 9..2. Ajay Maken v. Union of India & Anr (Lead matter in a batch of 3 connected matters).[Item 16-19 in Court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 6702/2015].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..Congress leader Ajay Maken’s petition against AAP’s ad campaigns. During the last hearing, the Bench rapped the Center for not filing its affidavit pursuant to the order of July 15 passed by the Court..Today in Court: This matter was adjourned to October 14..3. Vijender Gupta v. Lt. Governor of NCT of Delhi & Ors..[Item 23 in Court 9 – Writ Petition (Civil) 4791/2015].Bench: RS Endlaw J..A petition filed by BJP Leader Vijender Gupta against the LG and Delhi Govt, seeking financial allocations to three municipal corporations in Delhi for their effective functioning. It had also pleaded for “immediate implementation” of the 4th Finance Commission Report by the Delhi Govt as the said report was filed in 2013 and not yet put to practice..The issue had gained steam in light of the Safai Karmcharis who had gone on strike due to non payment of salaries. A Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakhder had issued notice in May and sought a reply from the Delhi Govt as also LG Najeeb Jung..On the last hearing, the Bench asked the Delhi Government’s counsel Sanjay Poddar whether he was willing to provide an undertaking on record, that the Government shall produce the Commission Report in the next session of the Assembly and if so, the petition could be disposed off..The counsel had then sought time to take instructions regarding the proposal of the Bench..Today in Court: Due to paucity of time, the Bench could not hear the matter. It will now come up on December 14..4. KN Govindacharya v. Union of India.[Item 6 in Court 2 – Writ Petition (Civil) 3672/2012].Bench: BD Ahmed J., Sanjeev Sachdeva J..A petition filed by former BJP Leader KN Govindacharya contending that minors opening accounts with social networking sites violated the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Indian Majority Act, 1875 and the Information Technology Act, 2000..The Court had earlier sought an explanation from the Central Government as to how minors had been allowed to create accounts on social networking sites such as Facebook..On the last date of hearing, the bench had directed the Centre to “come out” with details of contracts it had with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ascertain whether these websites have licences to the intellectual property rights of content uploaded..Today in Court: Admonishing the Union Government for failing to produce the said contracts, the Bench accorded another opportunity for bringing on record these documents. The matter will now be heard on October 28..5. Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi v. Union of India, Rajendra Prashad v. Govt of NCT of Delhi, MA Usmani v. Union of India & Ors, Naresh Kumar v. Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors..[Item 24-30 in Court 1].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..Petitions questioning the apportionment of powers between the Chief Minister and Lt-Governor..Yesterday, senior counsel Dayan Krishnan had submitted before the Court that the Chief Minister of Delhi should not be treated as a ‘puppet of the Union.’ He is expected to continue with his submissions today..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned to October 14..6. Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 9 in Court 9- Writ Petition (Civil) 6238/2011].Bench: RS Endlaw J..Check evening updates to know more about this case..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned. It will now come up in January.
Supreme Court of India.1. Common Cause v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 114/2014].Bench: Chief Justice HL Dattu, Arun Mishra, AK Goel JJ. .This case pertains to mining in Odisha. When the matter was taken up yesterday, a number of senior lawyers sought for transfer of the case to the National Green Tribunal. .Today in court: This case could not be tracked. Any update/ information would be appreciated..2. Nagrik Chetna Manch v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 301 in court 6 – IA 3/2015 in Writ Petition (Civil) 932/2013].Bench: Jasti Chelameswar, SA Bobde, C Nagappan JJ. .Applications filed in the Aadhar matter by the RBI and UIDAI seeking clarifications on the interim order passed by the Supreme Court directing that Aadhar should not be mandatory for availing welfare services except LPG and PDS schemes..The Court heard all the concerned parties yesterday, and is likely to pronounce an order at 3.30 pm today. .Today in court: The Court did not issue any directions or clarifications. Instead, it referred the applications to a larger Bench which will be hearing the issue of right to privacy as a fundamental right.3. Deepak Kundu & Ors. v. Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana & Ors..[Item 2 in court 8 – SLP(C) 26871/2015].