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Antrix Devas Deal: Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge's Decision Of Setting Aside 2015 Arbitral Award, Says Fraud 'Serious And Complex'
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal against single judge’s order setting aside a 2015 arbitral award by which Antrix Corporation Limited, commercial and marketing arm of ISRO, was required to pay US$ 562.2 million to Devas Multimedia Private Limited over wrongful repudiation of a contract.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish and Justice Subramonium Prasad in its judgment...
Telangana BRS MLAs Poaching Case : Supreme Court Asks State Police Also To Not Continue Investigation Against BJP
A few days after the Supreme Court of India cautioned the Central Bureau of Investigation to not continue an investigation into an alleged conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party to poach Telangana's Bharati Rashtra Samiti legislators, a division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh on Friday gave the same warning to the Telangana police. The division bench was hearing the...
Senior Citizen Offsprings Of 94-Yr-Old Who Died In Road Accident Entitled To Compensation For 'Loss Of Parental Consortium': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently considered the issue as to whether the children of a nonagenarian road accident victim, who are themselves senior citizens, would be entitled to compensation for 'Loss of Parental Consortium'. Noting that the Tribunal had awarded an amount of Rs. 40,000/- under the head 'Loss of Love and Affection', which was challenged by the counsels for the Insurance Company...
Ensure Basic Essentials Such As FIR Number, Police Station Are Recorded In Bail Orders : Supreme Court To All High Courts
Noting that there is no uniform format of bail orders across the High Courts, the Supreme Court has directed the High Courts to ensure that basic essentials are recorded in them.In many instances, the orders do not mention the proceedings pending before the trial court there or the nature of offences in the case. In this backdrop, a bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar...
Mumbai Court Sends Designer Aniksha Jaisinghani To Police Custody Till March 21 In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis
A Special court in Mumbai remanded designer Aniksha Jaisinghani to police custody till March 21 in the case filed by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis. Fadnavis has alleged that the Jaisinghani, a designer, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 crore to seek her “intervention” in a criminal case involving Jaisinghani's father Anil Jaisinghani, who is...
Gauhati High Court Orders Centre To Pay ₹20 Lakh To Families Of Five Killed In 1994 Army Operations In Assam
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Union Government to pay ₹20 Lakhs compensation in the interest of justice to the families of five deceased persons who were killed in the 1994 army operation, Assam.The High Court held that the deaths of the five men took place during the army operation, and therefore, compensation must be awarded in the interest of justice.The bench of Justice...
'Infirm' Person Entitled To Seek Bail Under Proviso To Section 45(1) PMLA Even When Not 'Sick': Delhi High Court
While granting bail to Kewal Krishan Kumar, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Delhi-based Shakti Bhog Foods Limited, in a money laundering case, the Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that a person who is not 'sick' but only 'infirm' would still be entitled to seek the benefit of the exception in the proviso to Section 45 (1) PMLA Act.Justice Jasmeet Singh said since 'sick' and 'infirm'...
Shariat Act Discriminatory Towards Muslim Women, Gives Higher Share To Men In Property Partitions: Plea In Supreme Court, Notice Issued
A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court contending that partition of family property as per Shariat Law is discriminatory towards Muslim women inasmuch as it does not give equal share to a female compared to a male."In spite of guarantee of the Constitution, Muslim women are subjected to discrimination," the plea filed by Bushara Ali states. She is a decree holder in...
Breaking - Delhi Court Extends Manish Sisodia's ED Custody By 5 Days
A Delhi Court on Friday extended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister's Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for further five days in a money laundering registered in connection with national capital's excise policy of 2021-22.Special Judge MK Nagpal pronounced the order after hearing the ED counsel Zoheb Hossain and Senior Advocates Mohit Mathur and Siddharth...
Non-Service Of Assessment Orders Inconsequential If Assesee Had Knowledge About Them Otherwise : Supreme Court
Attachment orders issued by the revenue for tax arrears will not be vitiated merely because the assessment orders were not served on the assesse, if the assessee had otherwise got knowledge about the assessment orders, held the Supreme Court recently.On this ground, the Supreme Court restored the attachment orders issued under the APGST Act and Telangana VAT Act, which were set aside by...
RAW Reports For Appointing Judges Sought Only In Extraordinary Circumstances Involving National Security: Law Ministry
The Law Ministry has disclosed that generally, it is not a practice to seek R&AW reports on proposals for appointment of judges in the High Courts and the Supreme Court.It is only in extraordinary circumstances, involving issues related to national security, that RAW reports are sought, it added.The statements assume significance as the SC Collegium recently dismissed Centre's objection...
2017 Airport Metro Arbitral Award: Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Centre, Delhi Govt For Payment Of Unpaid Dues To Reliance Infra By DMRC
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Union of India and Delhi government to forthwith attend to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)'s request for extension of sovereign guarantee or subordinate debt to enable it make payment of dues to Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) under the 2017 arbitral award.Justice Yashwant Varma said the decision shall...