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State Govt 'Recklessly' Permitted Human Settlements Near Elephant Habitats Leading To Increased Instances Of Man-Animal Conflicts: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday remarked that it is the State’s reckless actions in allowing human settlements near elephant habitats that have led to frequent human-animal conflicts.A division bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P made the observation while considering a review petition filed by Nenmara MLA K. Babu, against the order of the Court dated April...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Three Lawyers, One Judicial Officer As Judges Of Uttarakhand High Court
The Collegium of the Supreme Court has recommended the names of the following three Advocates and a Judicial Officer for appointment as Judges of the High Court of Uttarakhand: Advocates: Rakesh Thapliyal, Shri Pankaj Purohit, and Subhash Upadhyay. Judicial Officer: Vivek Bharti Sharma. The SC Collegium’s statement notes that on 07 September 2022, the Chief...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 7 Judicial Officers As The Judges Of Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the names of the following seven District Judges for appointment as Judges of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh: Shri Roopesh Chandra Varshney, Anuradha Shukla, Sanjeev Sudhakar Kalgaonkar, Prem Narayan Singh, Achal Kumar Paliwal, Hirdesh, and Avnindra Kumar Singh. As per Collegium’s statement, the above names...
Practical Solution Needed At Earliest To Address Issue Of Frequent Vacancy In DRTs: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has taken note of the issue of “frequent vacancy” arising in the national capital's Debt Recovery Tribunals, observing that the issue needs consideration and a practical solution has to be found at the earliest.A division bench of Justice Najmi Waziri and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain noted that out of the three DRTs in Delhi, only two are functional currently. “Now...
Entries Made In Balance Sheet Amounts To Acknowledgement Of Debt As Per Section 18 Of Limitation Act, 1963: NCLT New Delhi
The National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi Bench, comprising of Shri Bachu Venkat Balaram Das, (Judicial member) and Shri Rahul Bhatnagar (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application filed under section 9 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC, 2016”) in M/s SKC Infratech Pvt. Ltd vs M/s EOS Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. has reiterated that entries made in the Balance Sheet...
Delhi High Court: Justice Varma Invites Lawyers To Make Submissions On Court's Power To Partially Modify Arbitral Award, Other Issues On April 20
Justice Yashwant Varma of Delhi High Court has invited lawyers to make submissions on the aspect of court’s power to partially modify or set aside an arbitral award, doctrine of severability and scope of section 34(4) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.As per the notice published in today’s causelist, the lawyers who wish to make submissions on the legal points can do so in...
Award Passed By A Unilaterally Appointed Arbitrator Is A Nullity, Cannot Be Enforced Under Section 36 Of The A&C Act: Calcutta High Court
The High Court of Calcutta has held that an arbitration award passed by an arbitrator who was unilaterally appointed by one of the parties cannot be executed under Section 36 of the A&C Act.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf held that a unilaterally appointed award does not carry the privilege of existence in the eyes of the law and is regarded as a nullity, therefore, there is nothing...
'Appalled By Insensitivity Towards Plight Of Animal' Kerala High Court Refuses To Interfere With Translocation Of Tusker ‘Arikkomban’
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with its earlier direction to translocate the wild tusker ‘Arikomban’ to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve despite the review petition filed by MLA K Babu citing apprehensions of residents near the proposed site of translocation about the elephant entering human settlements.The court on 5th April had directed to tranquilise and translocate...
Plaintiff Alleging Breach Of Confidentiality Must Produce Confidential Info Before Court In Sealed Cover: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that if a plaintiff is alleging breach of confidentiality by the defendants, it has to produce the confidential information before the court in a sealed cover.“...the method adopted before this Court of providing such information in a sealed cover with material particulars is mandatory in terms of law laid down by this Court...”Justice Manish...
Prohibition Of Manual Scavenging: Supreme Court Asks Centre To Convene Meeting With Secretaries Of All States, Union Territories
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Secretary of Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India to convene with a meeting with the secretaries of all States and Union Territories in charge of social justice to discuss various aspects to prevent the employment of manual scavengers, at the earliest.A Bench of Justices Ravindra...
Supreme Court Takes Steps For Inclusion Of LGBTQIA+ Community & Sexuality Sensitisation
The Supreme Court has said that it is taking steps towards the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ community within the Supreme Court premises, under the directions of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.According to a statement released by the Court, nine Universal Rest Rooms are being created at different locations in the main building as well as the additional building complex of the Supreme Court....