All Related Proceedings Stand Discharged, Settled, Abated, & Extinguished On Approval Of Resolution Plan: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court reiterates the legal position and has allowed the civil application filed by Essar Steel Limited seeking declarations that the claims raised by the original espondent stand abated and extinguished in view of Section 31(1) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code read with the Resolution Plan and the judgement passed by the Supreme Court in Essar Steel India Limited...

Restoration Of Mata Mrikula Devi Temple | Himachal Pradesh High Court Grants 15 Days' Time To ASI To Complete Temple's Inspection

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to complete inspection work at the 11th Century built Temple Mata Mrikula Devi, which is located in State's Lahaul district.It may be noted that in the year 2020, the Court had initiated a suo moto case after taking cognizance of a report presented by the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority,...

Kerala High Court Urges State Transport Commissioner To Ensure Motor Vehicles Strictly Follow Safety Standards

The Kerala High Court has directed the Transport Commissioner to take necessary steps to ensure strict compliance with its earlier directions issued in 2019, through the concerned officers of the Motor Vehicles Department against motor vehicles which violate the safety standards in the State. Justice Anil K. Narendran laid particular emphasis on the safety standards relating to...

No Previous Sanction Required To Prosecute Bank Officials In Connection With IPC/RPC Offences: Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that there is no need to obtain the previous sanction to prosecute bank officials in connection with offences under IPC/RPC.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar also observed that the appointing and removing the authority of the officials of the petitioner Bank is not the Government but it is the competent authority of the State Bank of...

Moynaguri Sexual Assault: Calcutta HC Orders Inquiry Into Alleged Fabrication Of Signatures Of Seizure Witnesses, Grants Liberty To Change IO If Required

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed IPS officer Amit P. Javalgi to enquire into allegations pertaining to fabrication of signatures of seizure witnesses pertaining to the Moynaguri sexual assault case and further granted liberty to him to change the concerned Investigating Officer if required in accordance with law. The directions were passed in a case of death by suicide by a class...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [May 8 – 14]

Arbitration Act, 1940; Section 21 - The word 'agree' in Section 21 of the Act refers to consensus ad idem between the parties who take a considered decision to forego their right of adjudication before a court where the suit is pending, and mutually agree to have the subject matter of the suit or part thereof adjudicated and decided by an arbitrator. (Para 17) M.P. Rajya...

Delhi High Court Dismisses With Cost Plea Filed By Former CBI Head M Nageswara Rao Against Removal Of His Twitter Verification Tag

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed with a cost of Rs. 25,000 the plea filed by former Central Bureau of Investigation head and Retired IPS Officer M. Nageswara Rao against the decision of microblogging website Twitter to remove his verification tag, also known as blue tick from his account. Justice Yashwant Varma was of the view that a similar plea with identical prayers was disposed of...

S.437 CrPC Does Not Give Absolute Right To Bail To A Lady Accused In Multiple FIRs For Duping ₹167 Crores: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a case where the petitioners conspired and duped several victims of an amount of Rs. 167 crores by alluring innocent persons on the pretext of providing them tenders with National Security Guards (NSG), Manesar, held that there are serious allegations of fraud and cheating against the petitioners, and no ground is made out to grant them...

Government Servants Prohibited From Being Office-Bearers Of Communal/Religious Organisations: Kerala High Court

However, it was clarified that Rule 67A of Kerala Government Servants Conduct Rules does not curtail a religious denomination's right to manage its affairs.

Incomplete GSTR-2B: GSTN Issues Advisory

The Goods and Service Tax Network has issued the advisory on the issues arising from incomplete GSTR-2B. The GSTN noticed that in a few cases, certain records are not reflected in the GSTR-2B statement for the period of April 2022. However, such records are visible in GSTR-2A of such recipients. The GSTN has stated that the technical team is working to resolve the issue for...

Prohibition Of Wheat Export: DGFT Directs Regional Authorities To Issue Registration Of Contracts To Wheat Exporters

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued directions for the export of wheat for the implementation of the notification prohibiting the export of wheat under the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020 (FTP).The DGFT has directed the regional authorities to issue registration of contracts (RCs) to the wheat exporters who have irrevocable letters of credit, so that they...

Time Of 8 Hours To File Reply To Show Cause Notice, Not Reasonable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that the time of eight hours to file a reply to the show cause notice was neither reasonable nor effective. The assessee could not have provided relevant information and documents to establish his case in such a short period of time. The petitioner/assessee submitted that the reasonable time was...