Court at A Glance: Atiq killing, Talaq, Hate Speech and so on Before the Jury

ATIQ KILLING: PLEA SEEKING PROBE BY INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE

— Court to hear the fresh petition filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking the constitution of an independent expert committee headed by a former apex court judge to probe the killings of gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf

The plea also sought an inquiry into the 183 encounters that have taken place in Uttar Pradesh since 2017.

WFI SEXUAL HARASSMENT ROW

— Court hear a plea seeking FIR against Ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan. Observing “allegations are serious”,SC bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud had issued notice to Delhi Police on plea filed by 7 women wrestlers , including one minor, seeking FIR against Ex-WFI ex-chief Brij Bhushan Sharan

CALCUTTA TEACHERS RECRUITMENT SCAM

— Abhishek Banerjee’s lawyer Abhishek Singhvi complained to CJI that the judge in the Calcutta HC Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay hearing the scam gave interview to a news channel and spoke about the case, even criticised Abhishek Banerjee and asked how could this be allowed. SC to take a stand regarding any action against the HC judge and if he should recuse from the hearing

PLEAS AGAINST VARIOUS FORMS OF TALAQ

— Court to hear the PILs filed by Ashwini Upadhyaya challenging constitutional validity of Talaq-e-Bain, Talaq-e-Kinaya, Talaq-e-Hasan, Talaq-e-Ahasan.

RAM NAVMI VIOLENCE CASE

— Court to hear on the plea for a direction to West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Telangana governments to assess the loss of properties and injuries suffered by people during the violence witnessed during ‘Ram Navami’ procession on March 30 and subsequently and pay them adequate compensation.

HATE SPEECH MATTER

— Court to contine hearing on the petition concerning the alleged hate speeches delivered at the various events.

PALGHAR LYNCHING

— Supreme Court to hear tomorrow the plea seeking a CBI or a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe in the incident that took place in 2020 in Palghar district in Maharashtra where two Sadhus were lynched.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

BATLA HOUSE ENCOUNTER

— Court to continue to hear appeal in Batla House encounter case, high court is hearing appeals in the matter of Death convict Ariz Khan.

TERROR ACCUSED PLEAS

— Court to continue to hear appeals of Manzar Imam and other accused persons in NIA case registered for terror activities.

GANG RAPE SURVIVOR SEEKS MTP

— Court to continue to hear plea of a victim of gang rape seeking termination of pregnancy of 25 weeks

PREETI CHANDRA BAIL PLEA

— Preeti Chandra, wife of Ex Promoter Sanjay Chandra approches Delhi HC challenging trial court order denying her bail in a money laundering bail

IN THE ROUSE AVENUE COURT

MANISH SISODIA BAIL ORDER IN LIQUOURGATE

— Court is scheduled to pass bail orders on three accused including Manish Sisodia Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra in a money laundering case connected with Excise scam