Under What Terms Was High Court Building Declared UNESCO World Heritage Site?: Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Chandigarh

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh the legal status of Le Corbusier Foundation, Paris, the terms & conditions subject which High Court original building was declared UNESCO World Heritage site.Notably, Chandigarh was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier, who also designed the High Court building, which was declared as...

NDPS Act | Grant Of Bail In Commercial Quantity Case Due To Undue Delay In Trial, Not Fettered By Bar Of S.37: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that the grant of bail in a case pertaining to commercial quantity, on the ground of undue delay in trial, cannot be said to be fettered by Section 37 of the NDPS Act, 1985.As per Section 37 of the NDPS Act, the Court can grant bail to an accused in case of commercial quantity only after hearing the public prosecutor. If the prosecutor...

Bombay High Court Appoints 13 New Senior Advocates Including Two Women

The Bombay High Court on Monday designated 13 advocates as Senior Advocates, of which two are women. According to the list made available by the Registrar General of the High Court, following are the Advocates, who are conferred with the Senior's gown.Rajiolochan PuranikPrakash ShahVijay PatilSunip SenSatish Maneshinde Nandkumar KhandareDinesh PurandareSudesh UsgaonkarSanjeev...

Kerala High Court Directs Completion Of Census Of Captive Elephants Within One Month

The Kerala High Court on Monday (January 13) ordered that the census of captive elephants in the State be completed before February 15. The Court had in its earlier order on December 19, 2024 directed the State to constitute a committee in each district comprising of the District Collector and Divisional Forest from the District for conducting the survey. The Court said this was necessary...

Matter Relating To Partnership Act & Partnership Deed Where Third-Party Rights Are Involved Cannot Be Referred To Arbitration: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench of Justice Anand Pathak held that when matter relates to Partnership Act and partnership deed and third-party rights are also involved then it cannot be referred to arbitration. Brief Facts: M/s Om Jai Gurudev is a partnership firm in which 11 partners existed initially. The partnership deed for the firm was constituted on 18.07.2017 and the...

[PM Modi Degree Row] 'RTI Act's Purpose Not To Satisfy Someone's Curiosity': DU Tells Delhi High Court

In the case related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's academic degree, the Delhi University on Monday told the Delhi High Court that the purpose of Right to Information (RTI) Act is not to satisfy someone's curiosity. SGI Tushar Mehta made the submission on behalf of the varsity before Justice Sachin Datta. The Court was hearing DU's plea filed in 2017 challenging an order of the...

'Punishment Is Not Disproportionate When Officer Displays Negligent And Irresponsible Conduct', Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur dismissed a Petition challenging an order of punishment awarded to the Petitioner for being irresponsible while supervising an area he was assigned. The Court held that the punishment was not disproportionate as the Petitioner had been negligent in a similar incident in the past and had shown...

[Arbitration Act] Section 8 Application Must Be Filed Before Or Simultaneously With Written Statement: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Subhendu Samanta held that when no application for reference to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration Act is made by either party, the civil court may very well entertain the suit and proceed with the adjudication of the same on merits in accordance with law. Also, the court held that the...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 6 – 12, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 3- 15]Alex C. Joseph v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 3Manjusha K. v Central Bureau of Investigation and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Sreekumar A. V. v State of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 5John Varghese v Laila Beegam A. R. and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 6Snigdha Kumar v The Inspector of Police and Another, 2025 LiveLaw...

Court Cannot Consider Any Documents Beyond Prosecution Records While Considering Discharge Plea: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that a Court while considering a discharge plea cannot consider any documents beyond the prosecution record. Justice A. Badharudeen thus refused to accept the argument of the petitioner that the trial court did not consider one of the documents produced by him which is not part of the prosecution records while considering the discharge plea.“The scope and ambit...

Commercial Court Committed Jurisdictional Error By Imposing Pre-Condition To Deposit 50% Of Amount For Stay Against Arbitral Award: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court Bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal has held that the Commercial Court has committed jurisdictional error in exercising its discretion arbitrarily, mechanically and injudiciously, while putting the condition to deposit 50% of the awarded amount, for operating stay against arbitral award without assigned justified and sound reasonings. Additionally, the court...

Person Seeking Relief Must File A Petition, Can't Claim It As An Intervenor: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has reiterated that if a person wants to seek a relief then he needs to be file a petition, and he cannot claim the relief by filing an application to be impleaded as intervenor.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh said, "It is settled in law that if any person wants to seek a relief, then he/she has to file a petition...