A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India & OrsSEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors.Sampurna Behrua v. Union of IndiaState of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil VidyapeethState Of Gujarat And Anr. V. Gujarat Co-Operative Bar Association & Anr.S Baskar Mathuram v. State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By Its Principal Secretary Chennai And OrsAsha Ranjan v. State of Bihar.Bombay High Court.The High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors.NR Soni v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.Delhi High Court.Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.Telefonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International LimitedAl-Hind Party v. Union of India and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India & Ors [For judgment].[Item 1C in Court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 355/2011].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, DY Chandrachud JJ..Judgment in the petition seeking investigation into allegations of administrative and financial irregularities in the IFCI..2. SEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors..[Item 301 in court 1 at 2:00 p.m. – IA 205-207/2016 in Conmt.Pet. (C) 412 & 413/2012 IN CA 9813 & 9833/2011].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Anil R Dave, AK Sikri JJ..Case concerning SEBI Sahara dispute..Today in Court: The Court today took strong offence to the conduct of Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhawan , who appeared for Sahara Chief Subrata Roy..3. Sampurna Behrua v. Union of India.[Item 49 in Court 7 – WP(C) 473/2005].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agarwal JJ..Petition to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked..4. State of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth.[Item 43 Court 1- SLP (C) 26558/2016].Bench: Anil R Dave, Uday Umesh Lalit, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Petition regarding conducting centralised counselling for NEET in the State of Maharashtra. The Court had allowed centralised counselling in Madhya Pradesh yesterday..Today in Court: Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi made his submissions in the matter today, but it will now be taken up on Monday..5. State Of Gujarat And Anr. V. Gujarat Co-Operative Bar Association & Anr..[Item 18 in Court 1- Conmt.Pet. (C) 582/2016 in CA 440/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, R Banumathi, UU lalit JJ..This case pertains to the procedure followed by the Government for appointing the President of the Gujarat State Co-operative Tribunal and members of the Board of nominees. The court had granted 3 months time to make the appointments. Read more about the case here..Today in Court: The matter will now be taken up on September 26..6. S Baskar Mathuram v. State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By Its Principal Secretary Chennai And Ors.[Item 5 in court 6 – SLP(CRL) 7120-7123/2016].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant JJ..Challenge to the Madras High Court judgment which had ordered that names of judges and lawyers should not be published by media while reporting court news. Read more here..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal against the Madras High Court judgment directing the media to not publish names of lawyers and judges while reporting court news..Read full story here..7. Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar.[Item 12 in Court 4 – WP(Crl) 132/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..Petition filed by slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, alleging that no steps have been taken to arrest the murderers of her husban due to their proximity with politician Shahabuddin..Today in Court: The Court passed an order directing CBI enquiry into the matter, and to provide the victim with police protection..Bombay High Court.1. NR Soni v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.[Item 9 Court 13- CRPIL/7/2008].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ..The petitioner’s letter was converted into a PIL. This is a case of custodial death of one Robert Almeida. He died in custody in a Thane prison, where he was allegedly tortured by the police. This torture was allegedly witnessed by 11 other prisoners who have mysteriously gone missing after their respective sentences was over..Additional CP KM Prasanna is holding the enquiry in the entire case, a report has to be submitted once the enquiry is concluded before the end of November..Today in court: There is no fresh developement in the enquiry that is being conducted. This case was adjourned..2. The High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors..[Item 13 Court 13- PIL(C)/7/2011].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayyed JJ..A suo-motu PIL dealing with basic court infrastructure in the state. Senior counsel AA Kumbhakoni is the amicus in the matter, SR Nargolkar appears for the administrative side of the High Court and AB Vagyani appears for the state. For more, read our detailed report..Today in court: This case was adjourned..Delhi High Court.1. Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 7663/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 15].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Writ petition filed by two students against the new privacy policy set to be adopted by WhatsApp from September 25 by virtue of which, WhatsApp can share users’ information with its parent company Facebook. The matter has been listed for orders today before the Chief’s court..Today in Court: The bench directed Whatsapp to delete all of the users’ data collected before September 25. You can read the full report here..2. Telefonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International Limited.[PH CS (Comm) 1148/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 27].Bench: S. Muralidhar, J..Patent infringement suit filed against Lava by Ericsson for using their Standard Essential Patents in the form of the GSM, WCDMA technology in the smart phones manufacturing..Today in Court: The matter is listed for October 19 for arguments..3. Al-Hind Party v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 8053/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 5].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. J..Petition filed seeking a direction to the Centre to form a committee to compile a comprehensive list of freedom fighters and martyrs who had participated in freedom struggle between 1857 to 1947..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned to November.
