Matter With Credit Suisse Settled, Spicejet Tells Supreme Court; Seeks Listing Of Plea Against Winding Up Order

Airline company Spicejet Ltd on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has reached a settlement with the creditor and sought an urgent listing of its plea challenging the winding order passed by the Madras High Court.The Madras High Court had passed the winding up order in December 2021 on a petition filed by Credit Suisse AG, a Switzerland based Stock Corporation.In January 2022, the...

Mosquito Breeding: Delhi High Court Calls For Increased Fines At Rs. 50K, Says Mere Challaning Would Only Lead To Explosion Of Court Cases

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to seriously examine the proposal of imposition of fines for those found guilty of mosquito breeding, observing that the quantum of fine should not be limited to Rs. 5,000 but should be fixed at Rs. 50,000.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was of the view that the imposition of fines should...

Pre-Deposit Of 75% Of Awarded Amount As Per S.19 Of MSMED Act Can Be Made In Installments: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court recently permitted a party in appeal under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 to make a pre-deposit to Court in terms of Section 19 of the Act, i.e., 75% of the amount awarded, in installments.The Petitioner herein was aggrieved by an order of Additional District Judge, whereby its application for extension of time to deposit the 75% of the...

Daily Wage Service Rendered By Employee To Be Considered While Computing Pensionary Benefits: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates

Punjab and Haryana High Court recently allowed a writ petition whereby an employee of the Uttari Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam had sought that the daily wage service rendered by him till his services were regularized should be taken into consideration for computing his pensionary benefits.The bench comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi held the Punjab Civil Services Rules, 1970 have...

Patna High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Former Vice Chancellor Of Magadha University In Corruption Case, Denies Pre-Arrest Bail

The Patna High Court has refused to quash the FIR registered against former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Magadh University Rajendra Prasad alias Dr. Rajendra Prasad in connection with a corruption case. Justice Ashutosh Kumar also dismissed his plea for anticipatory bail and ordered, "If the petitioner surrenders before the Special Court and makes an application for bail, the petition...

Relief For Kamal Haasan Starrer "Vikram": Madras High Court Grants Interim Injunction Against Unauthorised Screening By 1.3K Websites

Justice C Saravanan of the Madras High Court on Thursday granted an interim injunction restraining a series of Internet Service Providers and over 1,300 websites from unauthorizedly displaying or exhibiting the upcoming cinematographic film "Vikram", directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and starring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil among others.The film is set to hit the theatres on...

Ensure Timely Dispsoal Of Complaints Against Advocates : Supreme Court To Bar Council In Contempt Plea

The Supreme Court recently sought Bar Council of India's detailed reply in a contempt petition alleging disobedience of Top Court's directions asking Bar Councils to decide complaints against Advocates within 1 year of their receipt. Considering the submissions of BCI's counsel that to comply with the directions, the BCI had issued circular to all the State Bar Councils on December...

Courts Can't Interfere In Contractual Matters Unless A Clear-Cut Case Of Arbitrariness Is Made Out: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has recently observed that normally, Courts would be loath to interfere in contractual matters unless a clear-cut case of arbitrariness or malafides or bias or irrationality is made out. A bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri observed that needless interference in commercial matters can cause havoc and hence, the Courts must realize...

[Mumbai Local] Season Ticket Proof Of Bonafide Passenger For Accident Compensation Under Railway Act Even If ID Card Not Produced: Bombay High Court

A person holding a season ticket is a bonafide "passenger," for the purpose of claiming compensation under the Railway Act 1989 even in the absence of an identity card, the Bombay High Court has held. The Court said that the Ministry's instructions to consider a passenger who failed to produce an ID card along with his season ticket a ticketless traveller, were not mandatory....

S.482 CrPC Empowers High Court To Entertain Applications Not Contemplated In CrPC If Required To Meet Ends Of Justice: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that Section 482 of CrPC confers extraordinary powers on High Court and empowers it to entertain applications not contemplated in the Code of Criminal Procedure, in case the ends of justice require."This section gives the power to this Court to entertain applications which are not contemplated in the Code of Criminal Procedure, in the...

PC George Files Another Plea Before Kerala High Court Challenging Magistrate's Order Cancelling His Bail In Hate Speech Case

Senior politician P.C George has moved the Kerala High Court challenging the order passed by the Thiruvananthapuram First Class Judicial cancelling his bail granted in the first hate speech case. The matter has been listed as item 1 before Justice Ziyad Rahman tomorrow. The case pertains to a speech delivered at a programme organised as part of the Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelan, where...

'JAG Top Officer Generally Works At Headquarters' : Supreme Court Overrules Medical Objections To Promotion Of Brigadier Javed Iqbal As JAG Major General

The Supreme Court, on May 18, cleared Brigadier Javed Iqbal's promotion to the post of Major General, the highest post in the Judge Advocate General's Department, which was denied on medical grounds, at the instance of the Military Secretary.The Court overruled the medical objections raised by the Union Government - that the officer had hypertension and was unsuitable for working at...