October 2015

1 Supreme Court of India
Dayanidhi Maran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent Of Police, CBI – SLP (Crl) No. 6582-6583 of 2015[Appeal against cancellation of bail by Madras High Court]
1 Supreme Court of India
Somanth Bharti v. State (Govt of NCT of Delhi) – SLP (crl) No. 8183 of 2015
(Bail application of ex-Delhi Law Minister in a domestic violence case)
1 Delhi High Court
5 Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 301] Cricket Association Of Bihar v. The Board Of Control For Cricket In India & Anr. – I.A. 4/2015, I.A. 5/2015 & I.A. 6/2015 In  Civil Appeal No. 1155 of 2015[Applications seeking clarification of SC’s judgment on the issue of conflict of interest of N Srinivasan]
5 Supreme Court of India
Chief Court – Item 301 – 309
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union Of India & Ors – Applications in WP (C) No. 202 of 1995 etc.
(PIL relating to wood based industries and national parks/wildlife sanctuaries/exemptions from the payment of the NPV etc.)
6 Supreme Court of India[Court 6 – Item 301] Writ Petition (C) No. 494 of 2012 – Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) & Anr v. Union of India & Ors.
[Application for modification of SC’s interim order of 11 Aug 2015 in the Aadhar Card challenge matter]
 6  Supreme Court of India[Chief Court – Item 88-90] Indian Airlines Corp. v. Airport Authority Of India & Ors – Civil Appeal No. 4282-4284 of 2010 etc
[Appeal against Gujarat HC’s order for higher compensation to the victims of Indian Airlines Flight 113 crash etc]
6 Supreme Court of India Writ Petition (C) No. 382 of 2014 – Centre for PIL v. Union of India & Ors.
(Challenge to 4G spectrum auction)
6 Supreme Court of India Common Cause v. UOI & Ors. – Writ Petition (C) No. 114 of 2014
(Writ against Illegal Mining in the State of Odisha)
6 Supreme Court of India Advait Foundation v. UOI & Ors. – Writ Petition (C) No. 123 of 2012
PIL against adoption by foreigners
7⚡️ Supreme Court of India[Court 6 – Item 301] Writ Petition (C) No. 494 of 2012 – Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) & Anr v. Union of India & Ors.
[Application for modification of SC’s interim order of 11 Aug 2015 in the Aadhaar Card challenge matter]
7  Supreme Court of India Indian Airlines Corp. v. Airport Authority Of India & Ors – Civil Appeal No. 4282-4284 of 2010 etc
[Appeal against Gujarat HC’s order for higher compensation to the victims of Indian Airlines Flight 113 crash etc]
7⚡️  Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 105] Parivartan & Ors. v. Union Of India & Ors. – Writ Petition (C) No. 93 of 2004
(Petition seeking protection of whistle blowers)
7 Supreme Court of India[Chief Court – Item 301] Common Cause v. UOI & Ors. – Writ Petition (C) No. 114 of 2014
(PIL against Illegal Mining in the State of Odisha)
7⚡️  Supreme Court of India[Court 6 – Item 1] Rajbala & Ors v. State of Haryana & Ors. – WP (C) No.  of 2015[PIL challenging educational bar for panchayat elections in Haryana]
7  Supreme Court of India[Court 6 – Item 3] Virender Kumar Ohri v. UOI & Ors – WP (C) No. 341 of 2004 (PIL)[Speedy trial of criminal cases against politicians]
7 Delhi High Court Ajay Makan v. Union of India – Writ Petition (C) No. 6702 of 2015
(Petition against advertisements by Delhi Aam Aadmi Party Government using public funds)
8 Supreme Court of India
Justice Markandey Katju’s challenge to his condemnation by the Parliament
Writ Petition (C) No. 504 of 2015 – Justice (Retd.) Markandey Katju v. The Lok Sabha & Anr.[Petition challenging resolutions against Katju for his anti-Gandhi remarks]
9 Supreme Court of India[Chief Court – Item 57] Writ Petition No. 417 of 2015 – Digvijaya Singh v. State of MP (+ 4 other matters)
(VYAPAM Scam)
9 Supreme Court of India[Court 9 – Item 302] Nandini Sundar & Ors. v. State of Chattisgarh etc. – IAs in Writ Petition (Crl) No. 250 of 2007
(Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh)
9 Supreme Court of India[Chief Court – Item 54] Consortium Of Indian Farmers Associations v. Union Of India And Anr. – WP (C) No. 718 of 2015[PIL]
9 Supreme Court of India[Chief Court – Item 54] S. Ganapathy v. Union of India & Ors. – WP (C) No. 722 of 2015[PIL against parliamentary and state legislature disruptions]
9 Supreme Court of India[Court 9 – Item 307] In Re: Indian Express Newspaper Report Dated 10.04.2013 Titled Women Cops Put Minor Rape Victim In Lock-up – Writ Petition (Crl) No. 203 of 2013