A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India, the Bombay High Court and the Delhi High Court..LIST OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India & OrsSEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors.Sampurna Behrua v. Union of IndiaState of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil VidyapeethState Of Gujarat And Anr. V. Gujarat Co-Operative Bar Association & Anr.S Baskar Mathuram v. State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By Its Principal Secretary Chennai And OrsAsha Ranjan v. State of Bihar.Bombay High Court.The High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors.NR Soni v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.Delhi High Court.Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.Telefonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International LimitedAl-Hind Party v. Union of India and Ors..SUMMARY OF CASES.Supreme Court of India.1. Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India & Ors [For judgment].[Item 1C in Court 1 – Writ Petition (Civil) 355/2011].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, DY Chandrachud JJ..Judgment in the petition seeking investigation into allegations of administrative and financial irregularities in the IFCI..2. SEBI v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors..[Item 301 in court 1 at 2:00 p.m. – IA 205-207/2016 in Conmt.Pet. (C) 412 & 413/2012 IN CA 9813 & 9833/2011].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, Anil R Dave, AK Sikri JJ..Case concerning SEBI Sahara dispute..Today in Court: The Court today took strong offence to the conduct of Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhawan , who appeared for Sahara Chief Subrata Roy..3. Sampurna Behrua v. Union of India.[Item 49 in Court 7 – WP(C) 473/2005].Bench: Madan B Lokur, RK Agarwal JJ..Petition to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000..Today in Court: This case could not be tracked..4. State of Maharashtra v. Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth.[Item 43 Court 1- SLP (C) 26558/2016].Bench: Anil R Dave, Uday Umesh Lalit, L Nageswara Rao JJ..Petition regarding conducting centralised counselling for NEET in the State of Maharashtra. The Court had allowed centralised counselling in Madhya Pradesh yesterday..Today in Court: Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi made his submissions in the matter today, but it will now be taken up on Monday..5. State Of Gujarat And Anr. V. Gujarat Co-Operative Bar Association & Anr..[Item 18 in Court 1- Conmt.Pet. (C) 582/2016 in CA 440/2016].Bench: Chief Justice TS Thakur, R Banumathi, UU lalit JJ..This case pertains to the procedure followed by the Government for appointing the President of the Gujarat State Co-operative Tribunal and members of the Board of nominees. The court had granted 3 months time to make the appointments. Read more about the case here..Today in Court: The matter will now be taken up on September 26..6. S Baskar Mathuram v. State Of Tamilnadu, Rep. By Its Principal Secretary Chennai And Ors.[Item 5 in court 6 – SLP(CRL) 7120-7123/2016].Bench: Ranjan Gogoi, PC Pant JJ..Challenge to the Madras High Court judgment which had ordered that names of judges and lawyers should not be published by media while reporting court news. Read more here..Today in Court: The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal against the Madras High Court judgment directing the media to not publish names of lawyers and judges while reporting court news..Read full story here..7. Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar.[Item 12 in Court 4 – WP(Crl) 132/2016].Bench: Dipak Misra, C Nagappan JJ..Petition filed by slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, alleging that no steps have been taken to arrest the murderers of her husban due to their proximity with politician Shahabuddin..Today in Court: The Court passed an order directing CBI enquiry into the matter, and to provide the victim with police protection..Bombay High Court.1. NR Soni v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.[Item 9 Court 13- CRPIL/7/2008].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayed JJ..The petitioner’s letter was converted into a PIL. This is a case of custodial death of one Robert Almeida. He died in custody in a Thane prison, where he was allegedly tortured by the police. This torture was allegedly witnessed by 11 other prisoners who have mysteriously gone missing after their respective sentences was over..Additional CP KM Prasanna is holding the enquiry in the entire case, a report has to be submitted once the enquiry is concluded before the end of November..Today in court: There is no fresh developement in the enquiry that is being conducted. This case was adjourned..2. The High Court of Bombay v. The Chief Secretary & Ors..[Item 13 Court 13- PIL(C)/7/2011].Bench: AS Oka, AA Sayyed JJ..A suo-motu PIL dealing with basic court infrastructure in the state. Senior counsel AA Kumbhakoni is the amicus in the matter, SR Nargolkar appears for the administrative side of the High Court and AB Vagyani appears for the state. For more, read our detailed report..Today in court: This case was adjourned..Delhi High Court.1. Karmanya Singh Sareen and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 7663/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 15].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, J..Writ petition filed by two students against the new privacy policy set to be adopted by WhatsApp from September 25 by virtue of which, WhatsApp can share users’ information with its parent company Facebook. The matter has been listed for orders today before the Chief’s court..Today in Court: The bench directed Whatsapp to delete all of the users’ data collected before September 25. You can read the full report here..2. Telefonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Lava International Limited.[PH CS (Comm) 1148/2016; Court No. 23 Item No. 27].Bench: S. Muralidhar, J..Patent infringement suit filed against Lava by Ericsson for using their Standard Essential Patents in the form of the GSM, WCDMA technology in the smart phones manufacturing..Today in Court: The matter is listed for October 19 for arguments..3. Al-Hind Party v. Union of India and Ors..[W.P. (C) 8053/2016; Court No. 1 Item No. 5].Bench: G. Rohini, CJ, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal. J..Petition filed seeking a direction to the Centre to form a committee to compile a comprehensive list of freedom fighters and martyrs who had participated in freedom struggle between 1857 to 1947..Today in Court: The matter was adjourned to November.
