Supreme Court Weekly Round Up - Vacation Bench [June 6-11, 2022]

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up - Vacation Bench [June 6-11, 2022]
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By -  Aishwarya Iyer |
13 Jun 2022 12:13 PM IST
  1. [Places of Worship Act, 1991] Jamait Ulama-I-Hind has filed an impleadment application before the Supreme Court with regard to the Writ Petition filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay under Article 32 of the Constitution of India challenging the constitutional validity the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 submitting that the petition seeks to indirectly target places of worship which are presently of Muslim character.
    Case Title: Ashwini Upadhyay vs. Union of India and Ors.
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  2. [PIL in SC] Another Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court has challenged the provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The plea states that a mosque constructed on a temple land cannot be a mosque. "Retrospective cutoff-date was fixed 15th August 1947 (of the Act) to legalize the illegal acts of barbaric invaders. Though, Hindu Law was 'Law in force' at the commencement of the Constitution”,
    the PIL adds.
    Case Title: Anil Kabotra vs. Union of India & Ors.
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  3. [Mining Activity] Supreme Court has requested the Orissa High Court to decide and dispose of all such pending matters where the order of status quo is continued since long and the mining activities have been continued under the order of status quo without Forest Clearance, within a period of six months without fail.
    Bench: Justice MR Shah and Justice Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: M/S BALASORE ALLOYS LTD. vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA & ORS.
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  4. [NEET PG Admission] The Supreme Court has slammed Medical Consulting Committee for not filling up the remaining 1456 vacant seats in medical colleges in 2021-22 session. This transpired in a plea seeking direction to conduct a special stray round in National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Post-Graduate) counseling for the vacant seats.
    Bench: Justice MR Shah and Justice Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Dr. Atharv Tungatkar vs. The Medical Consulting Committee & Ors.
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  5. [Plea in SC] A plea in the Supreme Court has been filed seeking rupees 510 Crores compensation against a waqf property acquired by the Uttar Pradesh Government. The 80 years old petitioner submits that he is the legal heir of the waqf property. The plea challenges the Allahabad High Court order wherein the court had refused to allow his claim allegedly due under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013.
    Case Title: Alim Akhtar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors
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  6. [Bail on medical grounds] Supreme Court, while considering the plea of the Managing Director of Amrapali group on medical grounds, remarked that it has become a fashion to go to jail, fall sick, and then enjoy at the hospital. Sharma is accused of being the kingpin of the fraud in the diversion of funds obtained from home buyers, money Laundering, and Violation of FEMA guidelines while being the MD of Amrapali group.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Anil Kumar Sharma vs. Union of India
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  7. [Anekal town councillors disqualification] Supreme Court issued notice in the plea filed by councillors of Anekal town council challenging their disqualification by the State election commission for not sharing details of election expenditure. The Karnataka High Court had dismissed the plea on the ground that the councillors were bound to submit the list of election expenses before the SEC within 30 days from the date of declaration of the election.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: K. Srinivas vs. Karnataka State Election Commission
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  8. [Custody battle] Supreme Court granted the custody of a five years old Covid-19 orphan to the paternal grandparents choosing them over the maternal aunt. “In our society. still the paternal grandparents would always take better care of their grandson. It is said that grandparents love the interest rather than the principle”,
    remarked the top court.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Swaminathan Kunchu Acharya vs. State of Gujarat
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  9. [NEET-PG] Top Court while dealing with a plea seeking directions to conduct special stray counselling round for vacant Post Graduate seats pertaining to academic year 2020-2021, remarked that merely because Post Graduate medical seats are lying vacant in medical colleges, the court cannot compromise on education and order a fresh round of counselling.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Astha Goel vs. Medical Counselling Committee
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  10. [All India Chess Federation, Secretary] Supreme Court has allowed Bharat Singh Chauhan to continue functioning as Secretary of the All India Chess Federation considering the upcoming 44th World Chess Olympiad. It was argued that according to the National Sports development code, no one can hold the position of secretary for more than a tenure of 2 terms.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Bharat Singh Chauhan Vs. Ravindra Dongre & Ors.
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  11. [‘Attack’ Pandi] Supreme Court refused to grant bail to ‘Attack’ Pandi, a former aide of DMK leader MK Azhagiri. Pandi has been accused of leading a mob which hurled petrol bombs at a newspaper office, killing three employees. In 2019 sentenced Pandi and eight others to life imprisonment for murder — three counts for each of the three dead victims — under Section 302 of the IPC.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: ‘Attack’ Pandi vs. State of Tamil Nadu
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  12. [Foreign Travel] Supreme Court dismissed a plea by Kuldeep Bishnoi, a Congress MLA from Haryana, seeking release of his passport to travel abroad for medical treatment. Bishnoi and his son Bhavya have been accused of offences under the Black Money Act. Bishnoi sought release of his passports, claiming that he needs to travel to the USA for necessary treatment of thyroid cancer at USA, and to attend the commencement ceremony of graduation of his only daughter in the USA.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Kuldeep Bishnoi vs. Deputy Director Income Tax Investigation
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  13. [BSP MLA Disqualification] A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking an interim order to keep the votes cast at the Rajya Sabha Election by 6 Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan in sealed cover. The plea also assails the order of the Rajasthan High Court refusing to stay the declaration of Rajya Sabha Election results till the disposal of a PIL pertaining to the disqualification of the six MLAs in the state.
    Case Title: Hemant Nahta vs. The Hon'ble Speaker Rajasthan Assembly and Ors.
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  14. [NEET-PG Plea Dismissed] Top Court dismissed the plea seeking directions to conduct a special stray counselling round for vacant Post Graduate seats pertaining to the academic year 2021. Court had reserved orders in the case. Court noted that the students cannot pray for admission for those seats which are remaining vacant after almost one year and eight to nine rounds of counselling. Court held that when a conscious decision is taken by Union of India and Medical Counselling Committee, it cannot be called arbitrary.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Astha Goel vs. Medical Counselling Committee
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  15. [DJS 2022] Supreme Court dismissed an appeal challenging the answer key released for the 2022 Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) Prelims Exam while noting that the High Court has considered all the aspects and issues in detail. The top court was hearing a plea challenging
    the Delhi High Court order     dismissing a challenge to the answer key released for the 2022 DJS prelims examination raising objection to 3 answers given in the key.
    Bench: Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose
    Case Title: Ananya Tyagi & Ors. vs. Registrar General, Delhi High Court & Ors.
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