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Contempt Of Court | Seeking Legal Redressal Cannot Tantamount To Interference Or Obstruction To Course Of Justice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that seeking legal redressal cannot tantamount to interference or obstruction to the course of justice in relation to contempt of Court. Justice Asha Menon was dealing with a suit seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining the defendants from writing, circulating, speaking, publishing or making any demeaning remark or material against it or engaging...
Reservation In Promotion: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Review Of Declaration That M Nagaraj Judgment Will Have Only Prospective Effect
Two individual employees belonging respectively to Madhya Pradesh and Indian Railways have filed a review petition against the Top Court's judgment delivered in Jarnail Singh's case with regards to the prospective effect of its 2006 judgment in M. Nagaraj & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (2006) 8 SCC 212.On January 27, 2022 the Supreme Court had declared that its 2006 judgment in...
Commercial Court Has Jurisdiction Over Suit Property Used For Trade/ Commerce: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently transferred a suit from a Civil Court to the Commercial Court as the subject property in the suit was exclusively used for trade or commerce by a partnership firm, before its dissolution. Brief facts of the case The application was filed by the petitioner under Section 24 of Code of Civil Procedure to withdraw the suit from Senior Civil...
COVID 19: High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Publish Standards Of Blood Sample Collection In Consultation With ICMR
The Delhi High Court has recently asked the Delhi Government to publish requisite standards as to the collection of blood sample for conducting COVID 19 related tests in consultation with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) within a week. Justice Najmi Waziri also said that the ICMR will highlight on it's website as to how much blood sample is permitted to be collected for conducting...
'Mother Asked Me To Sign Documents': Sameer Wankhede Challenges Cancellation Of Bar Licence And FIR In Bombay High Court
Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede has filed two petitions in the Bombay High Court challenging the action by Thane Collector and police for allegedly obtaining a liquor licence for his hotel through fraud and misrepresentation of personal details in 1997. The petitions allege action "pursuant to directions and political pressure stemming from...
Pegasus Case: Supreme Court To Examine Technical Committee's Interim Report On February 23rd
The Supreme Court of India will on 23rd February consider the Interim report submitted by the technical committee constituted by the court to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware.A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli will examine the report along with...
'More Dignified And Inclusive': Madras HC Gives Preference To Community's Tamil LGBTQIA+ Glossary Over State Govt's; Lauds State Govt's Efforts
In a significant development, the Madras High Court on Monday published in its order a Tamil glossary of LGBTQIA+ terms prepared by queer communities and individuals and further underscored that the Court preferred this list of terms compared to the one presented by the Tamil Nadu government. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh had earlier accepted the standardised guidelines/ prospective...
Kerala Police Notice To Senior Advocate B Raman Pillai Evokes Protest By Lawyers
The Executive Committee of the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association has decided to organise a protest meeting tomorrow at 1:10 PM against the notice issued by the Crime Branch to Senior Advocate B. Raman Pillai. The meeting will be held at the portico of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday. This comes after the Crime Branch issued a notice under Section 160 CrPC (requiring attendance...
Tata Sons v Cyrus Mistry : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear SP Group's Review In Open Court; Justice Ramasubramanian Dissents
On Tuesday (15th February), the Supreme Court had agreed to hear the review plea filed by Shapoorji Pallonji Group ("SP Group") challenging the order dated 26.03.2021 wherein the Apex Court allowed Tata Son's appeal against the NCLAT order to reinstate the ousted Chairman Cyrus Mistry. The Review Petitions were placed before the Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana and...
Calcutta HC Reserves Judgment In BJP's Plea Alleging Large Scale Violence During WB Municipal Polls
The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved judgment in Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)'s petition alleging that large scale violence and rigging of votes took place during the recently conducted municipal elections in West Bengal. The petition also sought for deployment of central forces for the remaining 108 municipalities which is scheduled to take place on February 27.Elections to four...