A three judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, while hearing a reference made by a two-judge bench, has held that “in transfer petition, video conferencing cannot be directed” . The aforesaid view was taken by Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra and Justice AK Khanwilkar. Justice DY Chandrachud ...
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Supreme Court of India has on October 3, 2017, in the case of Sri Chittaranjan Maity v. Union of India , dealt with the issue of the stage at which the arbitrability of a dispute can be decided. Referring to section 37(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act), Court also held that an a...
Supreme Court of India has issued notice in a public interest litigation petition filed by Pallav Mongia, an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court which seeks a direction “to prohibit transfer of data pertaining to citizens of Union of India outside the territory of Union of India other than when ...
The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench presided over by Justice (Retd.) B.S.V Prakash Kumar has on April 10, 2017 passed a detailed order interpreting certain provisions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. This order came to be passed in an application filed by DF Deutsche Forfait AG (...
Justice RM Lodha A public interest litigation petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India for declaring the recommendations of the ‘Supreme Court Committee on Reforms in Cricket’ commonly known as Justice Lodha Committee as violative of article 12, 14 and 19 of the Constitution of Indi...
On its last working day of the year 2016, Supreme Court of India would, among other matters, hear two interesting fresh matters: 1. PIL for ‘National Liquor Policy’. A petition has been filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking framing of a national liqour policy to curtail liquor and other i...
Delhi High Court Hearing a public interest litigation claiming that the surcharge levied on credit and debit card transactions was “illegal” and “discriminatory”, Delhi High Court has sought the view of Ministry of Finance and Reserve Bank of India, reported PTI . Case No. W.P. (C) No. 10838 of 2016...
Supreme Court of India has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a declaration that the release of government funds to Jammu and Kashmir-based separatists was “unconstitutional and illegal”. Not impressed by the arguments of the petitioner-in-person, advocate ML Sharma, bench...
pokemon-1574648_640 Gujarat High Court has on September 7, issued notice to Union of India, Gujarat Government and the California based Niantic Inc. in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition alleging that the mobile game Pokémon Go hurts religious sentiments by showing eggs being collected in d...
By: Siddharth Sijoira [Author is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India] The Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of criminal defamation under sections 499 and 500 is timely and conforms to the larger societal needs. The court has correctly opined that the right to freedom ...
President of India has issued ordinances partly nullifying the orders of the Supreme Court of India regarding NEET exam for entrance to medical and dental colleges. The ordinances amend the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and the Dentists Act, 1948. These ordinances provide for a uniform entrance e...
whatsapp-1317538_640 While Indian citizens await setting up of a Constitution bench by the Supreme Court of India to determine if there is fundamental right to privacy under the Constitution of India, a public interest petition has been filed before SC seeking ban on Whatsapp, Telegram, and other me...
Supreme_Court_of_India Recently, a Constitution Bench (comprising of five Judges) of the Supreme Court of India has allowed the Review Petition and recalled its judgment dated 18 July 2013 and directed that the matters be heard afresh . The operative para reads as under:- “We, therefore, allow these...
Supreme Court of India has asked for the view of Attorney General for India in the challenge to the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. When the matter was called for hearing, senior counsel P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal appeared for the pet...
Supreme_Court_of_India Supreme Court of India has admitted a 2014-public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking filing of a fresh FIR against ex-UP CM and BSP supremo Mayawati for disproportionate assets in light of the fresh material available. Hearing the PIL filed by ex-BSP leader Kamlesh Ver...
Supreme In an important development, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India has allowed the petitions seeking review of the 2013 judgment of the three-judge bench of the court which had ruled that the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) notifications for holding common entrance tests for MBBS...
Supreme_Court_of_India The Supreme Court of India has directed the central and state governments to formulate a national plan for disaster management to provide relief and rehabilitation to those affected by calamities. On April 5, the order was passed by a bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra a...
download-order Modifying its historic judgment last year , while deciding review petitions filed by various state governments, Supreme Court of India has now permitted the publication of photographs of the governors and the chief ministers of states in addition to those of President, Prime Minister ...
Supreme_Court_of_India Supreme Court of India has ordered that status quo be maintained on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and has appointed the Union home secretary and Punjab chief secretary and director general of police (DGP) as receiver of the canal. A Constitution Bench of the Court observe...
Constitution-of-India-preamble Siddharth Sijoria, an advocate practising at the Supreme Court of India, writes about the law of sedition in India. This article was first published in the magazine ‘Lawyers Update’, March 2016. The Famous American Judge, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes had declared in 1...