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi J., NV Ramana J. .An appeal against the P&H High Court’s decision upholding the Rules framed by the state Bar Council with respect to district bar association elections. The Bar Associations of Panipat, Rohtak, Jajjhar, Kurukhetra, Karnal and Gurgaon have approached the Supreme Court..The Court had issued notice in the matter few weeks back. Whe the matter was heard on Monday this week, it summoned the Advocate Generals of the two States..Today in court: The Court set aside the order passed by the High Court on the ground that it had not heard the Bar Associations of Rohtak and Panipat. It directed the High Court to hear the case afresh on merits..4. Vineet Narain v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 93 in court 1 – Writ Petition(Civil) 309/2014].Bench: Chief Justice HL Dattu, Arun Mishra J. .Check evening updates to know more about this case..Today in court: This case could not be tracked..Delhi High Court.1. Krittika Padode and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. and Vibhor Anand & Anr. v. Union of India and Anr..[Item 2 & 4 in Court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 2399/2015 with Writ Petition (Civil) 2400/2015].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..A petition challenging the ban imposed on the documentary India’s Daughter. The Court has granted multiple adjournments in this matter after stating that it wished to peruse the I&B Ministry’s advisory (banning the film) before passing any order in the petition..On the last date of hearing, the I&B Ministry had produced the said Advisory and a copy was also made available to the Petitioners..Today in Court: The Chief’s Court did not assemble today. This matter has been adjourned to December 9..2. Ajay Maken v. Union of India & Anr (Lead matter in a batch of 3 connected matters).[Item 16-19 in Court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 6702/2015].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..Congress leader Ajay Maken’s petition against AAP’s ad campaigns. During the last hearing, the Bench rapped the Center for not filing its affidavit pursuant to the order of July 15 passed by the Court..Today in Court: This matter was adjourned to October 14..3. Vijender Gupta v. Lt. Governor of NCT of Delhi & Ors..[Item 23 in Court 9 – Writ Petition (Civil) 4791/2015].Bench: RS Endlaw J..A petition filed by BJP Leader Vijender Gupta against the LG and Delhi Govt, seeking financial allocations to three municipal corporations in Delhi for their effective functioning. It had also pleaded for “immediate implementation” of the 4th Finance Commission Report by the Delhi Govt as the said report was filed in 2013 and not yet put to practice..The issue had gained steam in light of the Safai Karmcharis who had gone on strike due to non payment of salaries. A Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakhder had issued notice in May and sought a reply from the Delhi Govt as also LG Najeeb Jung..On the last hearing, the Bench asked the Delhi Government’s counsel Sanjay Poddar whether he was willing to provide an undertaking on record, that the Government shall produce the Commission Report in the next session of the Assembly and if so, the petition could be disposed off..The counsel had then sought time to take instructions regarding the proposal of the Bench..Today in Court: Due to paucity of time, the Bench could not hear the matter. It will now come up on December 14..4. KN Govindacharya v. Union of India.[Item 6 in Court 2 – Writ Petition (Civil) 3672/2012].Bench: BD Ahmed J., Sanjeev Sachdeva J..A petition filed by former BJP Leader KN Govindacharya contending that minors opening accounts with social networking sites violated the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Indian Majority Act, 1875 and the Information Technology Act, 2000..The Court had earlier sought an explanation from the Central Government as to how minors had been allowed to create accounts on social networking sites such as Facebook..On the last date of hearing, the bench had directed the Centre to “come out” with details of contracts it had with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ascertain whether these websites have licences to the intellectual property rights of content uploaded..Today in Court: Admonishing the Union Government for failing to produce the said contracts, the Bench accorded another opportunity for bringing on record these documents. The matter will now be heard on October 28..5. Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi v. Union of India, Rajendra Prashad v. Govt of NCT of Delhi, MA Usmani v. Union of India & Ors, Naresh Kumar v. Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors..[Item 24-30 in Court 1].Bench: Chief Justice G Rohini, Jayant Nath J..Petitions questioning the apportionment of powers between the Chief Minister and Lt-Governor..Yesterday, senior counsel Dayan Krishnan had submitted before the Court that the Chief Minister of Delhi should not be treated as a ‘puppet of the Union.’ He is expected to continue with his submissions today..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned to October 14..6. Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy v. Union of India & Ors..[Item 9 in Court 9- Writ Petition (Civil) 6238/2011].Bench: RS Endlaw J..Check evening updates to know more about this case..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned. It will now come up in January.
