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Calcutta High Court Declines To Stay Shifting Of NCLT Premises, Says Lawyer's Inconvenience No Grounds To Interfere With Policy Decision
The Calcutta High Court has declined to interfere in the proposed shift of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) premises to Rajarhat, Kolkata, on the grounds raised by several advocates that it would be difficult for them to commute to the new location which was in the outskirts of the city.A single bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar held:It would not be proper for this Court to stay...
Failure To Mention That Person Seeking Anticipatory Bail Is Abroad At Time Of Making Application Is "Suppression Of Materials Fact": Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has held that a person apprehending arrest should mention whether he is in India or abroad, while filing an anticipatory bail plea. The Court held that such information can influence the decision of the Court in granting bail and therefore it is a 'material fact'. It thus directed the Registry to keep a field in anticipatory bail application where the applicant has...
Ashneer Grover, Wife Move Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of EOW FIR After Settlement With BharatPe
Former BharatPe Managing Director Ashneer Grover, his wife Madhuri Jain Grover and various others have moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing's FIR (EOW) registered last year after recent settlement of their disputes with the fintech company.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh heard the matter on October 03 and directed the APP appearing for Delhi Police...
S.105 Of AP Reorganisation Act Contemplates Only One-Way Transfer Of Pending Cases From Andhra Pradesh To Telangana: High Court
The Telangana High Court has clarified that Section 105 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 only contemplates a one-way transfer of pending proceedings from the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh to the newly formed state of Telangana, and not vice versa.In doing so, the high court dismissed an appeal challenging the jurisdiction of a Commercial Court in Hyderabad to hear a suit...
Non-Payment Of Outstanding Dues Towards Salary Or Performance Bonus By Employer Does Not Amount To Criminal Breach Of Trust: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that non-payment of outstanding dues towards Outstanding Salary or Performance Bonus by a company does not amount to a Criminal breach of trust.A single bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta relied on the Supreme Court case of Binod Kumar and others vs. State of Bihar and Another, and held: "From the aforesaid observation of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, it...
Electoral Bonds: Delhi High Court Questions Maintainability Of Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into 'Corruption' In Donations To Political Parties
The Delhi High Court on Monday questioned the maintainability of a petition seeking a court monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the instances of “quid pro quo and corruption” by way of donations made through electoral bonds by individuals or companies to various political parties.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela...
Father-In-Law Contributing To Husband's Growth To Help Save Daughter's Marriage Not Cruelty Sans Contrary Evidence: Gujarat High Court
Dismissing a man's plea for divorce due to alleged cruelty by his wife, the Gujarat High Court said that even if his father-in-law made efforts to support him for the sake of family's welfare then in the absence of any evidence, it would not amount to interference in the couple's family life for it to be termed as cruelty.The order was passed in the husband's appeal against a family court's...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 30 To October 06, 2024
Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1079 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1104NOMINAL INDEXBest Crop Science Pvt. Ltd. versus Principal Commissioner, CGST Commissionerate, Meerut and ors 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1079Shankar Mor & Ors v. Union of India & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1080Jamshed Ansari V. State (GNCT Of Delhi) & Commissioner Of Police, Delhi 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1081 NARENDER MEENA v. CBI...
"Leads To Unending Process": Kerala High Court Flags Attempts By Accused To Delay Trial In Cheque Dishonour Cases
The Kerala High Court has cautioned against the delaying tactics used by the accused to prolong the proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act such as seeking forensic examination of the cheque and seeking expert opinions by summoning and examining private handwriting experts.In the facts of the case, the cheque was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory in Kerala at...
Telangana HC Dismisses Property Purchaser's Appeal, Says Act Done In 'Wilful Disobedience' Of Injunction Order Is Liable To Be Reversed
While hearing a matter concerning a property dispute, the Telangana High Court reiterated that an act which is done in violation of an injunction order is invalid and should be undone by the court putting back the parties in the same position as they were before such an order was passed. In reiterating so, the High Court dismissed an appeal filed against a decree for specific performance,...
Virtually Train Tahasildars & Revenue Officials On Proper Issuance Of 'Eviction Notice': Orissa HC To Revenue Department
In a peculiar development, the Orissa High Court has ordered the Revenue and Disaster Management Department of the Government of Odisha to conduct an online training program for all Tahasildars as well as Revenue officials in the State as to how to issue an 'eviction notice' with detailed particulars.The Court was hearing a writ petition challenging an encroachment proceeding initiated...