Jammu & Kashmir High Court Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against Law Firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas For Misquoting Judgment

Taking suo motu cognizance of misquotations of its 2010 judgment, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against the prominent law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.Noting misquotations made by the law firm in a legal notice concerning a hydroelectric project, Sawalkote Hydroelectric Power Project (HEP) Justice Rahul Bharti ordered,“...this Court...

Cause Of Action For Claiming Family Pension Arises Only Upon Death Of Pensioner; Speculative Claims Not Valid: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna ruled that a claim for family pension requires a valid cause of action, which only arises on the death of the pensioner. The court allowed a revision petition filed against a suit seeking a mandatory injunction for the processing of family pension. It ruled that family pension under Rule 50 of the Central Civil...

Probate Not Necessary For Wills Executed By Indian Christians And Muhammadans After State Amendment To Indian Succession Act: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Monday (January 6) reiterated that in light of the State amendment made to Section 213(2) of the Indian Succession Act, a person nominated as an executor can establish their right over wills made by Muhammadans or Indian Christians without obtaining a probate. For context, Section 213 states that an executor of a Will can only establish his/her right after probate of...

No Bar To Avail Remedy U/S 9 Of Arbitration Act Even Against Non-Parties To Subject Matter Of Dispute: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna has held that the Plaintiffs are not barred from availing the remedy under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 even against individual(s)/entities who are not party to the Family Settlement out of which the dispute arose. The application for ad interim injunction was held to be not maintainable due...

Uploading Information On Insight Portal Not A Substitute For Handing Over Material To AO For Non-Searched Entity U/S 153C Of IT Act: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that the provision under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the Assessing officer of a searched person to record 'satisfaction' and handover documents regarding undisclosed income of another person cannot be substituted by merely uploading such information on the Department's insight portal. The provision stipulates that where the Assessing...

Rajasthan High Court Questions Special POCSO Judge For Denying Bail To Man Not Named In Victim Statement

Expressing “anguish and pain” over denial of bail to a man not even named by the minor victim in her statement, the Rajasthan High Court has sought explanation from a Special POCSO Judge for his decision.The bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upman opined that the increasing tendency of trial courts in rejecting bail petitions in a "casual and routine manner" even in appropriate cases was...

Delhi Police Says Delhi Riots Conspired By Forces 'Inimical To India', Opposes Bail Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & Others In UAPA Case

The Delhi Police on Tuesday (January 07) told the Delhi High Court that the 2020 North-East Delhi riots were well planned and the alleged conspiracy to execute the same was “clinical and pathological.”The submission was made by ASG Chetan Sharma before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. “This conspiracy is clinical, pathological and planned...

'Complete Lawlessness': Uttarakhand High Court Suspends All Mining Activities In Bageshwar District, Apprehends Landslides

The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday (January 6) ordered a complete halt to the mining operations in Bageshwar District with immediate effect.The Division Bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning the alleged illegal and unsafe mining activities in the Bageshwar district, which have caused significant...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Takes Assistance Of Chat GPT To Understand How 'Differential GPS' Helps In Locating Disputed Property

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently took assistance of Artificial Intelligence application Chat GPT to understand how Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) helps in locating or demarcating a disputed property.The matter pertains to a property dispute, wherein the size of the property was in question. The Court noted that the Local Commissioner had conducted the demarcation of...

NEET-PG Counselling : MP High Court Allows Non-Registered Doctors Who Became Eligible As Per Revised Percentile To Participate

While hearing a plea filed by in-service doctors, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the Phase II Seat Allotment for NEET PG considering the arbitrary change of procedure in the counselling process. The court also has directed the Department of Public Health and Medical Education, Bhopal to open the portal for registration of candidature of the petitioners.The division bench of...

Bombay HC Imposes ₹1.5L Costs On MHADA, Municipal Corporation For Holding Possession Of Properties Beyond Requisition Period

The Bombay High has directed the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and the Solapur Municipal Corporation to pay Rs. 50000 each to three landowners whose properties were requisitioned by the Collector under the Bombay Land Requisition Act, 1948, and remained in possession of MHADA after the expiry of the requisition period without formal notification of acquisition...

Karnataka High Court Requests Law Commission To Frame Guidelines To Deal With Pledging Of Stolen Gold With Gold Finance Companies

The Karnataka High Court has requested the Law Commission, Karnataka to formulate necessary guidelines/rules in respect of stolen gold being pledged with gold finance companies, the implication of pledging such stolen gold and the procedure for dealing with it when criminal proceedings are initiated. Justice Suraj Govindaraj noted that there are innumerable matters coming up before this...