5. The Supreme Court reserved orders for April 12, challenging the Bombay High Court judgment which rejected Bhima Koregaon Violence accused Gautam Navlakha’s application for Default Bail. Earlier the High Court had rejected the petitioner’s plea on primarily two grounds, namely, 1) Period under house arrest cannot be treated as custody of police, because the police could not interrogate. 2) Since the order of transit remand was set aside itself on the grounds of illegality, everything that happened until October 1 falls out of consideration.
Bench: Justices UU Lalit & KM Joseph
Case Title: Gautam Navlakha Vs. Union of India
6. After a 10-day hearing, the Constitution bench bench reserved the judgment in challenge to constitutionality of Maharashtra SEBC Act which extends reservations in public employment and education for the Maratha Community and on the question of whether Indra Sawhney needs to be reconsidered.
Bench: Justice Hemant Gupta, Justice Nageswara Rao, Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Ravindra Bhat
Case Title: Jaishri Laxman Rao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors
7. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea’s by various sectors seeking extension of loan moratorium and other reliefs in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Court observed that complete waiver of interest cannot be granted during the loan moratorium period and that no sector specific relief(s) can be granted by the Court. On the issue of interest on interest, Court held that no borrower shall be charged compounding interest during moratorium period and that whatever amount of interest of interest has been charged, unless the same is wilful default, shall be adjusted in the next instalment.
Case Title: Small Scale Industrial Manufactures Association Vs. Union of India
Bench: Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy & MR Shah
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