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Centre Notifies Transfer Of Madhya Pradesh HC Judge Justice Sujoy Paul To Telangana High Court
The Central government has notified the transfer of Justice Sujoy Paul, Judge High Court of Madhya Pradesh to the Telangana High Court."In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Sujoy Paul, Judge, High Court of Madhya Pradesh, as Judge of Telangana High Court and to direct him to assume charge his office in the Telangana High Court" the...
Centre Notifies Transfer Of Calcutta HC Judge Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya To Telangana High Court
The Central Government has today, notified the transfer of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya of Calcutta High Court to Telangana High Court."In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Smt. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya, Judge, High Court of Calcutta, as a Judge of Telangana High Court and to direct her to assume charge of her office in the Telangana High...
Centre Notifies Transfer of Kerala HC Judge Justice Anu Sivaraman To Karnataka High Court
The Central Government today notified the transfer of Kerala High Court Judge, Justice Anu Sivaraman to Karnataka High Court as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium. "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Smt. Justice Anu Sivaraman, Judge, High Court of Kerala, as a Judge of Karnataka High Court and to direct her to assume charge of...
Kerala High Court Issues Standard Operating Procedure For Attending Proceedings Through Video Conferencing
The Kerala High Court issued guidelines for attending court proceedings through Video Conferencing (VC) called Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). This shall be in addition to the existing Electronic Video Linkage Rules for Courts (Kerala) 2021.General Guidelines:VC links are provided on the official website of the High Court on the page showing the Cause list after the column, 'VC Request'. The guidelines for participating through VC is provided in the E-Courts website.When accessing VC links,...
Clean Court Premises Give Good Impression To Litigant Public, Common Areas & Corridors Should Be Free From Encroachment: Calcutta High Court CJ TS Sivagnanam
On Monday, Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam along with Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, Bivas Pattanayak and Law Minister of West Bengal, Moloy Ghatak virtually inaugurated the Civil Judge (Senior Division) 2nd Court at Uluberia, Howrah.Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Chief Justice emphasised the rich history of the Uluberia subdivision and reminded colleagues in the district judiciary of the importance of keeping court complexes clean. He said:"The Uluberia...
Bombay High Court : Questions On Concession By Party Before Maha RERA, Correct Approach Is To First File Review Before RERA Than Appeal To Maha REAT.
The Bombay High Court bench, comprising of Justice Sandeep V. Marne, has held that it is improper for a homebuyer to appeal before the Appellant Tribunal (MahaREAT) claiming that a concession recorded by the Authority (MahaRERA) was erroneous, without first filing an application before MahaRERA to review the order. Background Facts The Appellant (Builder) is the promoter of...
Maha REAT: Builder Firm Can't Argue That Partner Who Received Money From Home Buyer Retired, Firm Is Liable
Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) bench, comprising of Justice Shri Shriram R. Jagtap (Judicial Member) and Dr. K. Shivaji (Technical Member), has held the construction firm liable for the misapplication of consideration money by the erstwhile partner. The consideration money of Rs. 22 lakh was paid by the homebuyers to the erstwhile partner of the construction firm...
Uniform Code For Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices, 2024, Puts Bar On Gifts To Doctors, Refrains Usage Of "Safe" And "New"
In a recent development, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers notified (on March 12) the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP). This uniform code aims to establish ethical marketing practices for pharmaceutical companies. Right at the outset, the code outlines that no pharmaceutical company or its agent should provide a gift for the personal benefit of...
Booking Commercial Space For Self-Employment Business Deemed As Commercial Purpose : National Consumer Commission
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, presided by Justice Ram Surat Maurya (presiding member) and Bharatkumar Pandya(member), in a complaint against MVL Holding Ltd ruled that commercial space booked for doing business by way of self-employment comes under the definition of commercial purpose. The complaint was dismissed on the aforementioned ground. Contentions of...
TNREAT : If The Sale Agreement Stipulates Interest On Corpus Fund, Promoter Must Pay It, Whether They Earned Any Interest Or Not .
The Tamil Nadu Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) bench, comprising of Justice M. Duraiswamy (Chairperson) and R. Padmanabhan (Judicial Member), has held that if the sale agreement stipulates that the promoter will earn interest on the corpus fund, then the promoter is liable to pay interest on the corpus fund, regardless of whether they actually earned any interest from it.In real...
Liquor Policy: Delhi Court Refuses To Stay Summons Issued To CM Arvind Kejriwal By Magisterial Court
A Delhi Court on Friday refused to stay two orders of a magisterial court summoning Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the complaints moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging non compliance of the summons issued to him by the agency in the alleged liquor policy scam.Special CBI Judge Rakesh Syal of Rouse Avenue Courts rejected the interim stay request of Kejriwal in his...
Self-Financing Non -profit Housing Scheme Can't Be Held Liable To Pay Compensation For Delay : NCDRC
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, presided by Justice Ram Surat Maurya (presiding member) and Bharatkumar Pandya(member), in a petition against Uttar Pradesh Awas Evam Vikas Parishad, held that Statutory authorities in a self financing scheme cannot be burdened to pay compensation for delay in the handing over of the possession.Contentions of the ComplainantThe complainant,...