Blogs by OneLawStreet

Supreme Court dismisses PIL to quash Art 370, CJI remarks its Indian Parliament’s call

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
const-JK Supreme Court of India has dismissed a PIL which sought quashing of Article 370 of the Constitution of India and other special constitutional provisions which give a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. However the Chief Justice of India HL Dattu presiding over the bench also consisting of ...

Delhi High Court celebrates its Golden Jubilee – Check out the journey

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
Delhi High Court is celebrating the golden jubilee of its its establishment on Oct0ber 31, 2015. On October 31, 1966, Delhi High Court was established after the date was notified as the appointed date under Section 3(1) of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966. While the Court celebrates this occasion, let...

Read all that happened when Supreme Court heard PIL to ban ‘Sardar jokes’

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
sikh-897859_640 As was first reported by 1, Law Street yesterday , a bench of the Supreme Court of India today heard a PIL petition which sought ban on the ‘Sardar/Sikh’ jokes’. Petition has inter alia made the following prayer: issue a writ of mandamus to the respondents to ban websites spreading j...

Ban websites spreading Sardar jokes, prays PIL before Supreme Court

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
Supreme_Court_of_India A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking a ban on the websites which spread jokes portraying those belonging to Sikh/Sardar community as ‘persons of low intellect, stupid and foolish’. A bench comprising of Justices T...

No blanket ban on crackers, Supreme Court asks Govt to spread awareness of ill-effects

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
download-order Supreme Court of India has refused to impose a blanket ban on the bursting of crackers or to expand the eight-hour night-time ban period on the same. It has however asked the government to take steps to create public awareness during Diwali festivals on the ill-effects of fireworks an...
Delhi High Court The Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India has notified that the Delhi High Court Amendment Act, 2015, which had received the assent of the President of India on August 10, 2015 has been brought into force from today i.e. October 26, 2015. The Act provides for enhanceme...

Supreme Court issues notice to Virbhadra Singh and wife in CBI’s Appeal in DA case

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution

Mohit Singh

Mohit Singh is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India.

First published here.

Original author: Mohit Singh

“Direct Delhi Govt to pass Janlokpal and Swaraj bills”, prays a PIL before Supreme Court

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
janlokpal On October 26, 2015, Supreme Court of India will hear a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction from the Court to the Government of the NCT of Delhi to pass the Janlokpal and Swaraj Bills which are in limbo after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had resigned on February 14, 2...

President promulgates Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Ordinance, 2015

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
Pranab_Mukherjee The President of India has promulgated the Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Ordinance, 2015 to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Earlier the union cabinet had approved promulgation of the ordinance on October 21, 2015 and recommended the same to the President Sa...

SC declares NJAC unconstitutional; Chelameswar J dissents [Read Judgment]

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 13 OF 2015Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record -Association and another … Petitioner(s) versusUnion of India … Respondent(s) With|WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 14 OF 2015 | |WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 18 OF 2015 ||WRIT PE...

To save Delhi lungs, Supreme Court makes commercial vehicles entering Delhi pay charges

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
pollution-no-entry Don’t enter Delhi or pay ECC First published here on onelawstreet.com. While the light vehicles have to pay ₹ 700, the heavy vehicles have to pay an ECC of ₹ 1300. The charges which have to be collected through the toll operators, have to be handed over to the Government of NCT of...

Supreme Court issues notice in PIL for no-cracker Diwali in Delhi

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution

Mohit Singh

Mohit Singh is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India.

First published here.

Original author: Mohit Singh

SC refuses to modify Aadhaar order, IAs for modification also to go before Constitution Bench

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
aadhaar-card Supreme Court of India has refused to grant any immediate relief in the applications filed by the Union of India and its agencies, and the State Governments seeking modification of the August 11 order where the three judge bench had limited the use of UIDAI – Aadhaar card. The applicati...

Supreme Court to decide upon a dozen Applications seeking modification of its Aadhaar Order

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
aadhaar-card After a three judge bench had referred the Aadhaar challenge petitions to a Constitution Bench , it is faced with 12 applications seeking clarification/modification of its interim order restricting the usage of Aadhaar card. The bench comprising of Justices Chelameswar, SA Bobde and C N...

Supreme Court dismisses Bharti’s bail plea after wife says no to mediation [Read Order]

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
Somnath Bharti Somnath Bharti Supreme Court of India has dismissed former Delhi Law Minister and present Delhi MLA Somnath Bharti’s special leave petition to Appeal against Delhi High Court’s rejection of his application for anticipatory bail. Court had earlier issued a notice to Bharti’s wife – Lip...

Read Supreme Court’s order imposing cost of ₹ 5 lakh for withdrawing Appeals

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Ranjan Gogoi The Supreme Court of India has imposed a cost of Rs. 5 lakh on two public sector corporations for withdrawing appeals without circulating a letter before the Bench intimating it of the withdrawal. The bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and NV Ramana has imposed ...
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Special Leave Petition to Appeal (Crl ) No. 8183 of 2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 22/09/2015 in BA No. 1952/2015 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi) Somnath Bharti ……………………………………………………………….. Petitioner versus State (Government of NCT ...

Supreme Court dismisses BCCI’s petition to review its 22 January judgment #IPL [Read Order]

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
bcci logo Supreme Court of India has dismissed the petition filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking a review of its judgment dated 22 January 2015. The petition had sought a reconsideration of court’s verdict contending that court cannot interfere with the internal matters ...

Challenge to Constitution Order 1954 in relation to Jammu & Kashmir before Supreme Court

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
const-JK A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court of India challenging several special constitutional provisions in relation to the state of Jammu and Kashmir and is set to heard on Monday, 28 September by a bench comprising of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy. The petition filed ...

Supreme Court to hear PIL challenging mandatory Aadhaar for Digital Locker on 28 Sept

by OneLawStreet on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
digilocker1 While the Aadhaar challenge petitions await their turn to be heard by a constitution bench , on Monday – 28 September, Supreme Court of India will hear a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction from the Court that Aadhaar card may not be made mandatory to avail the servic...