9 Supreme Court of India[Court 9 – Item 304] Writ Petition (C) No. 473 of 2005 – Sampurna Behrua v. UOI & Ors.
(Implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000) [Social Justice Bench]
9 Supreme Court of India[Court 9 – Item 306] Writ Petition (C) No. 75 of 2012 – Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union Of India & Ors.[Missing children case]
9 Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 301] SLP (C) No. 11295 of 2011 Sri Marthanda Varma (D) Th. Lr. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
Sree Padmanabha Temple, Trivandrum matter
12 Supreme Court of India[Court 11 – Item 8] Mahendra Singh Dhoni v. Jayakumar Hiremath – SLP (Crl) No. 7403 of 2015[Appeal against Karnataka HC order refusing quashing of proceedings against him in relation to his picture merged with Hindu god on the cover of Business Today]
12 Supreme Court of India[Court 11 – Item 71]  SLP (Crl) No. 6117 – 6120 of 2015 – St. of Karnataka v. Jayalalitha & Ors.
[Appeal agauinst Jayalalitha’s conviction]
12 Supreme Court of India[Court 3- Item 8]
Teesta Atul Setalvad & Anr v. State of Gujarat – Crl Appeal No. 338 of 2015
12 Supreme Court of India[Court 13 – Item 5]
SLP (Crl) No. 66 of 2015 – Tarun Tejpal v. State of Goa
(Challenge to Order dated 23 Dec 2014 of the ASJ, Mapusa, Goa in Sessions Case No. 10 of 2014)
12 Supreme Court of India[Court 8 – Item 48] Anindita Pujari v. Supreme Court Of India Thr. The Secretary General And Anr- WP (C) No. 509 of 2015[Issues concerning Crèche at the Supreme Court]
12 Supreme Court of India[Court 6 – Item 10] Harsh Mander v. UOI & Ors. – Writ Petitin (Crl) No. 158 of 2015
(PIL for fair trial and in the 2008 Malegaon blasts)
12 Bombay High Court Maharashtra Beef Ban matter
Writ Petition (L) No. 777 of 2015 – Arif Usman Kapadia v. State of Maharashtra
12 Bombay High Court The Bombay Mutton Dealer Association And Anr v. State of Maharashtra and two Ors – Writ Petition No. 2662 of 2015
[Validity of meat ban in Mumbai during Jain festivals]
13  Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 106] Parivartan & Ors. v. Union Of India & Ors. – Writ Petition (C) No. 93 of 2004
(Petition seeking protection of whistle blowers)
13  Supreme Court of India[Court 3 – Item 301] Prajwala v.. Union of India & Ors – WP (C) No. 56 of 2004[PIL seeking directions that girls and women arrested under the Immoral Trafficking Act be treated as victims and not as accused + their rehabilitation]
14 Supreme Court of India[Chief Court – Item 301] Writ Petition (C) No. 494 of 2012 – Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd) & Anr v. Union of India & Ors.
[Application for modification of SC’s interim order of 11 Aug 2015 in the Aadhar Card challenge matter]
16  Supreme Court of India[Court 3 – Item 301] Arjun Gopal v. UOI & Ors – WP (C) NO. 728 of 2015
[PIL by three infants for a no-cracker Diwali in pollution hit Delhi]
16  Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 39] Writ Petition (C) No. 454 of 2015 – Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India through Secretary General & Ors.
