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Person Claiming To Be 'Special Constitutional Functionary' Demands Privilege In Litigation, Supreme Court Dismisses Plea As Frivolous
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) dismissed a Special Leave Petition, filed by a person claiming to be a "special constitutional functionary", calling it a complete baseless and frivolous petition. Concurring with the findings of the High Court, the Bench comprising of Justices AS Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, noted that the petitioner filed the petition on baseless grounds and approached...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Direct Centre To Notify Part 3 Of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) refused to entertain a Writ Petition seeking the issuance of mandamus to the Union Government to notify Part 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra dismissed the matter observing that the issue is settled in the Supreme Court decision of AK Roy v. Union...
Efforts To Settle Pure Civil Disputes By Applying Pressure Through Criminal Prosecution Must Be Deprecated : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has (on 19 January) prima facie observed that a mere breach of contract does not amount to an offence of cheating or breach of trust as provided under the Indian Penal Code unless the fraudulent or dishonest intention is shown. “Prima facie, in our opinion, mere breach of contract does not amount to an offence under Section 420 or Section 406 of the Indian Penal...
Is Increase In BSF's Jurisdiction Unconstitutional Interference In State's Domain? Supreme Court To Consider In Punjab's Suit Against Union
The Supreme Court today (January 22) framed 7 key issues which are to be decided in the original suit filed by the State of Punjab challenging the Union's notification extending the jurisdiction of Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 to 50 Km in the state. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra amongst other things,...
Trade Dress Of 'London Pride' Virtually Same As That Of 'Imperial Blue', Says Supreme Court In Whiskey Brand Dispute
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) heard a trademark dispute involving the whiskey brands "Blenders' Pride", "Imperial Blue" and "London Pride".The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing a special leave petition filed by Pernod Ricard India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of an international liquor manufacturer,...
Supreme Court Directs Trial To Commence In Cattle Smuggling Case Against TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal
The Supreme Court, today (on January 22), while hearing a petition of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal seeking bail in connection with an alleged cross-border cattle smuggling scam, ordered the commencement of the trial. The central agency arrested Mondal, currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail, in August last year. A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and...
Inform Steps Taken On Revision Of Electoral Rolls To Remove Duplicate Entries : Supreme Court To ECI
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) concerning the steps it has taken to revise the electoral rolls and tackle the issue of duplication of entries in those instances where either the electors have been deceased or have shifted their place of residence. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora informed the bench that no response...
Supreme Court Asks University To Pay Cost Of Rs 4 Lakh Damages To Student For Irregular Re-evaluation
The Supreme Court recently imposed a cost of Rs 4 lakhs on the Himachal Pradesh University for re-evaluating subjects, which the student/ appellant neither applied for nor paid the revaluation fee. “Considering the aforesaid, it is apparent that the appellant has applied only for two subjects, but under the terms of Clause 10 of the Revaluation Form, without deposit of the...
SCBA Electoral Reforms | Consider Desirability Of Taking Up Issues In General Body Meeting: Supreme Court To SCBA
In a matter relating to electoral reforms in the Supreme Court Bar Association, the top Court today asked the Association to consider the desirability of taking up all issues in its General Body Meeting.The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan passed the order, listing the matter after 3 weeks.The arguments addressed emanated in response to an application filed by a member of the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Uddhav Sena's Petition Challenging Maharashtra Speaker's Refusal To Disqualify Shinde Sena MLAs
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) issued notice on a petition filed by a member of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) challenging the refusal of the Maharashtra Speaker to disqualify the MLAs of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) under the tenth schedule of the Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra issued...
NewsClick Case |After Turning Approver, HR Head Amit Chakraborty Withdraws Petition In Supreme Court Against Arrest
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 22) allowed NewsClick human resources head and recently-turned approver Amit Chakraborty to withdraw his plea challenging his arrest by the Delhi police. He was arrested along with Prabir Purkayastha, the founder and editor-in-chief of the news portal in October last year. Last week, Chakraborty was allowed by a Delhi court to turn approver in the case,...