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hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by husband seeking production of his wife.
Police informs there was a marital dispute and husband tore off his wife's clothes in a mall.
Justice Siddharth Mridul: Oh! That was an expression expression of love, was it?
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hearing a PIL seeking declaration that
@PMCaresFund
is a state.
ASG: My lords there are more important matters before you which involve Rs 1.5 lakh crore, priority should be given to those.
Sr Adv Shyam Divan: I believe PM Cares fund involves more than that.
Hundreds of samples from one house, sample collectors are data entry operators in Rajasthan. How over a lakh tests were forged during Kumbh
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Man approaches
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challenging fine imposed upon him by his society for putting 50 flower pots outside his house.
Chief Justice: 50 pots? Itne pots koi rakhta h kya? Kitchen aur sofa bhi bahar hi rakh lo na...
Lawyer asks for a short date.
Justice Anup J Bhambhani: Short date is like world peace, we all want it.
Jusitice Siddharth Mridul: You can ask for world peace as long as it is a beauty pageant.
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Apparently chief justice's farewell is more important than ensuring oxygen supplies to hospitals. This is our dear Supreme Court for you..
Delhi High Court hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by ant aunt (maasi) seeking presence of her niece.
Woman: I want to take her to Bihar.
J Mridul (in lighter vein): We can tell you this, nobody goes to Bihar to their solve problems.
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Judge asks an advocate for his chamber number.
Lawyer: K 286 sir.
Judge: K for Ku Klux Klan?
Lawyer: No sir, K for Kanpur.
Judge: (Laughs), Okay.
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Suppose there is rule about locking your door. The logic that the learned single judge has used is that because there is a chance that a thief may enter your house through the window or the roof therefore that rule to lock the door is arbitrary: SG Tushar Mehta before
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Counsel appears virtually with patchy network but artificial ocean and palm trees in background.
J Najmi Waziri: Madam aapki aawaz nhi aa rahi hai, lagta hai kaafi dur baithi hain aap. Aap Adalat m kya kar rahi hain? Enjoy yourself.
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hearing a case related to dishonourment of cheque.
ACJ Vipin Sanghi: What is this? Neither you nor the defendants live in Delhi. Tomorrow you will deposit it in Timbuktu, will it give Timbuktu court jurisdiction?
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hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a husband.
Bench notes that while wife is present in court, husband is appearing virtually.
J Mridul: She is here you are there. You are keeping your wife waiting. Not a very gentlemanly thing to do.
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hearing an Odisha based TV channel's plea against denial of security clearance.
UOI Counsel: Sir, we have placed our report in a sealed cover.
J Yashwant Varma: These are not sealed covers, they are called "envelops of prejudice".
#Kashmiris
along with the Khalsa workers who were distributing food packets to Kashmiri students living in
#Dehradun
were heckled by some locals near ISBT. The students alleged that some locals even said that they were carrying guns in the food packets.
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hearing a batch of PILs against keeping chickens in battery cages.
Counsel informs that he will taken an hour to complete arguments.
J Siddharth Mridul: Lawyers always say they will take an hour but go on for the entire day. This is Indian 'Stretchable' Time.
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hearing petitions related to Indiabulls.
Kapil Sibal says despite Bombay HC stay, ED has been calling its employees.
J Mridul: Who is the employee?
IO: There is one by the name of Rajiv Gandhi.
J Mridul: Ohh! No wonder Mr Sibal is feeling so touchy.
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hearing a habeas corpus petition.
J Siddharth Mridul express displeasure over Delhi Police not filing a fresh status report.
IO: Sorry sir, I was not well.
J Mridul: Poora system hi bimaar ho gya hai, kya karein?
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hearing NSCN (IM) member's case for release from jail.
Lawyer asks if he is audible, his voice echoes.
Justice Siddharth Mridul: Yes yes Mr advocate. You are as loud and clear as Moses heading down Mount Sinai with tablets of the covenant in his hands.
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Counsel asks court to list his matter after vacation, on a particular date and at the top of the board.
J Yashwant: Oh! You have given us three options, we will go with the first one.
Order: List in July.
Lawyer seeks early hearing for anticipatory bail of an Army official accused of rape.
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CJ says FIR was registered on September 7 and you have come before us now. "It means you were absoconding... No urgency".
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PP says his submission is that the accused should be dealt with as per the law laid down by the SC guidelines.
Judge: Are you opposing or not?
Judge records: The PP says he is neither opposing nor supporting and that it should be dealt with as per the law, rules and guidelines
The High Court was hearing a PIL seeking removal of objectionable content on
@AtheistRepublic
Judges asked if
#DonaldTrump
's account can be suspended then why no action is being taken against this handle.
After playing host to Ranji Trophy and Under-19 girls tournament, Uttarakhand is likely to host matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as one-day Ranji Trophy. The tournament is scheduled to start from 24th September.
Lawyer asks for his name to be reflected correctly in the order.
CJ DN Patel: Yes yes sir. Somebody might have said what is in the name but everything is in the name. Passport p galti kar k dekho na. Wo Shakespeare waala vakya (sentence) hume nahi chahiye hume.
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Activist Ajay Gautam says there was international funding behind the CAA/NRC protests and the protesters were using "Palestine model".
Justice Mridul: I was not aware there is a Palestine model of protest. I hope Delhi Police is aware of such model.
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During arguments, Sr Adv Shyam Divan referred to a scandal in 1980s when Maha CM AR Antulay formed a bunch of trusts coerced businessmen to donate to those in exchange for allocation of cement and other essential commodities.
One of the trusts was named after Indira Gandhi.
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to hear PIL highlighting that hundreds of families displaced due to Tehri Hydroelectric project are yet to be rehabilitated. The PIL also alleges that despite years after the project was operationalised, it is yet to function at its peak capacity.
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Who wrote the aarti of the revered shrine of Badrinath. The puzzling question has deepened after the Uttarakhand government's recent announcement. My colleague
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reports:
In delivering a split verdict on
#maritalrape
, the
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judges have largely stuck to their observations during arguments.
J Hari Shankar had expressed a prima facie view that it will lead to creation of a new offence.
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Court asks the girl connected from SHO's office for her age but she can't hear.
Bench: Lagta hai hamari umar beet jaaegi umar puchhte puchhte.
Justice Siddharth Mridul
umr-e-daraz maang ke laae thi char din; do aarzu me kat gae, do intezar me
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Hi Rishi. It seems unlikely that the Bhowali road will become operational today. You need to get in touch with local police or revenue officials to get help if the ration is running out. You can contact Bhowali SHO on these numbers: 9411112990, 05942-220023
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dealing with a petition challenging denial of information under RTI related to Supreme Court proximity card.
Bench: Either you withdraw or there will be a return gift from us to you.
Petition withdrawn.
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