High Courts
S.12A | Commercial Court Need Not Order Mediation If Civil Court Had Referred Parties To Mediation Before Returning Suit: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that Commercial Court need not refer parties to pre-institution mediation under Section 12A Commercial Courts Act, where suit was earlier presented before the competent civil Court which had initiated efforts for mediation but subsequently the plaint was returned on grounds of lack of civil court's jurisdiction.For context, Section 12A...
Benefit Of Cash Compensatory Scheme Cannot Be Denied On Castor Oil Exports Based On Subsequent Test Change: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court stated that benefit of cash compensatory scheme benefit cannot be denied on castor oil exports based on subsequent test change. The Division Bench of Justices M.S. Sonak and Jitendra Jain has observed that contracts executed prior to the cutoff day would not be governed by the subsequent change in the scheme granting the benefit. There is no dispute that...
Delhi High Court Issues Further Directions On Tree Felling, Says Project Proponent Responsible For Maintaining Transplanted Trees For 5 Yrs
The Delhi High Court recently issued various directions to ensure that the standard operating procedure (SOP) on felling or transplantation of trees in the national capital be "implemented in an effective manner to achieve the desired objective".Issuing a slew of directions Justice Jasmeet Singh ordered that the DCF or Tree Officer shall be involved at the very stage of planning of a...
Adverse Remarks On Employee's Integrity Must Be Based On Conclusive Evidence In Disciplinary Proceedings : Calcutta High Court
A Division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty & Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra held that adverse remarks on an employee's integrity must be based on conclusive findings in disciplinary proceedings, and a person who has earned reputation cannot be ousted through imposition of a stigma on the basis of perverse findings. Background Facts...
Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Plea For CBI Probe Into Alleged Phone Tapping Case Involving Ex-MLA PV Anvar
The Kerala High Court has reserved its orders on the writ petition seeking CBI investigation into the alleged case of illegal phone tapping by former Nilambur MLA P.V. Anvar (13th respondent).The petitioner, who is a business man, has alleged that Anvar illegally tapped his phone to take vengeance. According to the petitioner's affidavit, the ex-MLA has tapped the telephone conversations of...
Two Contradictory GST Orders On Same Allegations Not Sustainable: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has stated that two contradictory GST orders on the same allegations are not sustainable, and the second order cannot exist if the first one already dropped the proceedings. The Bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. observed that the proceedings were dropped in the first order after accepting the explanation by the assessee, yet a second order was passed on the...
'Fair Trial Denied; Docs Not Provided In Braille Script': Uttarakhand HC Orders Retrial Of Blind Rape Accused Who Got 20-Yr Jail Term
The Uttarakhand High Court last week set aside the conviction and 20-year jail term awarded to a visually impaired music teacher for allegedly raping minor school students as it noted that the accused was denied a fair trial since case documents were not provided to him in Braille script. “The failure and omission to furnish the documents in Braille script, which is...
Must Stop 'Unabashed Abuse' Of Protected Content: Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic Plus Injunction Against Piracy Of 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
The Delhi High Court has granted Dynamic+ injunction in favour of British over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform Dazn Limited, restraining rogue websites from infringing its exclusive rights to air FIFA Club World Cup 2025, being played in the United States from June 14 to July 13, 2025.In doing so, Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed,“The present case, prima facie, appears...
Karnataka High Court's Acting Chief Justice Recuses From Hearing NLSIU's Plea Against Reservation For Transgender Persons
Karnataka High Court's Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao on Thursday (June 26) recused himself from hearing NLSIU's appeal challenging a single judge's order directing the varsity to provide 0.5% reservation to transgender persons in admission to courses.A division bench led by Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao after hearing the matter for some time, took note of the governing council...
Non-Compete Clause Can't Curtail Right Of Employee To Get Employment After Notice Period: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 25) held that terms the of an employment contract that impose restriction on the right of employee to get employed post-termination of contract are 'void', for being contrary to Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act.Section 27 declares agreements in restraint of trade as void.Justice Tejas Karia held that after termination of employment, the...
Calcutta High Court Directs RG Kar Victim's Parents To Approach Trial Court Seeking Permission For Counsel To Visit Crime Scene
The Calcutta High Court has directed the parents of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital to approach the Trial Court seeking permission for their newly engaged counsel to visit the scene of occurence, barring the seminar room where the incident took place.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed the parties to approach the trial court upon noting that the...