The Bar & Bench Causelist #449
A summary of important cases from the causelists of the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court.
TABLE OF CASES
Supreme Court of India
Delhi High Court
Supreme Court of India
1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By Sec. & Ors v. K. Balu & Anr.
[Item 301 in Court 1 – CA 12164-12166/2016]
Bench: Chief Justice JS Khehar, DY Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao JJ.
Order in the case relating to ban on sale of alcohol on National and State Highways.
2. Arrive Safe Society of Chandigarh v. The Union Territory of Chandigarh
[Item 2 in Court 1 – SLP(C) 10243/2017]
Bench: Chief Justice JS Khehar, DY Chandrachud J.
Plea challenging the notification of the Chandigarh administration denotifying highways to circumvent the Supreme Court judgment banning liquor shops along highways.
3. All India Jamiatul Quresh Action Committee through Its President Mohammed Abdul Faheem Advocate v. Union Of India
[Item 12 in Court 1 – WP (C) 000422/2017]
Bench: Chief Justice JS Khehar, DY Chandrachud J.
Plea challenging the notification issued by the Central government banning the sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets. The Supreme Court had issued notice to the Centre on June 15.
4. Telangana Judges Association v. Union of India
[Item 7 in Court 3 – WP (C) 85/2015]
Bench: J Chelameswar, S Abdul Nazeer JJ.
PIL filed for deciding on allocation of judges between the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The Court had issued a slew of directions at the last hearing. Read more here.
5. Sampurna Behrua V. Union of India & Ors.
[Item 2 in Court 5 – WP(C) 473/2005 PIL]
Bench: Madan Lokur, Deepak Gupta JJ.
Order in the case regarding implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.
6. Common Cause & Anr V. UOI & Ors
[Item 6 in Court 7 – WP(C) 204/2014]
Bench: AK Sikri, Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Petition seeking reforms and court-monitored CBI investigation into the illegalities in management of defense lands.
Delhi High Court
1. Court on its Own Motion v. Union of India & Ors.
[Item No.5 in Court on 34 -W.P.(C) 4583/2017]
Bench: Siddharth Mridul, Najmi Waziri JJ.
Matter pertaining to violent protests that emanated from issues relating to re-evaluation of exam papers, relaxations in promotion, restoration of supplementary examination and unfairness in detention list at the Faculty of Law, DU.
Today in Court: Delhi HC pulled up Delhi Police due to their inaction regarding the investigation and asked to file status report within 2 weeks.
2. Courts on its Own Motion “In Re: ” Suicide Committed by Sushant Rohilla, Law Student of I.P. University
[Item No.6 in Court on 34 – W.P.(CRL) 793/2017]
Bench: Siddharth Mridul, Najmi Waziri JJ.
Matter pertaining to the suicide committed by Sushant Rohilla, a Law Student of Amity IP University. Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan had been appointed as the Amicus Curiae in the matter.
Today in Court: Court reprimanded the university for its shoddy investigation and asked to file a report within two weeks.
