Supreme Court hears play by "Mohammad Deepak" to quash FIR against him for confronting Bajrang Dal members who allegedly objected to a Muslim shopkeeper using the word 'Baba' in his shop's name.
Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi: I am a Gym owner. On the same day there are FIRs by me on which no action is taken. The incident happened against the person calling his shop Baba. The victim also registered an FIR. I went to help him. How can a good samaritan be subjected to this kind of a complaint?
Singhvi: there is videography evidence which shows that the order is very strange. No reason is given for not quashing. There is the rioting charge and no essential ingredient is made out so that is dropped. But no ingredient was made out and 191 was added.
Singhvi: all offences are punishable for less than 7 years therefore Avnish Kumar guidelines have to be followed. No issue with that. A blanket gag order was given restraining the petitioners who are facing investigation from sending any message or video on social media platform regarding the incident.
Order: issue notice returnable within 4 weeks. In the meantime proceedings pursuant to the impugned FIR shall remain stayed and also the effect of operation of the impugned order passed by the High Court.
Counsel mentions before Supreme Court NGT Bar Association plea related to tenure of NGT bench members
Counsel: My lords extended the tenure...but 3 benches of NGT will all have to stop from Sept 8. It would cripple. Please list before 8th or extend tenure till 15th (when the matter is listed). NGT can't have single member bench
CJI: Selections are probably already made
Counsel: But we do not know what's going to happen.
Supreme Court to shortly hear the anticipatory bail plea of Sumit Roy, Personal Assistant of #TrinamoolCongress MP #AbhishekBanerjee, in the Salboni land-grabbing case
Earlier, the Court stayed Roy's arrest, while directing him to appear and cooperate with the investigation.
Supreme Court refuses to entertain a petition seeking to direct petrol pumps to label the the percentage of ethanol in petrol being dispensed, and also to specify the ethanol percentage in bills.
Adv NK Goswami (petitioner): See the receipt, there is no mention of enthanol. I have the right to know...Last time Attorney General said it was an experiment. I want Govt to say on affidavit...
Attorney General : He wants the Govt of India to be answerable to him!
Goswami : Not to me, to the citizens of India. We have right to know what we are purchasing.
SC refuses to entertain the matter, gives liberty to the petitioner to approach HC
Cauvery Water Dispute | Supreme Court hears Tamil Nadu's plea challenging Guidelines for Appraisal of Water Resource Project in Cauvery Basin issued by the Centre in December last year.
TN has alleged that the guidelines were issued unilaterally to facilitate Karnataka's Mekedatu project
Bench: Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta.
Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan for TN: Kindly give three weeks time for filing additional material. This is a petition regarding the guidelines for approval of projects in the Cauvery basin.
J Nath: why have you filed Article 32 petition?
Vaidyanathan: 3 weeks my lord.
Matter kept after three weeks.
Supreme Court hears bail plea of Luthra brothers, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa which caught fire and killed atleast 25 people
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing To Bengal Cricketer Abhishek Porel In Alleged Rape Case
https://www.livelaw.in/amp/high-court/calcutta-high-court/calcutta-high-court-declines-urgent-hearing-to-bengal-cricketer-abhishek-porel-in-alleged-rape-case-547833
Student Protest: Supreme Court to hear today a PIL seeking compensation for police personnel injured during the July 20 protest at #JantarMantar, as well as recovery of loss to govt property from those responsible
The petitioner further seeks a framework for demonstrations to be held near #Parliament or other vital govt institutions, including reasonable no-demonstration/protective zones
Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana.