Amazon & Future Retail Agree In Supreme Court To Appear Before Singapore Arbitration Tribunal

Amazon and Future Retail Ltd on Monday expressed their agreement before the Supreme Court to appear before the Singapore Arbitration Tribunal. They further expressed their wish to have the arbitration proceedings expedited.The development happened in the special leave petition filed by Amazon challenging the Delhi High Court's order which stayed the arbitration proceedings on a challenge made...

Day Of Recusals In Calcutta High Court : Several Benches Recuse From Hearing SSC 'Group-D' Recruitment Scam Case

In an unprecedented development, the Calcutta High Court on Monday witnessed various Benches either recusing or declining to hear a batch of appeals pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on the purported recommendation by the...

Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Govt Employee Accused Of Waging War Against India By Converting People To Islam

The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the order of denial of bail to a Central Government servant, Irfan Shaikh accused of waging war against India by converting people to Islam by misusing his official position.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Brij Raj Singh affirmed the October 2021 order of the Special Judge, N.I.A./A.T.S./Additional District & Sessions Judge,...

High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment Of Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev As Election Commissioner Of Municipal Corporations

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the decision to appoint of Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev as the Election Commissioner of Municipal Corporations.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla also refused to issue guidelines for appointment of election commissioners in the future. It observed that this relief sought by the...

Exemption From Attachment - To Get Benefit Of Section 64(2) CPC, Subsequent Purchaser Must Plead & Prove That He Is A Bona Fide Purchaser : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that to get the benefit of Section 64(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the objector and/or subsequent purchaser has to plead and prove that he is the bona fide purchaser, who has entered into the transaction prior to the order of attachment. The observation was rendered by the bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna while considering a...

BREAKING| Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill Which Allows Collection Of Prisoners' Biometrics

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners.The Bill proposes to allow Police collect finger impressions, palm prints impressions, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, physical and biological samples. It also proposes collection of behavioural...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Murder-Accused In Jail For 7 Yrs In View Of Non-Cooperation Of Prosecution Witnesses

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a murder accused, who has been in jail for almost 7 years, as it noted that there is no likelihood of conclusion of the trial in near future and the fact witnesses/prosecution witnesses are not-cooperating in the trial.The Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan ordered while dealing with the third bail plea filed by one Rameshwar Pandey who...

Vaccine Mandate Case : Supreme Court Refuses To Take Into Account Developments Subsequent To Reserving Of Judgment

The Supreme Court, on Monday, did not permit Advocate, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, AAG, State of Tamil Nadu to mention the matter pertaining to the vaccine mandates and non-disclosure of the clinical trial data of COVID-19 vaccines. Appearing before the Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai, Mr. Tiwari sought its permission to mention the matter in order to bring on...

"Reputation & Goodwill Well Established": Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order In Favour Of 'AAJ TAK' In Trademark Infringement Suit

Observing that the reputation and goodwill in the name and mark 'AAJ TAK' is well established, the Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order in favour of the news channel in a trademark infringement suit filed by it against various entities.The order was passed by Justice Pratibha M Singh as John Doe since the owner name of the impugned domain names is hidden.The suit was filed by Living...

SSC 'Group-D' Recruitment Scam: Calcutta High Court Orders Police To Ensure Presence Of Recruitment Panel Members Before CBI

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) and the Commissioner of Police of Bidhan Nagar Police Commissionerate to ensure the presence of 4 members of the High Powered Committee which had been constituted by the State to oversee the recruitment of close to 13,000 non-teaching staff in government-aided schools in...

"Gyanvapi Mosque Dispute A National Dispute; Emotions Of Millions Are Involved": Lord Vishweshwar's Next Friend Argue In Allahabad HC

In the ongoing hearing before the Allahabad High Court in connection with the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute, the next friend of Lord Vishweshwar, one of the contesting respondents in the case today termed the dispute as a national dispute. Before the Bench of Justice Prakash Padia, it was argued that it is not a dispute of property simpliciter, but it is a national dispute...

CAT Stays Promotion Of Forest Officer Allegedly Associated With Illegal Tree Felling Case

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Ernakulam Bench, has on Monday stayed the transfer and promotion of Deputy Conservator of Forests N.T.Sajan, who had made headlines previously for allegedly being associated with the prime accused in the Muttil tree-felling scam. Centuries-old rosewood trees valued at Rs. 8 crores were cut and removed without the consent or knowledge of the...