SC refers to another bench pleas of RBI, others related to writing off AT-1 bonds of Yes Bank, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to another bench the pleas of the Reserve Bank of India and others challenging a Bombay High Court order that quashed a decision of the Yes Bank administrator to write off additional tier 1 bonds worth Rs 8,415 crore as part of a bailout. Additional Tier 1 (AT-1) are […]
NCLAT admits Meta, Whatsapp pleas against CCI’s Rs 213-cr penalty over abuse of dominance, ET LegalWorld
Appellate tribunal NCLAT on Thursday admitted the petitions filed by Meta Platforms and Whatsapp against an order passed by fair trade regulator CCI which imposed a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore for abuse of market dominance. After hearing the initial submissions from Meta and CCI (Competition Commission of India), a two-member bench of the National […]
SC refuses to entertain pleas seeking immediate implementation of Women Reservation Bill, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the immediate implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill 2023 which was passed in September 2023 in a special session of Parliament and mandated a 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and all state Assemblies, including […]
SC may consider pleas challenging validity of law to appoint CEC, ECs, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it may take up the pleas challenging constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Act, 2023, through which the Chief Justice of India was removed from the selection panel appointing election commissioners, on February 4. The batch of petitions were mentioned by advocate Prashant Bhushan before […]
SC to consider on Thursday review pleas filed against same-sex marriage ruling, ET LegalWorld
A 5-judge Bench of the Supreme Court is set to consider on Thursday the batch of review pleas filed against its October 2023 verdict refusing to grant any legal recognition to same-sex and queer couples. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, […]
CJI Khanna recuses himself from hearing pleas related to IOA, AIFF constitutions, ET LegalWorld
Chief Justice of India Sanjv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing two separate pleas pertaining to finalisation of the constitutions of the Indian Olympic Association and the All India Football Federation, both framed by former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao. At the outset of the proceedings, the Chief Justice of India (CJI), […]
SC junks pleas challenging words ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ in Preamble to Constitution, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the pleas challenging the 1976 amendment to the Constitution adding terms “socialist”, “secular” and “integrity” to the Preamble. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar had on November 22 reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas filed by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, […]
Two more insolvency pleas against SpiceJet, NCLT issues notice over Sabarmati Aviation plea, ET LegalWorld
Two more insolvency petitions were filed by Sabarmati Aviation and JetAir 17 against budget carrier Spicejet at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Monday. The NCLT issued a notice to the airline over the plea by operational creditor Sabarmati Aviation while asking another complainant, JetAir 17, to file additional documents in support of its […]
SC junks review pleas filed against NEET-UG verdict, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition filed against its verdict refusing to conduct the NEET-UG 2024 exam afresh. After perusing the review petition, a bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, said that no case for review was made out and dismissed it. “There is no error apparent on the face of the record. […]
SC verdict on pleas against HC order scrapping UP madrasa law on Nov 5, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on November 5 its verdict on pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment that declared the Uttar Pradesh madrasa law as unconstitutional. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on October 22 reserved the judgement on […]