Weekly Legal Updates january Week 2

1. The Supreme Court on Monday was unimpressed with the functioning of the national carrier
Air India, which is running into losses while other private airlines are prospering, demanding to know
the reason why.
2. Jaitley lodges a suit for defamation against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claiming 10 crores
as compensation.
3. The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to relax its December 2015 order prohibiting the sale and
registration in Delhi of diesel vehicles with engine capacity of 2000cc or above, saying that for now
the ban will continue, while ordering that no commercial vehicle not bound for Delhi would enter the
capital city.
4. Fresh petitions were filed on Tuesday in the Delhi High Court challenging the Aam Aadmi Party
governments decision to only allow even and odd numbered vehicles to ply in Delhi on alternative
dates from 1 January for 15 days.
5. RIP: SH Kapadia, already legendary ex-Chief Justice of India, dies.
6. SC joins the Delhi Anti-Pollution bandwagon - Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and Supreme Court
Justice AK Sikri are carpooling. The two also finalised their travel itinerary for the next 15 days when
the odd-even scheme would be in effect in the capital. The two decided to lead by example and
carpool, despite being exempt from the policy as they hold constitutional posts. Justice Thakur has an
odd-numbered car, while Justice Sikris vehicle is even. The two live close to each other. On Monday
- the first working day in the top court after winter break - Justice Sikri picked up the CJI on his way
to court.
7. Justice RM Lodha Committee appointed by the Supreme Court of India to look into the functionality
of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) submitted its report today recommending legalisation
of betting, among other reforms. The committee recommended multiple reforms in order to regularize
the sport in India.
8. Justice Vikramjit Sen of Supreme Court of India retired on 30 December. He is known in
the legal circle for his exceptional judgments including like
Upholding the rights of an unwed mothers.
Reaffirming the right of Comptroller and Auditor General to audit telecom companies.
Broader views on homosexuality as compared to the Supreme Court's judgment in December
2013. He said that he believed that the section 377 of Indian Penal Code should be struck
down, ideally by the Parliament but the court could have used its powers to read down and
hold the draconian law as illegal as it has done previously.

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He also spoke about treating transgender people at par with others and restoring their dignity

in the society.
He termed religion as a private affair and advocated uniform civil code in the country which

would be beneficial for the women as they are marginalised by various religions.
2. The Government of India asked the Supreme Court to rule that offence of the nature of moral
turpitude by a lawyer will result in debarring of the errant lawyer in line with similar provisions in
other professional services like charted accountants, engineers and doctors.
3. Chinas Supreme Peoples Court (SPC) has launched an online service platform for lawyers on
judicial justice, rule of law and rights. Through the platform, lawyers will be able to file cases, submit
material, and follow the progress of cases or contact judges. It also provides access to digital
recordings of past cases. At present, over 21,000 law firms and 81,000 lawyers are recorded in the
database.