(Challenge to procedure of Senior Advocate designation)
16  Supreme Court of India[Court  – Item 47] Karma Dorjee & Ors v. UOI & Ors. – WP (C) No. 103 of 2014[PIL for an SIT to investigate racial attack on people from north-east India]
16  Supreme Court of India[Court  – Item 301] National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour v. Union of India & Ors. – Writ Petition (C) NO. 318 of 2006 –[Labour welfare]
26 Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 6] Dayanidhi Maran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent Of Police, CBI – SLP (Crl) No. 6582-6583 of 2015[Appeal against cancellation of bail by Madras High Court]
26  Supreme Court of India[Court 2 – Item 14] Ashwini K. Upadhyay v. Government of NCT of Delhi – Writ Petition (C) No. 756 of 2015 (PIL)
(PIL seeking directions to the Government of the NCT of Delhi to pass the Janlokpal and Swaraj Bills)
26  Supreme Court of India[CJI Court – Item 67] Vishal Shripati Jogdand v. Union Of India & Ors. – WP (C) No. 705-706 of 2015 [PIL] (PIL seeking directions for implementation of Environment Act and making petroleum subsidies subject to pollution control certificates)
26 Supreme Court of India[Court 5 – Item 63] Anupam Tripathi v. Union of India – WP (C) No. 599 of 2015 (PIL)
(PIL against the direction of cull stray dogs in Kerala)
26 Supreme Court of India[Court 7 – Item 71] Jas Uppal v. Union of India – WP (C) No. 233 of 2015
(Writ Petition seeking direction to the Union Government to file proceedings before the International Court of Justice requesting Pakistani Government to repatriate certain detained persons)
26 Supreme Court of India[Court 9 – Item 301] Common Cause v. Union of India & Ors. – W.P. (C) No. 463 of 2012
(Coal block allocation case)
27 Supreme Court of India[Court 11 – Item 10]
Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. ML Sharma & Ors [Writ Petition (Civil) No. 138 of 2015]
Petition seeking restriction of entry of advocates ML Sharma and AK Singh for their statements in relation to Delhi Gang rape.
27  Supreme Court of India[CJI Court – Item 114]
27 Supreme Court of India[Court 8 – Item 1]
28 Supreme Court of India
‘Black Money’ case
Writ Petition (C) No. 176 of 2009 – Ram Jethmalani & Ors. v. UOI & Ors.
28 Supreme Court of India
Writ Petition (C) No. 270 of 2004 – KG Dhananjay Chauhan v. Union of India & Ors.[Inquiry into Kargil – ‘Operation Vijay’ irregularities based on CAG report]
28 Delhi High Court
Santosh Kumar Sharma v. Bar Council of India & Ors. – Writ Petition (Civil) N0. 1056 of 2015
30 Supreme Court of India
Writ Petition (C) No. 225 OF 2015 – KD Khera v. Union of India
(Challenge to appointment of outsiders as PSU bank heads]
30 Supreme Court of India
Bondana Purushottam Yadav v. Union of India & Ors. – Writ Petition (Civil) No. 489 of 2015 [PIL] [Challenge to Constitution Order 1954 in relation to Jammu & Kashmir]
30 Supreme Court of India
Writ Petition (C) No. 55 of 2003 – ER Kumar & Anr. v UOI & Ors.
(Night shelter for homeless) [Social Justice Bench]
30 Supreme Court of India
Writ Petition (C) No. 534 of 2006 – All-India Kashmiri Samaj & Ors. v. UOI & Ors.
(Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pundits)
30 Supreme Court of India
Re: Exploitation Of Children In Orphanages In The State Of Tamil Nadu v. UOI & Ors. – Writ Petition (Crl) No. 102 of 2007
30 Supreme Court of India
Writ Petition (C) No. 225 OF 2015 – KD Khera v. Union of India
(Challenge to appointment of outsiders as PSU bank heads]
30 Supreme Court of India
W.P. (C) 131 of 2013 – Narendra Gupta vs. Union of India and Ors.
(Illegal removal of uterus in Rajasthan, CG and Bihar)