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'Complaint Filed Against CMRL Despite Oral Assurance', Says Delhi High Court; Lists Plea Against SFIO Probe Before Roster Bench
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday clarified that a complaint was filed against Cochin Minerals and Rutiles Limited (CMRL) despite Centre's oral assurance that while the probe will continue but no such complaint will be filed pending the company's plea challenging Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) investigation. Justice Subramoium Prasad recorded the clarification in the plea...
Delhi High Court Quashes Interim Order Restraining Law Firm Fox Mandal & Associates From Using 'FoxMandal' Trademark
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 28) set aside a commercial court's interim order restraining Shuvabrata Mandal and Shouryabrata Mandal who run Fox Mandal and Associates from offering legal services under 'FoxMandal' trademark, which is stated to be owned by their brother Som Mandal who runs the Fox Mandal & Co. After hearing the parties a division bench of Justice C Hari Shankar...
'Hidden Extraneous Considerations': Rajasthan High Court Slams State For Allotting Land Meant For School To Construct Hostel
The Rajasthan High Court held that land reserved for the purpose of construction of school could not be allotted for the purpose of construction of hostel that too at a very lower reserve price of only 5%, as opposed to Rule 18 of Rajasthan Municipalities (Disposal of Urban Land) Rules, 1974 (“the Rules”).While calling the allocation as illegal and without any justification, the bench...
Gujarat High Court Grants Temporary Bail To Accused In 2023 Iskcon Bridge 'Hit-And-Run' Case To Attend Mother's Surgery
The Gujarat High Court has granted temporary bail of four days to a man booked causing an accident in 2023 at Iskon Bridge in Ahmedabad which claimed nine lives, on account of medical condition of his mother. The accused Tathya Patel had moved an application seeking temporary bail on account of surgery of his mother. The state opposed the application arguing that date of operation has been...
Encroachers Can't Claim Right To Continue Occupying Public Land Pending Resolution Of Their Rehabilitation Claims: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that encroachers cannot claim a right to continue occupying public land pending the resolution of their rehabilitation claims under the applicable policy.Justice Dharmesh Sharma said that as such a position would unduly impede public projects, while underscoring that determination of eligibility for rehabilitation is a separate process from removal of...
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Quashes Seniority Benefits For Rehbar-E-Taleem Teachers Prior To Regularization Of Services
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that seniority of ReT (Rehbar-E-Taleem) teachers must be reckoned from the date of appointment as a general line teacher and the pre-regularization period of five years will not be included for the purpose of fixing seniority.The appellants had challenged the government order whereby the period of service of ReT teachers prior to...
Applicant Must Produce Trial Court Ordersheets When Seeking Bail On Ground Of Delay In Trial: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that an applicant who seeks bail on the ground of delay in trial must place on record trial court order sheets to rule out the possibility that the case was being adjourned at his or her request. “….while seeking bail on the ground of delay in trial, it is incumbent upon the applicant to place on record the ordersheets of the trial court in order to rule out...
'Prima Facie Attempt To Establish Mughal Order': MP High Court Upholds Order Denying Bail To Lawyer Booked Under UAPA
The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to intervene with an order denying bail to a lawyer, after "prima facie" noting that as per the evidence an attempt was made to disrupt communal harmony in the society with an object of establishing a 'Mughal Order' which existed prior to British rule.The advocate, who is stated to have conducted legal awareness programs, moved the high court...
Eviction Order Has Serious Consequences, Will Be Vitiated In Absence Of Show Cause Notice Under Senior Citizens Rules: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that an eviction order shall be vitiated in absence of a show cause notice under Rule 22(3)(1)(iv)(v) of the Delhi Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that eviction order has very serious consequences for the person who is occupying the...
Dependents Of Deceased Worker Entitled To Automatic Compensation, No Separate Application Required: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Aniruddha Roy has held that once a person qualifies for benefits under a scheme, those benefits must be extended to them even if they have not submitted an application seeking such benefits. Brief Facts: The petitioner is the widow of one Bodi Bouri, since deceased, who was an employee of the respondent no. 1 (for short the Coal Company)....
Denial Of Public Employment To Person Based On Hepatitis-B Infection Illegal, Violative Of Article 14: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that denial of public employment to a person who is afflicted with Hepatitis B is illegal, unfair, unjustifiable and is violative of the Right to Equality under Article 14 of the Constitution of India.The Division Bench comprising Justice Amit Rawal and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the judgment while hearing the appeal preferred by an individual denied...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 19 To May 25, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 577 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 614NOMINAL INDEXGNCTD v. LG 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 577 Akshat Baldwa & Anr. v. Maddock Films & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 578 DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY HOSPITAL v. SANGEETA 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 579 ANUSHA GUPTA & ORS v. NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (THROUGH THE DIRECTOR) & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 580 MDD Medical Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd....