Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

TOP STORIES1. Attorney General Grants Consent For Contempt Action Against Artist Rachita Taneja For Illustrative Tweets Against Supreme CourtThe Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has granted consent to a law student for initiating contempt of court proceedings against a comic illustrator Rachita Taneja, for her illustrative tweets depicting Supreme Court being hand in glove with the ruling party, BJP.2. "Not Maintainable": Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Removal Of Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy [GS Mani V. UOI]The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea seeking appropriate action against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for making public allegations against Justice N V Ramana, the second senior judge of the Supreme Court.3. Supreme Court Dismisses Chanda Kochhar's Challenge Against ICICI Bank Terminating Her Services [Chanda Kochhar V. ICICI]Noting that the only controversy involved is that of the bank having earlier accepted her resignation and subsequently, terminated her, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the issue being of the contractual relationship between a private bank and its employee, it did not call for invocation of the writ jurisdiction, and dismissed former ICICI bank MD Chanda Kochhar's plea.4. Supreme Court Asks Centre,States To Suggest Measures To Ensure Compliance Of Social Distancing & Mask-Wearing Norms [In Re: Mismanagement of Covid & Manhandling Dead Bodies]The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre and State Governments to put forth suggestions for proper implementation of guidelines and SOP's for social distancing and wearing masks during COVID-19. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy & MR Shah stated that even thought stringent guidelines were in place for ensuring social distancing and wearing masks, they were not achieving desired results and neither were they being followed by most of the states.5. Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Legality Of Pasting Posters Outside COVID19 Patients' Homes [Kush Kalra V. UOI]The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the plea which has challenged the decision of various states Governments to affix posters outside the homes of COVID19 patients who are in isolation. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, BR Gavai & MR Shah asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Centre whether an advisory can be issued in this regard by the centre so that a State is dissuaded by pasting posters on walls of covid positive patients homes. The law officer told court that such an advisory was already in place.6. Facebook VP's Challenge Against Delhi Assembly Summons : Committee On Peace & Harmony Intervenes; Supreme Court To Hear In January [Ajit Mohan V. Legislative Assembly, NCT Delhi]The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned to January the plea filed by Vice-President of Facebook India Ajit Mohan challenging the summons issued to him by Delhi Assembly's Committe on Peace and Harmony in connection with the February 2020 Delhi Riots. A Bench of Justices SK Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy presided over the matter and issued notice in an Intervention Application filed on behalf of the Committee which was represented by Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan.7. Supreme Court Stays Gujarat HC Order Directing Persons Not Wearing Masks To Do Community Service At COVID-19 Centres [State of Gujarat V. Vishal Awtani]The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Gujarat High Court order which had directed the State of Gujarat to come up with a policy or order that would direct for those caught without a face cover/mask to be compulsorily sent to COVID-19 care centres for community service. While staying the order, the Supreme Court remarked that the Gujarat High Court direction was disproportionate and may lead to health problems. The top court however asserted that masks are compulsory & violators should be penalized as per law.8. Franklin Templeton : Supreme Court Asks Trustees To Call Meeting Of Unit Holders; Stay On Redemption The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a stay on redemption requests from investors and allowed Franklin Templeton Trustees to call for meeting of unit holders to seek their consent/approval. A bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a plea by Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund's (FT), challenging a Karnataka High Court order according to which the decision to wind down six debt schemes required simple majority consent from unit investors.9. Supreme Court Stays NCLAT Direction For Probe Against Flipkart Under Competition Act [Flipkart India V. CCI]The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the March 4 order of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) directing a probe by the Competition Commission of India against e-commerce major Flipkart for an alleged use of its dominant position. Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Flipkart, argued that the order was passed on an erroneous premise that his client had a "dominant position" in the e-commerce...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

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