Bombay High Court Seeks Hospital's Response To Couple's Plea For Completion Of Surrogacy Procedure

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed a private hospital in Mumbai to respond to a couple's plea seeking to complete their surrogacy procedure initiated before the new Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Act came into effect. The couple sought transfer of their cryopreserved embryos from PG Hinduja Hospital and Research Centre to any other fertility clinic...

Supreme Court Agrees To Consider SFIO's Plea Challenging Stay Of Look Out Circulars Issued By Centre Against Sahara Group Firms

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the SLP preferred by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) against the Delhi High Court's order dated December 13, 2021, staying the operation of the investigation orders issued by the Central Government against Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Limited, Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Limited and Amby Valley...

SSC Recruitment Scam: Calcutta HC Orders Central Forces Deployment, Preservation Of CCTV Cameras At SSC's Office After Its Chief Steps Down

In an unprecedented move, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday night directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in West Bengal government schools, to seek assistance of central forces in securing the State's School Service Commission office. The Court also directed that no one...

Section 18 Limitation Act Is Applicable To IBC Proceedings, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the provisions of Section 18 of the Limitation Act are applicable to proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.An acknowledgement in a balance sheet without a qualification can furnish a legitimate basis for determining as to whether the period of limitation would stand extended, so long as the acknowledgement was within a period of three...

Breaking: [Gyanvapi Mosque Shiv Ling Claim] Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing For Tomorrow, Directs Varanasi Court To Desist From Taking Further Action Till Then

The Supreme Court will hear today the Masjid Committee's plea challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi Court in Gyanvapi mosque complex.A Varanasi Court directed the sealing of a spot in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex after being told that a Shiva Linga was found inside premises by the court-appointed Advocate Commissioner during the survey.Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Management Committee...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice In PIL Challenging 50% Reservation For Muslims In State-Run Coaching Centre ICSR

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the 50% reservation for Muslims in the State-run Institute of Career Studies & Research (ICSR) in the Malappuram district.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly issued notice on the plea moved by an advocate practising in the High Court.The ICSR was...

Loss On Trading In Derivatives Of Securities Not A Speculative Loss, Can Be Set Off Against Business Income: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that transactions in respect of trading in derivatives carried out in a recognized stock exchange are excluded from the definition of "speculation transaction" under the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Bench, consisting of Justices R.D. Dhanuka and S.G. Mehare, held that an assessee is thus entitled to claim set off of the loss suffered by it in the...

Unitech: Supreme Court Directs Web Portal To Be Kept Open For Further 4 Weeks To Facilitate Refunds To Homebuyers

To facilitate refunds for the homebuyers of Unitech, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the appointed amicus to open the Web Portal for a further period of 4 weeks which was earlier directed to be only opened till May 15, 2022. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah in their order said, "Portal may be kept open for a further period of 4 weeks to allow the home buyers...

Power To Commute Sentence Imposed Under Section 302 IPC Is With State Govt And Not Union : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, while exercising power under Article 142 of the Constitution to release A.G. Perarivalan, one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, restated that Governor has the power under Article 161 to remit/commute/pardon sentences imposed under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, since the executive power of the State extends to the...

Rejected Claims By Resolution Professional In Insolvency Proceedings, To Be Decided By The Arbitrator: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi held that the claims rejected by Resolution Professional in the insolvency proceedings on the ground that they arose after the Insolvency Commencement Date (ICD), are to be decided by the arbitrator. The Court held that extinguishment of claims that arose after the Insolvency Commencement Date (ICD) is a contentious issue that is to be decided by...

Novation Of Partnership Deed, Arbitration Clause Contained In The Deed Can Be Invoked: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that the allegation of forgery is required to be dealt with at the stage of trial before the Arbitrator. The Single Bench of Justice A. K. Menon dismissed the contention that an arbitration clause cannot be invoked as a result of novation of the agreement containing the arbitration clause. The Court added that even though there had been a novation of...

SSC Recruitment Scam: Calcutta HC Refuses To Hear WB Minister Partha Chatterjee's Plea Seeking Stay On Order To Appear Before CBI

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal filed by West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee challenging an order of a single Bench that directed him to appear before the CBI in connection with the alleged irregularities in appointments of Group-C and Group-D posts (non-teaching staff) in the state government-run schools in West Bengal on the purported recommendation of the...