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..Wildlife First and Ors vs Ministry of Forest and Environment and Ors.Item no. 4 in Court 4 – WP (C) No. 109/20018.Bench: Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, and Ravindra Bhat.This is a PIL filed by an NGO seeking conservation of the wildlife in the forests. The Supreme Court in its recent order had directed the eviction of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) of 21 States whose claims under Forest Rights Act were rejected. That order subsequently stayed. The instant application is filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh seeking the Court’s intervention in quashing the land allotment orders passed by the Forest Officials since September ’93 in contravention to the Supreme Court’s orders..Shrimant Balasaheb Patil vs Speaker Karnataka Assembly.Item 3 in Court 3 – W.P.(C) No. 992/2019.Bench: Justices NV Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna, and Krishna Murari.The petitions challenge the disqualification of 17 MLAs of the Karnataka Assembly who had been disqualified on grounds of defection..DELHI HIGH COURT.Enforcement Directorate vs Robert Vadra .Item 3 in Court No. 30 – CRL.M.C. 2832/2019 .Bench: Justice Chander Shekhar.The case pertains to ED’s plea against the anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case he was implicated in..Today in Court: The case was adjourned..Dr. Subramanian Swamy vs UOI & Ors.Item No. 7 in Court 1 – 5909/2013 .Bench: Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice C Hari Shankar .The case pertains to a challenge to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by the Government of India to Air Asia (India) Pvt. Limited..Today in Court: Swamy moved an application seeking ED status report in the case..Read the full story here..NCLAT.Jet Airways (India) Ltd. (Offshore Regional Hub, Through its Administrator Mr. Rocco Mulder) Vs. State Bank of India & Anr.Item 4 in Court of Chairperson- Comp. App. (AT) (Ins) No. 707 of 2019.Bench: Chairperson, Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Member (Judicial) Justice A.I.S. Cheema, and Member (Technical) Kanthi Narahari.The case pertains to an appeal against an NCLT, Mumbai order rejecting the Dutch Bankruptcy Administrator’s plea to recognize their proceedings in the Jet insolvency case..Today in Court: NCLAT allowed the appeal and upheld the Dutch Administrator’s right to attend CoC meetings..Read the full story here.
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..Wildlife First and Ors vs Ministry of Forest and Environment and Ors.Item no. 4 in Court 4 – WP (C) No. 109/20018.Bench: Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, and Ravindra Bhat.This is a PIL filed by an NGO seeking conservation of the wildlife in the forests. The Supreme Court in its recent order had directed the eviction of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDST) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFD) of 21 States whose claims under Forest Rights Act were rejected. That order subsequently stayed. The instant application is filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh seeking the Court’s intervention in quashing the land allotment orders passed by the Forest Officials since September ’93 in contravention to the Supreme Court’s orders..Shrimant Balasaheb Patil vs Speaker Karnataka Assembly.Item 3 in Court 3 – W.P.(C) No. 992/2019.Bench: Justices NV Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna, and Krishna Murari.The petitions challenge the disqualification of 17 MLAs of the Karnataka Assembly who had been disqualified on grounds of defection..DELHI HIGH COURT.Enforcement Directorate vs Robert Vadra .Item 3 in Court No. 30 – CRL.M.C. 2832/2019 .Bench: Justice Chander Shekhar.The case pertains to ED’s plea against the anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case he was implicated in..Today in Court: The case was adjourned..Dr. Subramanian Swamy vs UOI & Ors.Item No. 7 in Court 1 – 5909/2013 .Bench: Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice C Hari Shankar .The case pertains to a challenge to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by the Government of India to Air Asia (India) Pvt. Limited..Today in Court: Swamy moved an application seeking ED status report in the case..Read the full story here..NCLAT.Jet Airways (India) Ltd. (Offshore Regional Hub, Through its Administrator Mr. Rocco Mulder) Vs. State Bank of India & Anr.Item 4 in Court of Chairperson- Comp. App. (AT) (Ins) No. 707 of 2019.Bench: Chairperson, Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Member (Judicial) Justice A.I.S. Cheema, and Member (Technical) Kanthi Narahari.The case pertains to an appeal against an NCLT, Mumbai order rejecting the Dutch Bankruptcy Administrator’s plea to recognize their proceedings in the Jet insolvency case..Today in Court: NCLAT allowed the appeal and upheld the Dutch Administrator’s right to attend CoC meetings..Read the full story here.