NJAC: Pronounce on referral to larger Bench before going into the rest of the case, AG Rohatgi tells Supreme Court.Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi is continuing with his submissions in the challenge to the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC). Rohatgi’s arguments pertaining to the correctness of the Second Judges case is still in progress and he is yet to argue on the Constitutionality of NJAC. Yesterday, he had convinced the Bench to hear him on the correctness of the Second Judges case first after which he said he would argue on the Constitutionality of NJAC independent of what has been decided in the Second Judges case. The Bench, though initially hesitant, had finally agreed to his proposition. If the submissions of the AG pertaining to the Second Judges case are to be accepted, the matter will have to be referred to a larger Bench since the Second judges case was decided by a 9 judge Bench..Today the Attorney General went a step further and suggested that the Court, after hearing him on the correctness of the Second Judges case, should pronounce on the limited question of whether the matter should be referred to a larger Bench or not before hearing him on the Constitutionality of NJAC. He said that otherwise it will be a waste of court’s time if the court finally refers the case to a larger Bench..The Court said that it would consider his submission. The hearing will continue tomorrow..NCLT: Court reserves its verdict.A Constitution Bench today reserved its verdict in a petition filed by Madras Bar Association challenging the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 pertaining to National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. The Bench presided by Chief Justice HL Dattu and comprising Justices AK Sikri, Arun Mishra, Rohinton Nariman and Amitava Roy completed the hearing in a day. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar appeared for Madras Bar Association while Additional Solicitor General PS Patwalia represented the Central government..The case had initially been heard by a three judge Bench which had referred it to a larger Bench on February 18 this year..Assam – Arunachal Boundary Dispute: Court frames questions to be considered.The Supreme Court today framed the issues for consideration in the case pertaining to the boundary dispute between the States of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The issues include question regarding maintainability of the suit filed by Assam and the issue pertaining to the determination of areas which are disputed after the demarcation. Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Krishnan Venugopal appeared for Assam while Arunachal Pradesh was represented by Senior Advocates Raju Ramachandran and TR Andhyarujina. .The suit dates back to 1989 and will now be argued before a three judge Bench presided by Justice TS Thakur..Salman Khan granted bail by the Bombay High Court.Hours after being convicted by a sessions court in Mumbai, actor Salman Khan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Appearing for the actor, senior advocate Harish Salve secured bail till May 8, 2015 when the matter will be listed before the court..You can read the order of the Bombay High Court below:
NJAC: Pronounce on referral to larger Bench before going into the rest of the case, AG Rohatgi tells Supreme Court.Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi is continuing with his submissions in the challenge to the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC). Rohatgi’s arguments pertaining to the correctness of the Second Judges case is still in progress and he is yet to argue on the Constitutionality of NJAC. Yesterday, he had convinced the Bench to hear him on the correctness of the Second Judges case first after which he said he would argue on the Constitutionality of NJAC independent of what has been decided in the Second Judges case. The Bench, though initially hesitant, had finally agreed to his proposition. If the submissions of the AG pertaining to the Second Judges case are to be accepted, the matter will have to be referred to a larger Bench since the Second judges case was decided by a 9 judge Bench..Today the Attorney General went a step further and suggested that the Court, after hearing him on the correctness of the Second Judges case, should pronounce on the limited question of whether the matter should be referred to a larger Bench or not before hearing him on the Constitutionality of NJAC. He said that otherwise it will be a waste of court’s time if the court finally refers the case to a larger Bench..The Court said that it would consider his submission. The hearing will continue tomorrow..NCLT: Court reserves its verdict.A Constitution Bench today reserved its verdict in a petition filed by Madras Bar Association challenging the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 pertaining to National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. The Bench presided by Chief Justice HL Dattu and comprising Justices AK Sikri, Arun Mishra, Rohinton Nariman and Amitava Roy completed the hearing in a day. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar appeared for Madras Bar Association while Additional Solicitor General PS Patwalia represented the Central government..The case had initially been heard by a three judge Bench which had referred it to a larger Bench on February 18 this year..Assam – Arunachal Boundary Dispute: Court frames questions to be considered.The Supreme Court today framed the issues for consideration in the case pertaining to the boundary dispute between the States of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The issues include question regarding maintainability of the suit filed by Assam and the issue pertaining to the determination of areas which are disputed after the demarcation. Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Krishnan Venugopal appeared for Assam while Arunachal Pradesh was represented by Senior Advocates Raju Ramachandran and TR Andhyarujina. .The suit dates back to 1989 and will now be argued before a three judge Bench presided by Justice TS Thakur..Salman Khan granted bail by the Bombay High Court.Hours after being convicted by a sessions court in Mumbai, actor Salman Khan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Appearing for the actor, senior advocate Harish Salve secured bail till May 8, 2015 when the matter will be listed before the court..You can read the order of the Bombay High Court below:
