April 28, 2016
#KanhaiyaKumar: The Delhi High Court adjourned the application seeking cancellation of Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail to July 19. The bench also directed both the petitioner and the state to submit their submissions by the next date of hearing.
#JusticeKatju: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its orders on Justice Markandey Katju’s plea seeking quashing of a resolution passed in both the houses of Parliament, condemning his remarks on Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose.
#Dowry: The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit by June 10 on steps it is taking to curb the practice of taking dowry. A petition was filed in the court, saying that the anti-dowry act was not being implemented in the state, and awareness should be created in rural areas.
April 27, 2016
#Wildlife: The Supreme Court will hear the interlocutory application against the notification passed by the Kerala government allowing issuance of ownership certificates to elephant handlers on May 4.
The Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which is the petitioner in the matter, has objected that the state does not have power under the Wildlife Protection Act to issue such notification.
April 26, 2016
#BlackMoney: After counsels argued that despite the Act passed by the legislature regarding black money, the court should also pass directions, the Supreme Court adjourned the matter to May 11. During the proceedings, senior advocate Indira Jaising, who was the intervener argued that according to the CAG report, more than Rs 6000 crore have been transferred from hawala transaction to various banks. “It is called Bank of Baroda scam,” she said.
Meanwhile, senior advocate Dushyant Dave stated that five reports have been filed but the court does not seem to have monitored it. “It is a matter of trillion dollars of black money, and is affecting the entire economy,” he further argued.
#SEBIChairman: Finding no merit in it, the Supreme Court dismissed PIL challenging reappointment of SEBI chairman UK Sinha.
#CallDrop: TRAI told Supreme Court that telecom companies should have enforced call drop regulation before challenging it in courts. Hearing to resume on Wednesday, April 27.
#WasteManagement: The Supreme Court today granted a stay on orders given by Madhya Pradesh High Court quashing the contract between the state government and a waste disposal company for outsourcing waste during the ongoing Kumbh mela. The SC also issued notice returnable by eight weeks.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had submitted to the bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh that the matter required urgent hearing as no one would collect the waste from the mela premises.
#NarmadaBachao: Directing that the copy of GPRS report(government receipt accounting system) filed by Centre in sealed cover be given to petitioner, the Supreme Court adjourned the Narmada Bachao Andolan matter to April 28.
April 25, 2016
#WasteManagement: MP High Court had quashed a contract between State & a waste disposal firm. This prompted AG Mukul Rohatgi to intervene, and project this matter as most important. Ujjain Kumbh Melam is underway, and incase there is no waste management firm to take care of the garbage, then it can be a major issue.
Matter listed for tomorrow, as item #1.
#OddEven: In odd-even issue, Court asks GNCTD to inform tomorrow, whether lawyers can be exempted for the remaining 5 days. Lawyers have asked Arvind Kejriwal Govt. to exempt them from the odd-even rule as their timely availability across Delhi’s 6 courts is extremely important for litigants and public at large.
April 23, 2016
#EscortWebsitesBanned: Maharashtra Govt. has informed Bombay High Court that they will close down around 174 escort services websites in the state.
April 22, 2016
#DelhiCorruption: Delhi High Court seeks response from Delhi Govt over a plea seeking CBI probe in alleged bribery charges against Environmental Minister Imran Hussain.
In February, Congress had screened a sting operation, wherein an aide of Minister Imran was shown demanding a bribe of Rs 25 lakh for granting environment clearance. Minister Imran has denied any link with that person.
#IPL: Both Maharashtra and Mumbai Cricket Asociation have filed SLP agianst Bombay HC’s order to shift IPL matches out of the state. Hearing is on April 25th
April 21, 2016
#EducationScam: 11-year old case of Choudhary Charan Singh College was postponed for another date, as the Court will now hear the arguments on July 26th. Rs 100 crore was allocated for the construction of new building, which is now being contested in the court.
In the latest update, Solicitor General was asked to file a report after getting detailed information from CAG.
#FlightsToShimla: In the case related with flights to Shimla, Civil Aviation Ministry filed an affidavit saying that every airlines have now been mandated to fly 10% of their flights to Tier 2 areas like Shimla, North East and Andaman & Nicobar island.
Council representing Jet Airways argued that the aerodromes at these locations are not equipped to handle their large jets. Matter would be now heard on May 4th.
April 20, 2016
#ConsumerFightsBack: A consumer in Mumbai has decided to sue Britannia for Rs 10 lakh as he found some insects inside Good Day biscuits. The case was filed at Bombay High Court; and the next hearing is due on April 28th.
After controversy on Maggi noddles, this new case of insects can be a huge let down for the FMCG sector in India.
#FrivolousPIL: Bombay High Court scolded a petitioner over PIL which was related with compensation and service related issues. An employee of Environment Dept. had died due to snake bite; and his family filed a PIL seeking compensation.
Court asked how is this a Public Interest Litigation? Should every employee file PIL to sort out their work related issues? Court asked the petitioner to approach appropriate authorities for resolving the issues.
April 19, 2016
#IllegalReligiousStructures Supreme Court directed all states and union territories to file affidavits for taking steps to remove illegal religious structures from public roads and pavements.
The apex court gave them a final chance with a direction to file the affidavit within two weeks failing which the Chief Secretaries of the concerned states will have to be present personally to explain the non-compliance of various directions of the apex court passed from time to time in this regard.
A bench comprising Justices V Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra posted the matter in the second week of May, observing “we don’t appreciate this type of attitude.”
The apex court was hearing the petition filed in 2006 in which directions were passed earlier to the states to remove unauthorised constructions, including places of worships, from roads and public places.
The apex court had also directed all other states’ counsel to take necessary instructions with regard to the compliance of the interim orders passed by it in this regard from time to time.
#SupremeCourt In Kerala, the appointment of munsif-magistrates, Supreme Court has refused to intervene in the case. The Court has asked that the case should be resolved between state government and Kerala High Court. Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice UU Lalit said the bench to dismiss the case. The Kerala High Court on the plea of keeping counsel V Giri himself has agreed to withdraw the case.
April 18, 2016
#DanceBar: Supreme Court pulls up Maharashtra Govt for not complying with its previous orders on issuing licenses to dance bars. As of now, out of 97 applications for bar licenses, 4 were granted approval; but after two days, it was revoked.
Court has asked the State to file a compliance report of the last order.
#AttingalDoubleMurder: Thiruvananthapuram court sentences first accused Nino Mathew to capital punishment. Nino was the first accused in this case. While declaring the verdict, court termed it as ‘rarest of rare case’.
Nino’s partner in crime, Anushanthi, was sentenced to double life imprisonment. Both the accused also have to pay a fine of Rs 50 lakh.
#InterlinkingOfRivers: Court accepts Govt.’s application to make Ministry of State for Water Resources as head of inter-linking of rivers committee.
Union of India had filed an application for modification of Supreme Court which was passed on February 27th, 2012 in W.P 512 of 2002 case.
April 15, 2016
#SCReforms: Amendments in law made to strengthen measures to check atrocities against SC/ST; Amended Act in force from Jan 26, 2016
#VijayMallya: Passport of Vijay Mallya suspended by the Government of India on request of Enforcement Directorate
April 14, 2016
#IndiaLegalWithNLU: Inderjit Badhwar, Editor in Chief of India Legal magazine while signing MoU with National Law University, Delhi. This partnership will enable greater sharing and collaboration of legal news and opinions. 
April 13, 2016
#DiscriminationOfAdvocates: Petition regarding discrimination faced by junior advocates dismissed; Court said it wasn’t maintainable under Article 32 and beyond the limit of judicial action.
April 12, 2016
#UttarakhandCrisis: The Uttarakhand High Court will hear rebel Congress MLAs’ plea on April 23. The state Assembly Speaker will file a counter affidavit on April 18.
#IPLvs.Water: The BCCI today told Bombay High Court that it will use recycled water for the 17 matches of IPL in Mumbai and Pune. “There are also reports that Kings XI Punjab was ready to shift three matches scheduled to be held in Nagpur to Mohali,” the BCCI counsel told the bench.
April 11, 2016
#DadriLynching: The Supreme Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to give compensation to family of Dadri lynching victims.
#SoiledCurrency: Hearing a petition saying that the procedure followed by the Reserve Bank of India to print some currency notes can possibly lead to duplication or printing of counterfeit notes, the Bombay High Court today asked the RBI to clear its stand on the procedure, and replacing soiled currency.
#NEET: The Supreme Court agreed to hear the petition filed by the Centre and MCI seeking review of its judgment scrapping the single common entrance exam(NEET) for admission to MBBS, BDS, and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges.
April 8, 2016
#KarismaKapoor: Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor and her estranged husband Sanjay Kapur reached an agreement regarding the terms and conditions of their divorce while the matter was being by the Supreme Court today. The actress will keep the children with Kapur getting visitation rights. Also, the businessman’s house in Mumbai, which is currently in the name of his father, has been transferred to Kapoor. The court also quashed an FIR filed by Kapoor against Kapur and his family.
#PoliciesForElderly: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to reply on implementation of policies for the elderly while hearing a petition on the deteriorating conditions of senior citizens in the country. The petition also claimed the number of beneficiaries of government policies for old people was declining. The bench of Justices UU Lalit and Banumathi appointed Help Age India as amicus curae and issued notice to the central government.
April 7, 2016
#PratyushaBanerjeeDeath: A Mumbai court today rejected the anticipatory bail of television producer Rahul Raj Singh, who has been questioned by the police in connection with the alleged suicide of television actress Pratyusha Banerjee. Banerjee’s lawyer had argued in the court that it was still being probed whether her death was a murder or suicide.
