PIL Moved In Allahabad HC Against Administering Of Oath To Justice Yashwant Varma, Seeks Quashing Of His Transfer Order

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a directive to the Chief Justice of the High Court to refrain from administering the oath of office to Judge Yashwant Varma, who is currently facing an in-house inquiry over allegations of keeping illicit cash at his official residential premises. The PIL, filed by Vikash Chaturvedi, an...

Plastic Flowers Not Prohibited Item: Central Govt Tells Bombay High Court In Plea To Ban Plastic Flowers

In a plea seeking a ban on plastic flowers in Maharashtra, the Central Government told the Bombay High Court that there is no restriction on the usage of plastic flowers and that they are not prohibited as single use plastic items.The Union of India (UOI) made this submission in view of a letter written by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on dated 11th September 2023 to the Ministry...

Composite Reference Of Disputes From Distinct Purchase Orders To Arbitration Is Valid When Parties' Conduct Indicates Single Transaction: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that a composite reference of disputes to arbitration arising out of distinct purchase and service orders can be made when the conduct of the parties demonstrates that they were all part of a single business transaction. Brief Facts: The petitioner was engaged as an agent-cum-sub-contractor by the respondent,...

"Justice Hurried Is Justice Buried": Madras High Court Upholds Order Quashing Disciplinary Proceeding Conducted Within Two Weeks

The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the General Manager & Reviewing Authority of the Canara Bank against an order of the single judge quashing the disciplinary proceedings against an employee. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice P Vadamalai noted that while disciplinary proceedings usually take a few months to conclude, the disciplinary proceedings in...

Advocate Cannot Be Summoned As Witness And Be Compelled To Disclose Confidential Information Against Client : Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court observed that police's power provided under Section 179(1) of BNSS cannot be stretched to call for an advocate–who is appearing for the accused in the crime–so as to divulge information shared between him and the client. In doing so it observed that summoning an advocate representing his client potentially infringes the "client's right to representation and also...

Karnataka High Court Directs Bike Taxi Aggregators To Stop Operations In State

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday held that bike taxi aggregators like Rapido, Uber and others cannot operate in the state unless the State government issues relevant guidelines and rules under the Motor Vehicles Act. The Court ordered that the State government has to in six weeks ensure that all bike taxi operations cease to operate. A single judge, Justice B M Shyam Prasad passed the...

Petition U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act Cannot Be Decided Without Summoning Entire Record To Verify Service Of Notice: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar has held that a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) cannot be decided without first summoning the entire arbitration record to determine whether the notice was actually served on the other party. Brief Facts: Respondent No. borrowed a loan from the Appellant and when...

Closure Report Filed In POCSO Case Against Mohammed Zubair Over 2020 Tweet, Chhattisgarh High Court Informed

The Chhattisgarh State Government today officially informed the Chhattisgarh High Court that the state police have submitted a closure report in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case filed against Alt-News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair, related to a tweet he made in 2020. The state counsel made the submission before a bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay Order Quashing ED Summons To Ex-MUDA Commissioner But Says Probe Into Scam Will Continue

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (April 2) refused to stay a single judge's order which quashed Enforcement Directorate's (ED) summons issued to Dr Natesha DB, the former MUDA Commissioner during whose tenure alleged illegal allotment of land was made to CM Siddaramaiah's wife Paravathi.The court however said that single judge's order cannot stall investigation against other accused...

No Absolute Right To Bypass Mandatory Pre-Litigation Mediation By Seeking Urgent Interim Relief Without Reasonable Grounds: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that under the Commercial Courts Act, a party does not have an absolute choice to bypass the statutorily mandated pre-litigation mediation by praying for interim relief without justifying the same with reasonable grounds. The court was dealing with the application seeking the dispensation of the mediation process under 12-A of the act on...

Karnataka HC Stays Disciplinary Proceedings Against Advocate Who Allegedly Abused Law Professor

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday by way of interim order stayed the disciplinary proceedings initiated by Karnataka State Bar Council against an advocate on charges of professional misconduct after a law professor complained that he was called 'monkey and donkey' by the advocate.The advocate had approached the court seeking to quash the entire proceedings and the notice issued and...

Karnataka HC Refuses To Entertain Plea To Implement 2020 Govt Circular Asking All Departments To Avoid Using 'Dalit' To Address SC Members

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (April 2) refused to entertain a petition filed seeking to implement the government circular issued in the year 2020, asking all its departments and authorities to avoid during all official transactions the nomenclature "Dalit" for members belonging to the Scheduled Castes.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind dismissed...