Plaintiff Is Not Entitled To Return Of Court Fees When The Parties Are Referred To Arbitration Under Section 8 Of The A&C Act: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that the plaintiff is not entitled to return of Court Fess when the parties are referred to arbitration under Section 8 of the A&C Act. The Single Bench of Justice Amit Bansal held that the benefit of Section 16[1] of the Court Fees Act would only be available to the plaintiff when the parties are referred to arbitration for settlement in terms...

"Discriminatory Against Single Men & Married Women Having Child": Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Assisted Reproductive Technology Act & Surrogacy Act

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the vires of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, stating that some of the provisions are discriminatory against a single man desirous of being a father through surrogacy and a married woman who already has a child and is desirous of expanding her family through the means...

NEET-SS: Kerala High Court Orders Fresh Mop Up Rounds For A Vacant Seat At Kottayam Medical College

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued an interim direction to the Director General of Health Services and Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) to conduct a fresh mop up counselling for the seat of DM Neurology lying vacant in the Kottayam Medical College. This seat had become vacant due to the resignation of a student who had already joined based upon the first round of counselling on...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Order Debarring MBL From Dealing In Securities In Its Proprietary Account For A Period Of 4 Years

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, refused to interfere with the order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) which had affirmed the order of the Whole-Time Member, SEBI (WTM) to debar MBL Company Limited from dealing in securities in its proprietary account for a period of 4 years. A Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Bela M. Trivedi noted that even though the profit...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 1 to 10, 2022 [Missing Part]

Nominal Index Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health and Sciences v Kavita and others Aman Lohan and others v. State of Haryana and others Ravi Parkash Sharma v State of Punjab Neelam Devi and another v State of Punjab and another Malkiat Singh v Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust & Another Jagdev Singh and another v State of Punjab and another Ramesh Razdan And...

Titles Of Films Are Capable Of Being Recognised Under Trademark Law: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently rejected a contention that titles of films cannot be registered under Trademark Law and has held that the word 'SHOLAY' being the title of an iconic film cannot be held to be a mark devoid of protection.Justice Pratibha M Singh added that certain films cross the boundaries of just being ordinary words and the title of the film 'SHOLAY' is one of them. "Titles...

Donation From Guruvayoor Devaswom Funds To CMDRF Illegal : Kerala High Court Dismisses Review Petitions Filed By State

The Kerala High Court, on Thursday (26 May 2022), dismissed review petitions filed against its judgment which held that Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee has no authority to contribute any amount from the Devaswom Funds to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund or to any other Governmental agency.The Full bench comprising Justices Anu Sivaraman, Shircy V. and M.R. Anitha pronounced...

Real Estate Appellate Authority Can't Initiate Suo Moto Proceedings: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the Real Estate Appellate Authority cannot possibly be recognized as conferred with the power to initiate proceedings suo moto or on its own motion. Analyzing the relevant provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, Justice Yashwant Varma added that the Appellate Tribunal is a creation of statute and that it is not an authority...

CBSE Exams : Supreme Court Asks Comptroller Of Examinations To Examine Students' Grievances About Differences In Marks Allotted By School & Board

In a case of difference in marks calculated by CBSE and the respondent School, the Supreme Court has directed the Comptroller of Examinations to reconsider grievances of the students and take appropriate decision.The dispute in the case is with regard to marks allotted to petitioner students as per 30:30:40 formula for class X, XI, XII respectively for the 2021 exams, where the Board had...

Krishna Janambhumi Dispute: Mathura Court Directs Plaintiffs To Provide Plaint Copy To Shahi Idgah Committee, Next Hearing On July 1

A local Court in Mathura has directed the plaintiffs in the Sri Krishna Janambhumi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute case to provide a copy of their plaint to the side of the defendants including the U.P. Sunni Central Waqf Board and Committee of Management, Trust Alleged Shahi Masjid Idgah.Today, the case was heard for the first time in the local court after the Suit (filed on behalf of the...

NEET-UG Mandatory For Admissions To BSc Nursing: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging NTA Notification

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed an appeal pertaining to admission in B.Sc. Nursing courses, challenging the notification issued by the National Testing Agency (NTA) that made clearing of NEET-UG examination a prerequisite. The appeal was preferred from the order of a Single Judge, refusing to interfere in the matter.A Division Bench bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and...

Ensure Absconding NDPS Accused Are Brought To Book : Supreme Court To Punjab; Seeks Status Report Before July 12

Remarking that "NDPS matter is not a usual matter" and that there are over 2000 absconding NDPS offenders/accused persons in Punjab, the Supreme Court has asked the state to put in place appropriate provisions to ensure that the absconding individuals are brought to book within a reasonable time, and to the effect that in the event of failure, the concerned police officer is proceeded...