April 6, 2016
#BombayBlasts2002-2003: Special POTA court awarded sentenced 10 convicts in the blasts case, with life imprisonment to main accused Muzammil Wahid Ansari and Farhan Khot. The remaining accused will be released after furnishing bail bonds as per procedure, as they have already undergone their maximum punishment.
#DroughtHitStates: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to file an affidavit over implementation of MNREGA & release of funds for the states by Thursday, acting on a PIL filed in the court over drought hit states. The bench rapped the central government, saying, “Nine states are suffering from drought. You can’t turn a blind eye towards their problems.”
#FireSafetyNorms: The Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to constitute a committee to ascertain whether state-run hospitals are following fire safety norms while hearing a PIL regarding fire at Jhalkaribai Hospital.
The court directed the committee to submit a report within three months. It also ordered the finance department to make a separate allocation of budget for fire safety installations within hospitals.
The matter will be heard after three months.
#CoalScam: The Supreme Court adjourned the Coal Scam matter to May 4 after the committee appointed by the court submitted the report in a sealed cover. The bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and AK Sikri handed over the report to the Attorney General to examine the content and ascertain if it can be disclosed.
April 5, 2016
#RamMandir: The Supreme Court today declined to list the matter for “urgent hearing”, on the intervention of Subramanian Swamy, saying that he was only an intervener, and the court would hear the case only on the date originally finalised.
#SardarJokes: The Supreme Court adjourned the matter for two months after the respondent sort time to file report of the committee. Earlier, the court had directed the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee to form a sub-committee and frame guidelines.
#EnemyPropertyAct: The Bombay High Court will hear a petition regarding Enemy Property Act on Wednesday. The petitioner has said that an ordinance was brought by the government, making provision to bring the property of Indian citizen also within the ambit of the Act.
April 4, 2016
#AMUVCAppointment: The Attorney General today submitted to the Supreme Court that a “conscious decision” has been taken to consider AMU as a central university only, and not a minority institution during the hearing of a petition stating UGC norms were not followed while appointing vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, by the bench of Chief Justice of India, and Justice UU Lalit. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has been impleaded as a party and the Attorney General has accepted notice. The MHRD will file its reply in three weeks.
#InhumanConditionsInJails: The Supreme Court today gave two weeks time to Nalsar College, Hyderabad to file its reply whether it has taken any initiative to provide legal aid to inmates. The court was hearing matter pertaining to -inhuman conditions in more than 1380 prisons.
The Solicitor General informed the court that no state other than the three- Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, and Bihar have responded to the court’s directions dated Feb 5 and March 14 regarding hygiene and cleanliness in jails.
#AdulteratedDrugs: The Supreme Court has sought response from the health ministry to allegation of adulterated drugs being sold by pharma companies like Ranbaxy. A PIL was filed in the court, seeking shutting down of three plants in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, on charges of adulteration.
The bench of Justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy has listed the matter after two weeks for final hearing.
#UndertrialPrisoners: The Supreme Court today adjourned the case related to release of under trial prisoners after the state sought two weeks to file the status report.
#VirbhadraSinghDAcase: The Delhi High Court adjourned the hearing of CBI plea against Himachal Pradesh HC order for tomorrow as senior counsel Kapil Sibal, who was to appear on behalf of Virbhadra Singh could not come.
#SaiBabaSedition: Granting bail to DU professor Saibaba in a sedition case today, the Supreme Court rapped the Maharashtra government, saying, “You have been extremely unfair to the accused(Prof Saibaba), specially given to his medical examination”.
April 2, 2016
#VijayMallya: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate today, seeking a next date, sometime in May. The ED is probing the Rs 900 crore money laundering case against Mallya.
April 1, 2016
#RetirementAgeForJudges: A PIL was filed to set a committee for reviewing the retirement age of Judges. Supreme Court refused to entertain PIL on retirement age of judges as CJI Thakur remarked, “This is one PIL for our benefit”, adding that retiring age of Judges has been 65 since the constitution was formulated.
The CJI also said that the age of the Judge might be in doubt but the retirement age has always been 65.
#IllegalRemovalOfUterus: In Narendra Gupta vs. Union of India & others case regarding illegal removal of uterus in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Bihar, a notice was issued on March 18, 2013 to Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Bihar State Government. Petitioner has today taken time to file rejoinder to the counter. 4 weeks have been granted to file rejoinder.
#ScrutinyOfPoliticalFunds: In the case filed against the judgement of the Delhi High Court directing investigation into funds received by Indian National Congress Party and Bharatiya Janata Party from foreign companies; the matter has been posted for final hearing after summer vacation and in the mean time liberty granted to complete the pleadings.
The Court had issued notice in 2014.