#SupremeCourt to hear a plea where ONGC had raised issues over fees payable to retired judges who have been arbitrating the public sector undertaking's (PSU) dispute with Ms/ Schlumberger Asia Services Ltd
The top court had warned @ONGC_ of contempt during the last hearing
CJI: what is the amount involved in this case?
Adv for petitioner: 7 crores
CJI: Which are the two names as arbitrators?..Justice Sharma and Justice Shah?
Adv Rohan Ganpathy: we were said that a sole arbitrator can be appointed as per last order
CJI: Who do you want to be presiding arbitrator?
Ganpaty: Justice MK Sharma..we had nominated him in our arbitration note too
Ganpathy: Justice Amitava Roy or Justice Indu Malhotra can also preside over this alternatively
SC: Justice Arijit Pasayat will be the presiding arbitrator
Ganpathy: The fees is laid down in the agreement
SC: The arbitrator will decide the fees. You want judges etc and pay five rupees, ten rupees, no that cannot happen.
The hearing of this case was paused as the Court rose for lunch.
Hearing has resumed now.
Justice PV Kunhikrishnan is hearing the matter.
Advocate Ajit Joy is appearing for the petitioner.
"Why are you ashamed of our. He became PM because of the mandate of the people:" Kerala High Court
Sr Adv Anand Grover: Both the state and respondent no. 1 are not performing their duties.
Counsel: I am appearing for the real victim- the respondent.
Grover: He's not the victim.
*chaos ensues*
SC: Give us a minute.
SC: Yes, Mr Bandopadhyay.
Sr Adv Bandopadhyay: If your lordship come to page 19 of the order, in the instant case there is prima facie evidence of using state and police machinery to file complaints. How can the court come to this conclusion? The entire Bengal police is malicious
#SupremeCourt to hear a plea by class 12th students who were either declared fail or awarded awarded very less marks in the improvement examination seeking issuance of directions to CBSE to not cancel their original result in which they were declared to have passed
Adv Mamta Sharma: the issue is students who have scored less on evaluation and attempted another exam, they should be allowed to retain their original marksheets
Justice Khanwilkar: CBSE has said they have appeared in exams with open eyes
SC: Improvisation ended up with less marks or fail. admissions will get affected now. so this needs to be considered. its a one time thing
[Altaf Custodial Death] Allahabad High Court is hearing a PIL moved by PUCL regarding the recent custodial death of 22 years boy, Altaf in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh.
A bench Led by Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal is hearing the matter
CJI NV Ramana: We have assembled this morning to pay homage to Late Justices Jayachandra Reddy, AR Lakshmanan, NP Singh. They made rich contributions to the judgments of this court.
Worldwide Book Launch of "March to Justice: Global Military Law Landmarks", edited by @SinghNavdeep and @frankrosenblatt to commence shortly. Follow this thread and link in picture for updates from the launch.
The launch will be followed by a panel discussion on Global Trends in Military Justice, moderated and curated by Justice Rajive Bhalla and Maj Gen Neeraj Bali.