Practical Difficulties In Administration Of Delhi Necessitated GNCTD Amendment Act 2021 : Centre Tells Supreme Court

Responding to Delhi Government's challenge to constitutional validity of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act 2021, the Union of India has submitted before the Supreme Court that the Parliament of India considered it expedient to enact amending act due to several instances of "practical difficulties and disruptions" over the last few years in the functioning...

Nawab Malik Seeks Temporary Medical Bail In Money Laundering Case

NCP leader and Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik has sought temporary medical bail in the money laundering case alleging his "involvement in terror funding" based on a 1999- 2005 land deal concerning Dawood Ibrahim's sister. Special Judge R N Rokade is likely to hear the plea on Monday. Malik (62) had earlier told the court that he was unwell due to kidney ailments and...

Levy Of GST On Mining Royalty And Allied Charges: Jharkhand High Court Grants Interim Protection

The Jharkhand High Court bench of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice Deepak Roshan has granted interim protection on the levy of GST on mining royalty and allied charges.More than 10 writ petitions were filed challenging the show cause notices issued by the department directing them to furnish data relating to the payment of royalty against licencing services for the right to...

EWS Issue : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Validity Of Rs 8 Lakhs Annual Income Criteria In May 2022

The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted the petitions challenging the validity of criteria of Rupees 8 Lakhs annual income limit as the upper limit for seeking Economically Weaker Sections(EWS) reservation in the All India Quota for NEET admissions for the second week of May, 2022. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar requested the bench Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi to hear the...

Supreme Court Reserves Order On Centre's Plea To Refer GNCTD-LG Dispute On Services To Constitution Bench; Wants To Wrap Up Hearing In May

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its orders on Union of India's plea seeking referral of the matter pertaining to legal dispute between the Delhi Government and the Central Government regarding the control over administrative services in the national capital to a Constitution Bench.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli...

Clerical/Procedural Mistake In Verification Of Pleadings Can Be Rectified Under Order VI Rule 17 CPC: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a clerical/procedural mistake that has occurred in the verification of pleadings can be rectified by moving the application under Order VI Rule 17 CPC by the plaintiff.The Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed that the very purpose of Rule 17 in Order VI CPC is to give liberty to a party in a suit to amend his pleading at any stage in...

"Arrogant, Incomprehensible Conduct": Bombay High Court Judge Bars Lawyer From Appearing Before His Bench In Any Matter

Justice GS Kulkarni of the Bombay High Court has directed a lawyer not to appear in any matter before him following the advocate's "incomprehensible" and "most arrogant" conduct in a clutch of applications pertaining to an arbitration dispute. The court stopped short of initiating contempt proceedings against advocate Premlal Krishnan considering his career, following a...

Prescription Of Qualification For Recruitment Outside Domain Of Judicial Review Unless Affected By Manifest Arbitrariness: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed questioning government notification by which it amended the Karnataka Education Department Services (Department of Public Instructions) (Recruitment) Rules, 1967 and excluded subjects namely Psychology and Journalism at the graduate level as the minimum qualification for recruitment to the post of graduate primary teacher. A...

Supreme Court Dismisses Director SJ Suryah's Plea For Injunction Against Hindi Remake Of Tamil Film 'Valee'

A Supreme Court bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna recently upheld Madras High Court's order dated November 12, 2021 of refusing to grant injunction against the remake of the Tamil film "Valee".SJ Suryah, the director of the 1999 film starring Ajith and Simran, had approached the Top Court. Dismissing his petition, the Top Court in the order dated April 25 said, "We have...

Interest On Delayed Payment Of Gratuity Mandatory, Not Discretionary: Gujarat High Court Reiterates

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that there is a clear mandate on the employer under the provisions of Section 7 to the Payment of Gratuity Act, for payment of gratuity within time and to pay interest on the delayed payment of gratuity. In light of the above, the Bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav directed the Sardar Patel University to pay Rs. 10 lakhs towards gratuity of the Petitioner,...

Correctness Of Judicial Order Said To Be Wilfully Disobeyed Can't Be Decided In Contempt Proceedings: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a Court exercising contempt jurisdiction cannot test correctness or otherwise of the order or give additional direction or delete any direction. "While dealing with an application for contempt the Court cannot traverse beyond the order, non-compliance of which is alleged. In other words, it cannot say what should not have been done or what...

Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code Is Not For Money Recovery Proceedings: Supreme Court Reiterates

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose in the case of Invest Asset Securitisation and Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. versus Girnar Fibres Ltd. reiterates that the provisions of insolvency and bankruptcy code are essentially intended to bring the corporate debtor to its feet and are not of money recovery proceedings as such. Invest...