SC rejects Centre’s sealed envelope in OROP case, asks ‘what can be secret here’
1 year, 9 months ago

SC rejects Centre’s sealed envelope in OROP case, asks ‘what can be secret here’

Live Mint  

The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday refused to accept a ‘sealed envelope’ from the Attorney General of India R Venkataramani while hearing the case on payments of the One Rank One Pension scheme to ex-service personnel in India. 'This is fundamentally contrary to basic process of fair justice", the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala. The Attorney General insisted that the CJI accept the sealed covers, howveer the latter refused to do so. We want to put an end to the sealed cover business being followed by Supreme Court since High Courts also follow it," Bar and Bench quoted the CJI.

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The real bite of SC’s MediaOne ruling
1 year, 9 months ago

The real bite of SC’s MediaOne ruling

Hindustan Times  

In late 2021, a Malayalam TV channel called MediaOne had its security clearance denied by the Union government. The Supreme Court invalidated the government’s ban on MediaOne for failing to respect the channel’s due process rights One striking feature of this case was that during the hearings, the government refused to provide the justification for banning MediaOne, on the basis …

Sealed Cover Procedure Contrary to Basic Principle of Fair Process in Court of Law: SC
1 year, 9 months ago

Sealed Cover Procedure Contrary to Basic Principle of Fair Process in Court of Law: SC

News 18  

The sealed cover procedure is fundamentally contrary to the basic principle of “fair process” in a court of law and there should be an end to it, the Supreme Court on Monday said while refusing to accept the Centre’s sealed cover note on payment of One Rank-One Pension arrears to ex-service personnel. “We want to put an end to this …

'Averse To Sealed Covers': Supreme Court Agrees To Examine Validity Of 'Sealed Cover' Procedure
2 years, 9 months ago

'Averse To Sealed Covers': Supreme Court Agrees To Examine Validity Of 'Sealed Cover' Procedure

Live Law  

In the MediaOne channel ban case, the Supreme Court has expressed its intention to examine the issue relating to the validity of relying on "sealed covers" to adjudicate issues.The Court was referring to the practice of one party of the litigation - mostly the Government side - submitting documents before the bench in 'sealed covers' without sharing the copies to …

No Material in Sealed Cover, Says HC; Bats For Press Freedom to Ensure 'Transparent Decision-making'
4 years, 3 months ago

No Material in Sealed Cover, Says HC; Bats For Press Freedom to Ensure 'Transparent Decision-making'

News 18  

Mumbai: The press exists for a reason and it has a purpose which is serves, the Bombay High Court recently said while hearing a bunch of petitions on financial irregularities committed by an agent on the National Stock Exchange. The observation, made by a single bench of Bombay HC presided over by Justice Gautam Patel last week, came after one …

Centre files transparency case affidavit in sealed cover
5 years ago

Centre files transparency case affidavit in sealed cover

The Hindu  

With the Supreme Court set to hear the case on continuing vacancies at the Central and State Information Commissions on December 16, the Centre has filed its progress report in a sealed cover. The advocate for the Department of Personnel and Training — which is the nodal Central Ministry for RTI — submitted its status report and compliance report on …

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