Centre Notifies Appointment Of 24 Judges To Allahabad HC Including SC Advs Garima Prashad, Abdhesh Chaudhary & Swarupama Chaturvedi

The Central Government today notified the appointment of 10 lawyers and 14 judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court Out of the 24 persons notified, three of them, Senior Advocates Garima Prashad, Swarupama Chaturvedi and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, practice at the Supreme Court.1. Vivek Saran, Advocate2. Vivek Kumar Singh, Advocate3. Garima Prashad, Advocate4. Sudhanshu...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Four Judges At Karnataka High Court

The Central Government on Friday (September 26) notified appointments of permanent and additional judges to the Karnataka High Court. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X to notify the appointments. The appointees are:1. Justice KV Aravind, who is an Additional Judge, has been appointed as a Permanent Judge of the high court. 2. Judicial Officers Justice Geetha KB Shetty, ...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Two Advocates As Judges Of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Central Government on Friday (September 26) notified the appointment of two advocates as judges of Himachal Pradesh High Court. They are Jia Lal Bhardwaj and Romesh Verma.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X to notify the appointments. The post reads:"In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Jurisdiction Of State Tribunal For Public Works Contract Disputes Involving Municipal Corporation

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a batch of petitions filed by private contractors involved in public works contract disputes with municipal corporations, in view of a state government notification providing for routing such disputes to be adjudicated by tribunal under the Gujarat Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act 1992. For context the 1992 Act provides for the...

Ram Rahim Case: High Court To Hear On Whether Haryana Govt Was Complicit In 2017 Panchkula Dera Violence

In a pivotal development stemming from the 2017 Panchkula Dera violence case, the High Court will now hear on question whether the Haryana government was complicit in or failed to prevent—the mass gathering of Dera Sacha Sauda supporters that led to one of the most violent episodes in recent state history.On 25 August 2017, widespread rioting in Haryana's Panchkula broke out after Gurmeet...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma As Acting Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court

The Central government on Friday (September 26) notified the appointment of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court upon retirement of Chief Justice Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram on September 27. The notification reads:"In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice...

Market Value Of Property Must Be Determining Factor Under Commercial Courts Act, Not Court Fee Value: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the market value of the property must be the determining factor under Section 12 (1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, and not the valuation adopted for the purpose of court fees under the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959.A Full Bench comprising Justice Sathish Ninan, Justice C.S. Dias, and Justice C.S. Sudha delivered the judgement...

Delhi High Court Orders Sealed Cover Disclosure Of Sunjay Kapur's Assets; Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Agree To Not Leak Info

Priya Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, and his former wife Karisma Kapoor's children who have filed a suit seeking a share in their father's assets submitted before the Delhi High Court on Friday (September 26) that neither they nor their counsel would make any statement in the press or leak any information regarding the case. The court was hearing an application moved by...

'Disgusting': Allahabad High Court Slams Registry Officials, Clerks For Using 'Reddish Saliva' To Turn Court Papers

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has taken a stern view on saliva being used by registry officers, clerks for turning pages of the petitions, applications and other documents placed before the Court.While dealing with an application under Section 482 CrPC, Justice Shree Prakash Singh observed,“since morning that in more than ten petitions/ applications, reddish colour saliva...

Notice U/S 148 Income Tax Act Must Be Delivered To Addressee Personally By Post To Complete Service U/S 27: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that notices under Section 148 and 282 of the Income tax Act, 1961 must be delivered to the assesee personally through speed post and not merely upon his address to complete service under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, 1897. It held that presumption of sufficient service arises only when the notice is sent by registered post as in registered...

Kerala High Court Seeks Customs Dept Response On Dulquer Salman's Plea Challenging Seizure Of Car

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 26) sought the response of the Customs Department on a petition filed by actor-producer Dulquer Salman challenging the seizure of his Land Rover Defender by Customs officials as part of Operation Numkhor.He has contended that the Customs action was "arbitrary, illegal, and based on mere suspicion". A bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman posted the matter...

Delhi High Court Full Bench To Decide If Armed Forces Tribunal Can Decide On Vires Of Legislations Other Than AFT Act

The Delhi High Court's full bench is set to decide whether the Armed Forces Tribunal is competent to adjudicate on the vires of statutory legislations other than the Armed Forces Tribunals Act. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla referred the question to be decided by a full bench, comprising three judges. The Full Bench will also decide if...