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.M Siddiq (D) through LRS v. Mahant Suresh Das.Item 501 in Court 1 – Civil Appeal 10866/10867/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.The case concerning Ram Mandir – Babri Masjid dispute. During the last hearing, the Court had asked the Chairperson of the Mediation Committee to submit a report on the progress of mediation by today..Accordingly, the Mediation Committee Chairperson’s report is expected to be considered today..The Court had further stated that if it concludes, based on the report of the Mediation Committee, that the mediation should be wound up, it would order so. In that case, it will also pass an order to commence the hearing of appeals before it tentatively on and from July 25. The appeals shall be heard on a day-to-day basis, if required, the Court had further clarified..Today in Court: The Court allowed for the mediation process to go on till July 31 and directed the mediation panel to place on record before the Court the progress made by then. The next date of hearing has been fixed at August 2..Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change vs Union of India.Item no. 9 in Court no. 5 – WP (C) No. 921/2018.Bench: Justices Rohinton Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant.This petition seeks directions to the Central government to order WhatsApp to abide by the RBI rules that are prerequisite for setting up payment gateways in India..Today in Court: The case was not taken up..Directorate of Enforcement vs Rajeev Saxena.Item no. 4 in Court no. 12 – SLP (Crl) No. 5342-5343/2019.Bench: Justices Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha.This petition is filed by the ED against the Delhi High Court’s order which had allowed accused-turned-approver in the AgustaWestland case to travel abroad for medical treatment. The ED has expressed apprehension that Saxena may not return if allowed to leave the country and has also claimed that fresh material against him has come to light..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned till August First week..DELHI HIGH COURT.Robert Vadra vs ED & Anr.Item no. 2 in Court 33- WP(Crl) 863/2019.Bench: Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.The case pertains to Robet Vadra’s plea seeking to quash an enforcement case information report (ECIR) registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Vedanta Limited v State of Tamil Nadu and ors.Item 28 in Court 6 – WP 5756/2019.Bench: Justices TS Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan.This is a plea filed by Vedanta challenging the closure of its Sterlite Copper Plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
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.M Siddiq (D) through LRS v. Mahant Suresh Das.Item 501 in Court 1 – Civil Appeal 10866/10867/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer.The case concerning Ram Mandir – Babri Masjid dispute. During the last hearing, the Court had asked the Chairperson of the Mediation Committee to submit a report on the progress of mediation by today..Accordingly, the Mediation Committee Chairperson’s report is expected to be considered today..The Court had further stated that if it concludes, based on the report of the Mediation Committee, that the mediation should be wound up, it would order so. In that case, it will also pass an order to commence the hearing of appeals before it tentatively on and from July 25. The appeals shall be heard on a day-to-day basis, if required, the Court had further clarified..Today in Court: The Court allowed for the mediation process to go on till July 31 and directed the mediation panel to place on record before the Court the progress made by then. The next date of hearing has been fixed at August 2..Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change vs Union of India.Item no. 9 in Court no. 5 – WP (C) No. 921/2018.Bench: Justices Rohinton Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant.This petition seeks directions to the Central government to order WhatsApp to abide by the RBI rules that are prerequisite for setting up payment gateways in India..Today in Court: The case was not taken up..Directorate of Enforcement vs Rajeev Saxena.Item no. 4 in Court no. 12 – SLP (Crl) No. 5342-5343/2019.Bench: Justices Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha.This petition is filed by the ED against the Delhi High Court’s order which had allowed accused-turned-approver in the AgustaWestland case to travel abroad for medical treatment. The ED has expressed apprehension that Saxena may not return if allowed to leave the country and has also claimed that fresh material against him has come to light..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned till August First week..DELHI HIGH COURT.Robert Vadra vs ED & Anr.Item no. 2 in Court 33- WP(Crl) 863/2019.Bench: Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.The case pertains to Robet Vadra’s plea seeking to quash an enforcement case information report (ECIR) registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Vedanta Limited v State of Tamil Nadu and ors.Item 28 in Court 6 – WP 5756/2019.Bench: Justices TS Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan.This is a plea filed by Vedanta challenging the closure of its Sterlite Copper Plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.