Hearings to continue in Sabrimala case, defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: The last working day of the week is set to be a relatively lighter day at the courts. The courts will continue to hear the ban on entry of women in Sabrimala temple and that on combination drugs.

add_main_imageThe courts will also hear the civil defamation case brought against Kejriwal for statements made by him against finance minister Arun Jaitley in relation to his role as president of the Delhi Districts Cricket Association (DDCA).

Ban on entry of women in Sabarimala temple caseNextMAds

The Supreme Court will hear the case regarding ban on entry of women in Sabarimala temple. The court has questioned the rationale for keeping women from entering the temple in light of constitutional principles. )The case came to the court through a petition from a not-for-profit outfit Indian Young Lawyer’s Association, seeking entry of women.

Patiala House court violence

Two separate pleas—one seeking safe, accessible and non-violent court proceedings and another seeking a special investigation team probe and contempt against lawyers who allegedly attacked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and journalists—will be heard by the Supreme Court on Friday. In the sedition cases that captured the country’s imagination earlier this year, JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and fellow students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya have been granted bail. Read more

Drug ban case

The Delhi high court will continue hearing the government defend its ban on 344 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs. Major pharma companies have moved the court against the ban and have been granted temporary exemption by court. The court has already granted an interim stay on certain drugs and arguments by the government have begun. On Monday, the government told the court that the drugs were banned as pharma companies were selling absurd combinations of drugs in the market and that proper licences had not been obtained by them. Read more

Arun Jaitley’s defamation case against Kejriwal sixthMAds

The court will hear the case of defamation brought by finance minister Arun Jaitley against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others in relation to statements made by them against Jaitley in the DDCA row. Kejriwal had told the court that the allegations made by him were based on facts and made in public interest to eradicate corruption from sports. Read more