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.Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs Union of India.Item no. 7 in Court 1 – WP (C) No. 97/2018.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL seeks directions on linkage of Aadhaar with Election Identity cards and property documents.Today in Court: The case was not taken up today due to unavailability of CJI Ranjan Gogoi..Manohar Lal Sharma vs Union of India Ministry of Home Affairs Secretary.Item no. 44 in Court 1 – WP (Crl) No. 1/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL assails the validity of the MHA notification allowing several Central agencies to monitor and carry out surveillance digital activity..Today in Court: The case was not taken up today due to unavailability of CJI Ranjan Gogoi..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Geeta Rani vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 25 in Court 3 – WP 34053/2018.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.The petitioner calls for the deregistration of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the ground that it has been representing Indian cricket at the national and international level without any sanction or authority. In December last year, the Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam issued notice in the matter. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in roster..Vedanta Limited vs State of Tamil Nadu and 7 others.Item no. 39 in Court 45 – WP 5756/2019.Bench: Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar.The petition moved by Vedanta seeks the reopening of its Sterlite copper plant at Thoothukudi. The plant was shut down by the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) last year, citing violations of environmental laws. A challenge to this closure order before the before National Green Tribunal (NGT) ended in a ruling that was in the company’s favour. However, earlier this month, the Supreme Court set aside the NGT order for want of jurisdiction. However, by the same order, the Bench also granted Vedanta liberty to approach the High Court for relief..Today in Court: The High Court issued notice in the matter. A plea made by Vedanta to allow it interim access for maintaining the Sterlite plant was not allowed. The case has been posted to be taken up next on March 27. Read full story here..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
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.Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs Union of India.Item no. 7 in Court 1 – WP (C) No. 97/2018.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL seeks directions on linkage of Aadhaar with Election Identity cards and property documents.Today in Court: The case was not taken up today due to unavailability of CJI Ranjan Gogoi..Manohar Lal Sharma vs Union of India Ministry of Home Affairs Secretary.Item no. 44 in Court 1 – WP (Crl) No. 1/2019.Bench: CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna.This PIL assails the validity of the MHA notification allowing several Central agencies to monitor and carry out surveillance digital activity..Today in Court: The case was not taken up today due to unavailability of CJI Ranjan Gogoi..MADRAS HIGH COURT.Geeta Rani vs Union of India and 2 others.Item no. 25 in Court 3 – WP 34053/2018.Bench: Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad.The petitioner calls for the deregistration of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the ground that it has been representing Indian cricket at the national and international level without any sanction or authority. In December last year, the Bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam issued notice in the matter. The case has been posted before the present Bench after a change in roster..Vedanta Limited vs State of Tamil Nadu and 7 others.Item no. 39 in Court 45 – WP 5756/2019.Bench: Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar.The petition moved by Vedanta seeks the reopening of its Sterlite copper plant at Thoothukudi. The plant was shut down by the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) last year, citing violations of environmental laws. A challenge to this closure order before the before National Green Tribunal (NGT) ended in a ruling that was in the company’s favour. However, earlier this month, the Supreme Court set aside the NGT order for want of jurisdiction. However, by the same order, the Bench also granted Vedanta liberty to approach the High Court for relief..Today in Court: The High Court issued notice in the matter. A plea made by Vedanta to allow it interim access for maintaining the Sterlite plant was not allowed. The case has been posted to be taken up next on March 27. Read full story here..Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real time updates on stories, Click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.