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Anil Ambani Moves Delhi Court Against Economic Times, Others Over 'Defamatory' Reporting; Order On Interim Injunction On November 17
Businessman and Chairman of Reliance Group, Anil Ambani has filed a defamation case before a Delhi Court against Cobrapost, Economic Times and others over allegedly defamatory reporting, claiming that his companies committed a fraud of over Rs. 41,000 crores. The matter was listed before senior civil judge Vivek Beniwal of Karkardooma Courts. The Court heard the arguments made on behalf of...
Man Convicted In Raj Bhavan Petrol Bomb Attack Case Attempts To Throw Shoe At Judge
Karukka Vinoth, convicted in the Raj Bhavan petrol bomb case, attempted to throw a shoe at the sixth Additional Sessions Judge, Chennai, today, after allegedly being angry at sentence imposed on him by the NIA Court.Vinoth was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by the NIA Court yesterday, in connection with the Raj Bhavan petrol bomb case. When he was brought to the 6th...
Justice PS Narasimha Advises Lawyers To Opt For Virtual Hearings Amid Delhi's Air Pollution
Justice PS Narasimha of the Supreme Court on Thursday advised advocates to appear virtually in light of the rapidly worsening air quality in Delhi.The observation was made during the mentioning round. Lawyers present in the courtroom said Justice Narasimha advised members of the Bar to make use of the virtual hearing facility rather than appear physically, given the health risks posed by...
Time To Revisit Centre's Electric Vehicles Policy Of 2020, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today(November 13) continued to hear a public interest litigation seeking promotion and implementation of electric vehicle policies. It orally remarked that it's high time for the Government to revisit the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), 2020, on promotion and adoption of electric vehicles and maybe initiate a pilot project in metropolitan cities....
Air India Plane Crash | 'AAIB Enquiry Not For Assigning Blame', Says Supreme Court; Union Clarifies No Blame Attributed To Pilot
In the Air India Plane Crash matter, the Supreme Court today emphasized that the purpose of an enquiry by the AAIB is not to assign blame to anyone, but rather to find the cause of the incident so it can be prevented in future.The Union, on its part, clarified that there is a statutory and international regime in place to conduct the enquiry and blame has not been attributed to anyone by...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against BCI Rules Restraining Bar Association Office Bearers From Contesting State Bar Council Elections
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea challenging Chapter III of the Bar Council of India Election Rules, 2016 for restraining office bearers of District and High Court Bar Associations from contesting State Bar Council elections.The plea points out that the Rules prohibit office bearers of District and High Court Bar Associations from contesting State Bar Council elections, but...
NCLT Mumbai Summons Bank Of India Chairperson Over Delays In BE Billimoria Insolvency Revival
The National Company Law Tribunal at Mumbai recently summoned the Chairperson of Bank of India, MR Kumar to appear in person after expressing serious dissatisfaction over the bank's conduct in handling settlement funds and the delay in reviving insolvency proceedings against BE Billimoria & Company Limited. A coram of the Judicial Member Ashish Kalia and Technical Member Sanjiv Dutt, in...
Homebuyers With Settled Claims Can't Seek Reconstitution Of Committee Of Creditors: NCLT Kochi
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Kochi on Wednesday said that homebuyers whose claims have been settled through the insolvency resolution process lose their stake in the corporate debtor, Samson and Sons Builders and Developers Pvt. Ltd., and therefore cannot seek the reconstitution of the Committee of Creditors (CoC). The dispute arose from a plea filed by the Nova Castle...