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Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

  1. Civil Court cannot interfere in matters in
    which powers have been granted to the NCLT –
    The Supreme Court
    reaffirmed the jurisdiction of the NCLT in the matters for which powers have
    been granted to it. The case raised the question as to a dispute of title to
    shares should be decided by a civil court or the erstwhile Company Law Board.
    It was argued that the Companies Act, 2013 provides specifically for the issue
    of rectification of title of shares. The Court held that such a provision has
    in effect completely barred the jurisdiction of the civil court and an only be
    decided by the NCLT. While the case arose before the enactment of the 2013 Act,
    it would still be a better remedy according to the decision. [Shashi Prakash
    Khemka v NEPC Micon
    , Civil Appeal Nos. 1965-1966 of 2014, date of judgment:
    08.01.2019]
  1. Ayodhya matter to be now heard on January 29
    –

    The Supreme Court has now postponed the Ayodhya hearing to the end of the
    month, January 29, amidst the recusal of Justice U.U. Lalit. The bench had
    recently been constituted by the Court pointed out by Sr. Advocate Rajeev
    Dhawan that the justice had appeared for former UP CM Kalyan Singh in a
    contempt case relating to Babri Masjid. When the fact was brought to their
    notice, the judges discussed the issue immediately and Justice Lalit informed
    the bench that he felt it would not be appropriate for him to hear the matter.
    [M. Siddiq v Mahant Suresh Das, Civil Appeal No. 10866/10867 of 2010,
    date of order: 10.01.2019]
  1. Monsanto’s claim on Bt Cotton might be
    restored-

    The Supreme Court set aside a division bench order of the Delhi High Court,
    which had held that patents of the US based seed giant, Monsanto over its
    genetically modified Bt cotton seeds, would not be applicable in India. An
    interim injunction granted earlier preventing Nuziveedu Seeds from selling the
    seeds has also been revived by the Court, by the single judge hearing the case.
    The court further criticised the manner in which the division bench had heard
    the issue, failing to comply with the provisions of the Patents Act and the
    Code of Civil Procedure. [Monsanto Technology LLC v Nuziveedu Seeds,
    Civil Appeals Nos. 4616 – 4617 of 2018, date of judgment: 08.01.2019]
  1. Stay against NGT order allowing reopening of
    Sterlite Plant denied –
    The Supreme Court denied the grant of stay
    the National Green Tribunal’s order setting aside the Tamil Nadu Government’s
    order ordering the shutting of the Sterlite copper plant. The NGT had though
    only allowed access to the administrative portion of the plant and the District
    Magistrate would have to ensure that the operational side of the plant would
    not be accessed. The plant’s waste management practices or according to the
    State PCB, lack thereof, had hurt the local environment and degraded the
    quality of surrounding groundwater.[State of Tamil Nadu v Vedanta Limited,
    Civil Appeal No(s). 23/2019, date of order: 08.01.2018]
  • FIR against CBI Special Director Rakesh
    Asthana will not be quashed –
    The Delhi High Court has refused to
    quash the FIR against CBI special Director, Rakesh Asthana and Devender Kumar,
    CBI Deputy Special Director in a corruption case. The case alleges that the duo
    had taken a 3 Cr. bribe to botch an investigation against the meat exporter
    Moin Qureshi. Asthana had argued that the FIR had not been placed before the
    magistrate within the mandated 24 hrs but after 52 hrs of registration and the
    new amendment to the Act requires prior sanction before investigation of
    offences as well and the same was not taken. The Court said that sanction was
    not required in the instant case. Further there were no specific allegations
    against Asthana and so he couldn’t be prosecuted. The CBI has been directed to
    complete the investigation within ten weeks. The interim protection given to
    Asthana and Kumar from arrest was also vacated. [Devender Kumar v CBI,
    Writ Petition (Criminal) 3247 of 2018, date of order: 11.01.2019]
  • Missionary activities not prohibited under
    Article 25 –
    The Delhi High Court had reiterated that Missionary
    activities are not prohibited under Article 25 of the Constitution and that the
    right is not limited to citizens but all persons residing in India. The Court
    looking into the cancellation of a Doctor’ OCI card on the grounds that he had
    not revealed the real purpose of his visit. According to the state the doctor
    was carrying out missionary activities which, apparently, were causing law and
    order problems. The Court found that no evidence had been provided by the
    authorities to show that his conversion activities had led to any law and order
    problems. Further, the Court reminded that India was a secular country and all
    persons residing in it had the right to practice their faith, even if it was
    while rendering medical services. [Dr. Christo Thomas Philip v Union of
    India
    , Writ Petition (Civil) Bo. 1775 of 2018, date of judgment:
    08.01.2019]
  • Vijay Mallya declared economic offender- After
    being ordered to be extradited from the United Kingdom, the Enforcement
    Directorate’s plea to declare Vijay Mallya a Fugitive Economic Offender under
    the FEO Act has been partly granted by a special PMLA Court in Mumbai. The
    liquor baron owes more than ₹9000 Cr to different banks. The court is yet to
    announce whether his property can be confiscated or not. The judges had asked
    the court to stay its order for four weeks so that they could obtain the full
    copy of the order and move the high court. But the judge declined the request
    citing that there was no provision in the FEO to allow a court to stay its own
    order.

Other
developments:

  1. Justice
    Bedi files report in Gujarat encounters
    – Justice H.S. Bedi
    (retd) of the Supreme Court has filed his report regarding the 17 encounters
    between 2002 and 2007 in Gujarat. According to the report, evidence of foul
    play exists in 3 of the 17 cases and has recommended prosecution against nine
    officers involved in the encounters of Kasam Jafar, Haji Haji Ismail and Sameer
    Khan. The report had been filed earlier in February, but by a recent order, it
    has been made public.

IPA Service)

Prepared by Amritananda Chakravorty (amritananda.c@gmail.com)
and Mihir Samson (
mihirsamson@gmail.com),
Delhi based practicing Advocates.

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