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 .M Siddiq (D) thr lrs vs Mahant Suresh Das and ors..Item no. 7 in Court 1 – CA No. 10866-10867/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.This case pertains to the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute. Today, the Court is expected to set that date for commencing the hearing in the main case after a three-Judge Bench in September 2018 refused to refer the question of a Mosque being essential in Islam to a larger Bench..Aditya N Prasad vs UOI & Ors. .Item no. 58 in Court 2 – WP(C) No. 3/2019.Bench: AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer JJ..The case seeks a direction to the Central Government and the Meghalaya Government to rescue the fifteen miners trapped inside a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. During the previous hearing, the Court opined that the steps taken by the State of Meghalaya were not satisfactory and sought the Centre’s response regarding its plan of action in the rescue operations..MADRAS HIGH COURT.The Salem Plastic Sellers and Manufacturers Sangam vs State of Tamil Nadu.Item no. 1 in Court 4 – WP 33897/2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..The petition has been filed challenging the Tamil Nadu Government’s recent order banning the use of single-use plastic from January 2019. A similar petition was dismissed last month by a Vacation Bench compressing of Justices S Vaidyanathan and PT Asha..Traffic Dr KR Ramaswamy vs The Chief Secretary and others.Item no. 30 in Court 4 – WP 16307/2017.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..A batch of petitions against the erection of illegal hoardings and banners in the state. During the last date of hearing, the Court ordered a ban on the erection of such hoardings and banners by political parties until further orders. .Cholamandalam Vs Director General of Police and Ors.Item no. 1 in Court 36 – CRL OP 5922/2018.Bench: Justice PN Prakash.After an insurance company approached the High Court seeking an independent probe into a motor accident case involving duplicate claims, the Court took note of broader issues concerning litigation in motor accident cases. Over the course of hearings, the Court took it upon itself to address the unofficial turf war amongst lawyers when it comes to motor accident cases. An expert body was constituted under retired Madras High Court Judge, Justice K Chandru to examine these issues and suggest reforms. The report submitted by Justice Chandru had also prompted the Court to summon seven advocates to defend themselves against the finding that they were complicit in filing duplicate motor accident claims.
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 .M Siddiq (D) thr lrs vs Mahant Suresh Das and ors..Item no. 7 in Court 1 – CA No. 10866-10867/2010.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.This case pertains to the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid dispute. Today, the Court is expected to set that date for commencing the hearing in the main case after a three-Judge Bench in September 2018 refused to refer the question of a Mosque being essential in Islam to a larger Bench..Aditya N Prasad vs UOI & Ors. .Item no. 58 in Court 2 – WP(C) No. 3/2019.Bench: AK Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer JJ..The case seeks a direction to the Central Government and the Meghalaya Government to rescue the fifteen miners trapped inside a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. During the previous hearing, the Court opined that the steps taken by the State of Meghalaya were not satisfactory and sought the Centre’s response regarding its plan of action in the rescue operations..MADRAS HIGH COURT.The Salem Plastic Sellers and Manufacturers Sangam vs State of Tamil Nadu.Item no. 1 in Court 4 – WP 33897/2018.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..The petition has been filed challenging the Tamil Nadu Government’s recent order banning the use of single-use plastic from January 2019. A similar petition was dismissed last month by a Vacation Bench compressing of Justices S Vaidyanathan and PT Asha..Traffic Dr KR Ramaswamy vs The Chief Secretary and others.Item no. 30 in Court 4 – WP 16307/2017.Bench: M Sathyanarayanan, P Rajamanickam JJ..A batch of petitions against the erection of illegal hoardings and banners in the state. During the last date of hearing, the Court ordered a ban on the erection of such hoardings and banners by political parties until further orders. .Cholamandalam Vs Director General of Police and Ors.Item no. 1 in Court 36 – CRL OP 5922/2018.Bench: Justice PN Prakash.After an insurance company approached the High Court seeking an independent probe into a motor accident case involving duplicate claims, the Court took note of broader issues concerning litigation in motor accident cases. Over the course of hearings, the Court took it upon itself to address the unofficial turf war amongst lawyers when it comes to motor accident cases. An expert body was constituted under retired Madras High Court Judge, Justice K Chandru to examine these issues and suggest reforms. The report submitted by Justice Chandru had also prompted the Court to summon seven advocates to defend themselves against the finding that they were complicit in filing duplicate motor accident claims.