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.Hearing in the Ram Mandir – Babri Masjid dispute. Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar is making submissions..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Vedanta Limited v State of Tamil Nadu and ors.Item 117 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..Samuel Tennyson v. The Principal Secretary and anr.Item no. 4 in Court 27 – WP 15145/2019.Bench: Justice S Vaidyanathan.The original case pertained to a plea challenging a show cause notice issued by an Internal Complaints Committee after it found a Zoology professor at the Madras Christian College guilty in a sexual harassment complaint..While the High Court rejected the Professor’s plea, it proceeded to make certain generalised remarks on the safety in Christian-run Educational institutions and on the potential misuse of women protection laws. The Judge eventually withdrew his remarks on Christian institutions following a mention made on Tuesday..On Wednesday, a group of lawyers also requested that the Court delete its controversial comments on women-protections laws. On mentioning the same, the judge has posted the matter for Thursday. A letter in this regard has also been addressed to the Chief Justice.
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.Hearing in the Ram Mandir – Babri Masjid dispute. Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar is making submissions..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Vedanta Limited v State of Tamil Nadu and ors.Item 117 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..Samuel Tennyson v. The Principal Secretary and anr.Item no. 4 in Court 27 – WP 15145/2019.Bench: Justice S Vaidyanathan.The original case pertained to a plea challenging a show cause notice issued by an Internal Complaints Committee after it found a Zoology professor at the Madras Christian College guilty in a sexual harassment complaint..While the High Court rejected the Professor’s plea, it proceeded to make certain generalised remarks on the safety in Christian-run Educational institutions and on the potential misuse of women protection laws. The Judge eventually withdrew his remarks on Christian institutions following a mention made on Tuesday..On Wednesday, a group of lawyers also requested that the Court delete its controversial comments on women-protections laws. On mentioning the same, the judge has posted the matter for Thursday. A letter in this regard has also been addressed to the Chief Justice.