Claims Not Part Of The Resolution Plan Shall Extinguish Only After Resolution Plan Approval: NCLT Mumbai Reiterates

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising of Shri Kuldip Kumar Kareer (Judicial Member) and Shri. Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating a Company Appeal under Section 42 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) in Dr. Shankar Sawant & Anr Vs Mr. Arun Kapoor (Resolution Professional) has reiterated that all claims not forming part of...

Appeal Maintainable Before NGT Against Corrigendum Imposing Additional Conditions To Environmental Clearance : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, recently, permitted M/s. IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited to continue with its two power plants in the State subject to full compliance of the conditions mentioned in the Environmental Clearance as well as the corrigendum to it.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar passed the order in pleas challenging two orders of the NGT - the first,...

Insurance Company Not Liable To Unauthorised Passengers Traveling In Offending Vehicle, Pay & Recover Principle Not Applicable: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that once it is shown that deceased/injured persons were traveling as unauthorised passengers in an offending vehicle and their risk is not covered under the terms insurance policy, the insurer cannot be saddled with the liability to compensate them and even the principle of 'Pay and Recover' will not be attracted.Justice Sanjay Dhar...

Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Live Updates From Supreme Court In Shiv Sena Case Hearing [March 16]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will continue hearing today the cases related to rift in Shiv Sena.A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear the matter. Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha are the other members of the bench.Yesterday, the bench had raised several questions on the Governor's decision to call for a floor test. (Shiv Sena Case| Discontent...

Farmer Murdered While Trying To Draw Water From Neighbour’s Tank Due To Water Shortage, Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence

A single deathly blow doesn’t warrant commuting a murder conviction to culpable homicide, the Bombay High court observed while upholding the life sentence of a man who struck his neighbour with a sickle in 2012.A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Abhay Waghwase refused to commute 25-year-old Murlidhar Bombale’s conviction for 302 (murder) to 304(II) (culpable homicide) of the...

Identify And Take Immediate Steps For Removal Of Encroachments From Lands Meant For Airport: Patna High Court To DMs

In a significant order the Patna High Court has directed all the District Magistrates (DMs) in the State to identify encroachments existing over the lands meant for total 31 airstrips and airports of Bihar and take immediate steps for their removal.A division bench of acting Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Madhuresh Prasad while hearing a batch of 30 PILs filed by Nikhil...

NGT Constitutes Joint Committee To Investigate Declining Snowfall In Himachal's Kufri

The Principal bench of NGT has constituted a joint committee to submit a factual and action-taken report on the declining snowfall in Kufri, Himachal Pradesh.The bench of Justice Sudhir Agarwal (Judicial Member ) Dr. A. Senthil Vel, (Expert Member) said that a serious environmental issue has been raised, which requires the attention of the Tribunal.The letter petition was filed by...

CJI DY Chandrachud Announces Plan To Release Glossary Of Inappropriate Gendered Terms Used in Legal Discourse

Plans for releasing a legal glossary of inappropriate gendered terms used in legal discourse and creating a large space reserved for women lawyers in the Supreme Court annexe building are in the pipeline, revealed Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday, while speaking at an event organised by the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee of the top court for a...

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee To Remove 'Targeted' References To 'Real Fruit Juice' From His Video: Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Relief To Dabur

Dhruv Rathee's recent video analyzing the health effects of fruit juices has landed the YouTuber in a legal battle with Dabur, which claims that he specifically disparaged their packaged fruit products 'Real' juice.The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to the company and directed Rathee to remove the offending portions from the video. Justice Ravi Krishan...

EPF Pension | Kerala High Court Seeks EPFO Response On Plea Challenging Condition To Show Proof Of Giving Higher Pension Option

A plea has been filed in the Kerala High Court challenging the requirement of submission of proof of having opted for paying higher Provident Fund contribution under paragraph 26(6) of the Employees Provident Fund Scheme, towards the higher PF pension. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A., on Wednesday, admitted the plea, and granted time to the EPFO to submit counter affidavit in the matter. The...

'Every Body Want Disposals, If You Run Behind Disposals, Justice Has To Sacrifice': Justice Rastogi

In the course of the hearing of a transfer petition in a rape matter, Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Rastogi on Wednesday orally remarked that "the system has been such that, everybody wants disposal, disposal everyday, morning, evening, disposal goes on", adding that "you run behind disposal, then justice has to sacrifice" The bench of Justices Rastogi and Bela Trivedi was hearing...

Insufficiency Of Stamp On Loan Documents Not Relevant For Admissibility Of Section 7 Petition: NCLT Mumbai Reiterates

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising of Shri Kuldip Kumar Kareer (Judicial Member) and Smt. Anuradha Sanjay Bhatia (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Vs M/s Hybro Foods Private Limited has reiterated that the insufficiency in the stamping of the loan documents is not a relevant ground for dismissing a...