Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – August 2019
TOP STORIES Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: Justice AK Patnaik completes inquiry into ‘larger conspiracy’ allegations A Supreme Court-appointed one-man panel, holding
Continue reading
Missing UP Law Student Case| She should be kept wherever she feels safe and comfortable: SC
Supreme Court: When the UP law student who went missing was brought before the bench of R Banumathi and AS Bopanna, JJ
Continue reading
INX Media Case| Bail to P. Chidambaram will affect the cases of Mallya, Choksi, Modi, etc: ED
Supreme Court: The Enforcement Directorate has told the Court that custodial interrogation of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX media
Continue reading
Can’t interpret “by another year” under Rule 105 of Delhi School Education Rules 1973 as “by one year at a time”: SC
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr DY Chandrachud and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that the words “by another year” in Rule
Continue reading
Article 370| 5-judge bench to hear the plea challenging J&K Reorganisation Bill; SC says ‘We know what to do’
Supreme Court: The batch of petitions challenging the changes brought in the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370
Continue reading
Ayodhya hearing| SC slams Nirmohi Akhara for opposing Ram Lalla’s plea; Says you ‘stand’ or ‘fall’ together
Supreme Court: When Nirmohi Akhara submitted that being the ‘shebait’ (devotee), only its lawsuit was maintainable and the case filed by deity
Continue reading
Ayodhya Hearing| There was a temple in the inner courtyard of the disputed site: Nirmohi Akhara
Supreme Court: Senior counsel appearing for Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties in the Ayodhya title dispute case, told the Supreme Court
Continue reading
INX Media Case| P Chidambaram’s protection from arrest in ED case extended
Supreme Court: The bench of R Banumathi and A S Bopanna, JJ has extended till tomorrow the interim protection from arrest granted
Continue reading
INX Media Case| SC dismisses P Chidambaram’s plea against CBI arrest; Money Laundering hearing to be continued tomorrow
Supreme Court: The bench of R Banumathi and A S Bopanna, JJ has extended the protection from arrest given to former finance
Continue reading
Triple Talaq| SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging the new law
Supreme Court: The bench of NV Ramana and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law
Continue reading
Babri Masjid demolition| Special Judge conducting trail involving LK Advani & others writes to SC seeking protection
Supreme Court: The bench of RF Nariman and Surya Kant, JJ has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to pass orders within two
Continue reading
INX Media Case| No relief for P. Chidambaram today; SC to hear his bail plea on Aug 26
Supreme Court: The Court has said that it will hear the appeal filed by former union minister P Chidambaram against the Delhi
Continue reading
High Court, being the disciplinary authority, has the power to suspend Judicial Officers: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where a Judicial Officer in Delhi Higher Judicial Services, against whom disciplinary proceedings alleging sexual harassment is
Continue reading
Sexual Harassment allegations against CJI: Justice AK Patnaik completes inquiry into ‘larger conspiracy’ allegations
Supreme Court: A Supreme Court-appointed one-man panel, holding inquiry into allegations of “larger conspiracy” to frame Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi,
Continue reading
Ayodhya hearing| Babri Masjid was built either on the ruins of Ram Mandir or by pulling it down: Ram Lalla’s counsel
Supreme Court: On the 8th Day of the Ayodhya Title dispute hearing, Ram Lalla’s counsel, Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan, told the 5-judge
Continue reading
Merely because the period fixed for liquidation is over, the proceedings for recovery of dues do not stand closed: SC
Supreme Court: When the 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ was called upon to decide whether under
Continue reading
Linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar: SC issues notice to social media websites on Facebook’s transfer plea
Supreme Court: While hearing Facebook Inc’s petition asking Supreme Court to hear all cases related to demands for linking Aadhaar to social
Continue reading
SC rejects Tarun Tejpal’s plea for quashing sexual assault charges
Supreme Court: The bench of Arun Mishra and MR Shah, JJ has refused to quash the charges against Tarun Tejpal, former editor-in-chief
Continue reading
Ayodhya hearing| Excavations show that a massive Lord Ram temple existed at the disputed site: Ram Lalla’s counsel
Supreme Court: On the 7th Day of the Ayodhya Title dispute hearing, Ram Lalla’s counsel, Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan, told the 5-judge bench
Continue reading
Article 370| Won’t rush into passing any direction on removal of restrictions on the media in J&K: SC
Supreme Court: After the Centre submitted before the Court that the situation is improving in Jammu and Kashmir and the curbs are
Continue reading