Weekly Legal Wrap: SC Dismisses Vedanta's Plea, Issues Notice In Vivek Bindra's Case & More

Supreme Court issued notice in plea moved by YouTuber Vivek Bindra's students for alleged fraud. In another case, SC issued show cause notice to Ramdev's Patanjali for contempt. Read weekly legal wrap

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda and its Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna

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From Supreme Court judgment upholding Madras High Court's verdict directing the closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Smelting unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu to Punjab and Haryana High Court' order pulling up the Haryana government for granting repeated paroles to self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim, here are key legal development in India in past week

Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Smelting Unit To Remain Shut, SC Upholds Madras HC Order

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Vedanta's petition challenging the Madras High Court's order directing the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelting unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The court found that repeated violations by Vedanta justified the closure of the unit. Read more

Sabarimala: Kerala HC Upholds Caste Bar Allowing Only Malayali Brahmin For Chief Priest Post

The Kerala High Court in a recent order dismissed the petitions challenging the condition by Travancore Devaswom Board barring non-Malayali Bhramins from being appointed as the chief priests of Sabarimala-Malikappuram temples. The petitioners challenged the notification by the Board inviting applications from Malayali Brahmins on grounds of untouchability. Read more

SC Junks Asaram Bapu's Plea For Suspension Of Sentence On Medical Grounds

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a special leave petition filed by self-styled godman and rape convict Asaram Bapu against the Rajasthan High Court order rejecting his prayer for suspension of sentence on medical grounds. Read more

HC Pulls Up Haryana Govt For 182 Days Parole In 2 Yrs To Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Stays Further Grant

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday pulled up the Haryana Government for granting parole for 91 days each in 2022 as well as 2023 to self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The high court asked the Haryana government to file an affidavit with details of how many persons having such criminal antecedents and sentenced in three cases have been granted this benefit. Read more

Why SC Sent Contempt Notice To Ramdev's Patanjali — All You Need To Know About IMA's Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda and its Managing Director Acharya Balakrishna for causing contempt over running misleading advertisements despite an undertaking to the top court. The court took a prima facie view and said that the company has violated the November 2023 order by the apex court and its own undertaking by carrying out misleading advertisements about curing diseases that fall under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954. The top court also pulled up the Centre for not taking any action against Ramdev and his company. Read more

Why Vivek Bindra's Students Moved Supreme Court Seeking ED, CBI Probe Against Him 

The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the Centre, 13 state governments, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a petition seeking a probe into alleged fraud by motivational speaker Dr Vivek Bindra and his company, Bada Business Private Limited. Read more