Former Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna to shortly deliver a lecture on "Judiciary and Media: Shared Principles-Similarities and Dissimilarities" at the Prem Bhatia Journalism Awards and Memorial Lecture organised by the Editors Guild of India. Lecture begins.

J Khanna: Our institutions do not often share a platform. However we carry the same calling - a calling to act as a watchdog institution in the service of the common citizen. In essence we are both truth seekers though we follow different paths.

#SupremeCourt hears Indian Medical Association's plea concerning misleading claims and advertisements against "Allopathic" medicine.

Bench: Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Vishwanathan. In March, the Court passed various directions to State governments for effective implementation of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954

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#SupremeCourt to shortly hear petition filed by ex-Chhattisgarh CM #BhupeshBaghel challenging Sections 44, 50 and 63 of #PMLA and seeking interim reliefs in 5 cases being pursued by probe agencies in the state (including the Liquor 'Scam' case)

Bench: Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi Hearing begins

Sr Adv Kapil Sibal (for Baghel): This pertains to Section 44 PMLA...apart from s.44, no other provision allows further investigation by ED officers...an explanation can't be the source of ED's power

ASG Raju appearing for respondent-authorities.

#SupremeCourt #BhupeshBaghel

#SupremeCourt hears the Suo Motu contempt proceedings initiated against the petitioner, the AOR and lawyers who filed a transfer petition in SC having 'scurrilous and scandalous' remarks against a sitting Telangana High Court Judge Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya Counsel tender unconditional apology

#SupremeCourt hears suo moto case against stray dogs attacking children in streets

Bench:JJ JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan

Amicus and Sr Adv Gaurav Agarwal suggests sterilisation of stray dogs not enough, streets should be stray dogs free Agarwal: we can create dog shelters; in the meantime, they should also create infrastructure such as dog vans etc..

J Pardiwala: you want them to be imparted training?

#SupremeCourt to shortly hear Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar's plea against conviction in the 2001 criminal defamation case by Delhi LG VK Saxena who was then Chief of NGO National Council for Civil Liberties

Bench: Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh. In July, the Delhi High Court upheld her conviction.

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Former Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameshwar to shortly deliver a lecture on "Clamour for Removal of Secularism & Socialism: Whether Justified" at the Government Law College, Ernakulam.

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#SupremeCourt will soon commence its ceremonial bench to bid farwell to Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

Justice Dhulia will retire on August 9. He was a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court before his appointment as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court in January 2021. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 9, 2022. SG: mylord never permitted your personal interest in judicial functions ....mylords have kept the Allahabad Culture alive, you have associated everything which Allahabad is and stands for

#SupremeCourt to hear today petitions seeking review of the 2022 judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India which upheld various provisions of #PMLA relating to arrest, search, seizure, bail etc.

Earlier, the Court expressed that it will first hear Enforcement Directorate's objections to maintainability of the review petitions

#PMLAReview The review petitioners also recently made a mentioning before CJI Gavai for listing with the present cases another batch of cases (ED v. M/s Obulapuram Mining Company) where the Court was earlier considering referring the VMC judgment to a larger bench (until J SK Kaul retired and the bench got dissolved)

The CJI indicated that he would discuss the same with J Kant.

#SupremeCourt #PMLAReview

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay Oka to shortly deliver the keynote address in a lecture series organized by The Global Jurists on "Morality In Judiciary: A Paradigm Or A Paradox"

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#SupremeCourt strikes down exemption granted under Centre's 29 January notification to projects related to industrial sheds and education from applicability of Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006.

Bench: Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran. The Court partially upheld the MoEFCC notification while setting aside the aforementioned exception.

#SupremeCourt hears writ petition challenging Section 17A and amendment to Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act

Bench: Justices BV Nagarathna and Viswanathan Advocate Prashant Bhushan appears.

J Nagarathna: it bars police officer from enquiring into recommendation or decision taken by public servant in discharge of public office, what is wrong with it? why are you attacking it

#SupremeCourt hears bail plea of ex IAS officer Anil Tuteja in a corruption case arising out of the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam.

Bench: Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora for Tuteja: Everyone has been granted bail except Anwar Dhebar. But I have a different and distinct case from him.

#SupremeCourt to hear plea to quash defamation case against LoP @RahulGandhi over alleged remark on the Indian Army.

Bench: Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih

In May, Allahabad HC rejected Gandhi's plea challenging summoning order passed by an MP MLA court in Lucknow. @RahulGandhi The defamation complaint, filed by former Border Roads Organisation Director, and presently pending in a court in Lucknow, states that the alleged derogatory remarks by Gandhi were made on December 16, 2022, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

#SupremeCourt hears the matter in which it has ordered the centre to trace a Russian woman who has seemingly gone missing with the child while a custody dispute with her Indian husband.

Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati: the investigation has led us to places where we have to use our diplomatic channels. We are taking it up with Nepal UAE and Russia because that is the move that she has taken.

#SupremeCourt hears plea seeking to ban betting apps and their celebrity endorsements.

Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. Counsel for respondents: similar pleasure going on in court 9 this may be tagged with them.

Petitioner in person: my plea is very specific and different. Approximately 3 million 100 million youth future at stake. They are not prosecuted and held accountable

#SupremeCourt hears the matter pertaining to the appointment of Vice Chancellors for certain West universities in West Bengal.

Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. Attorney General for India R Venkatramani taking the Court through the latest report on the matter.

The Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) if it can reject an application for certifying a film, without watching the film or even its teaser or trailer.

The question was raised while hearing a plea filed by makers of the film "Ajey - The Untold Story Of A Monk", which is inspired from a book, purpotedly on the life Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

#BombayHighCourt #YogiAdityanath A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale were irked to note that despite making a statement on July 17 that it will take a decision as per norms on the film's certification, the CBFC did not watch the film and simply rejected the application of the makers.

#BombayHighCourt #YogiAdityanath

Delhi High Court will hear today pleas against the “Udaipur Files” film, based on the murder of Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder.

Pleas have been filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind President and Mohammed Javed- one of the accused in the case.

#UdaipurFiles #DelhiHighCourt A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela will hear the matter.

Case placed top of the board.

#DelhiHighCourt #UdaipurFiles

#SupremeCourt hears a batch of petitions/PILs pertaining to #deportation and living conditions of #Rohingya refugees

Bench: Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and NK Singh Advocate Prashant Bhushan: There are some cases pertaining to foreigners detained in Assam, West Bengal

J Kant: Why were all these matters tagged?

Sr Counsel (for petitioners): There's some overlapping. The core issue is whether Rohingyas are to be treated as refugees or illegal immigrants

J Datta asks about a case where Election Commission is a party.

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'Won't Allow State's Entry Into Religion': Allahabad HC Orally Questions @UPGovt Over #BankeBihariTemple Trust Ordinance

#AllahabadHighCourt #Mathura #Vrindavan

livelaw.in/high-court/all… "Ye hum allow nahi karenge ki State ko religion mein enter karne dein. I will ask the government how is government entering into religion…(to state) Aap bahar ki vyavastha dekhiye, andar mat ghusiye" : #AllahabadHighCourt orally stated.