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Provide ‘Roadmap’ For Implementing Scheme For Engaging Para-Legal Volunteers In Police Stations: Delhi High Court To DSLSA
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to provide a roadmap for implementing its scheme for engaging paralegal volunteers (PLVs) in 50 police stations to help and assist in cases concerning missing children and offences against children.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said that the roadmap must...
Madras High Court Allows Brother To Be Appointed As Legal Guardian Of Woman With Mental Disability
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday while permitting the brother of a schizophrenic patient to be appointed as her legal guardian, observed that “person suffering from multiple disability” in Section 2 (j) of the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 must be understood to mean “a person...
Withdrawal Application U/S 12a Can’t Be Entertained After Approval Of Resolution Plan By COC: NCLAT Delhi
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Mr. Barun Mitra (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Hem Singh Bharana v M/s Pawan Doot Estate Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., has held that once the Committee of Creditors approve a resolution plan, no withdrawal application under Section 12A...
Can't Cure Defect Of Non-Filing Of An Affidavit Supporting Election Plea At Filing Stage By Filing A Subsequent Affidavit: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the defect of non-filing an affidavit in support of an election petition at the stage of filing of an election petition cannot be cured by way of filing the subsequent affidavit. The bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed thus while confirming an order of an election tribunal that rejected an election petition filed under Section...
Mhadei River Dispute : Supreme Court Agrees To List Before February 13
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list an application filed by State of Goa challenging the Central Water Commission's (CWC) approval of the Karnataka government’s detailed project report (DPR) for the construction of dams on Mhadei river which will lead to diversion of Mhadei river water into Karnataka. The matter was mentioned by Senior Advocate Venkatesh Dhond before a bench...
Law & Order A State Subject, NIA Can't Proceed Prior To Registration Of Crime By State Police: Habeas Corpus Plea In Rajasthan HC, Notice Issued
The Rajasthan High Court at the Jaipur bench has recently issued notice to NIA in a Habeas Corpus petition which challenged the FIR registered by the agency on the ground that it has no statutory power to "register" any criminal incident involving the schedule offences within a State.The plea states that Centre has no power to pass any order under section 6(3) of NIA Act as law and order is...
Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Censor Board For Non-Film Songs Released On Internet
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation which had sought setting up of a regulatory authority or censor board to review and censor the non-film songs and their contents including their lyrics and videos, before their release on internet. The petition had sought immediate ban on all non-film songs with "obscene/vulgar" content. A division bench of Chief Justice...
Award Debtor Failed To Take Recourse To S. 26 of Arbitration Act; Cannot Challenge Award Claiming Expert Was Not Examined: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has ruled that if an award debtor has failed to take recourse to the provisions of Section 26 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), it cannot seek to set aside the award on the ground that the expert, whose report was relied upon by the arbitrator, was not examined by the opposite party. The bench of Justice Manish Pitale was dealing with...
Sexual Abuse: High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Set Up ‘One Stop Centres’ For Women And Children In Every District
Dealing with a plea seeking action against media houses for revealing identity of victim and accused persons of Hyderabad rape case, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to set up “one stop centres” in every district in compliance of a Supreme Court decision of 2018. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad referred to...
Supreme Court Directs Defaulting States/UTs To Upload Information About Mental Health Facilities In Centre's Online Portal
The Supreme Court, while hearing a petition seeking rehabilitation of thousands of mentally ill patients who are languishing in hospitals or mental asylums, directed five States/Union Territories to upload information concerning mental health facilities in the online dashboard created by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief...