Supreme Court Affirms Winding Up Of Devas Multimedia On Plea Of ISRO Arm Antrix

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Devas Multimedia challenging the orders passed by the NCLT and NCLAT allowing the winding up of the company on a petition filed by ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd.A bench comprising Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V Ramasubramanian dismissed the appeals filed by Devas Multimedia and its shareholder Devas Employees...

Supreme Court Seeks West Bengal Speaker's Decision On Plea To Disqualify Mukul Roy By Feb Second Week

The Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed that it expects the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly to decide on the disqualification petition moved against Trinamool Congress MLA Mukul Roy before the second week of February.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BV Nagarathna was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) moved by the Speaker against the order of the...

Writ Petition Filed In Representative Capacity Without Proper Authorization Not Maintainable: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a writ petition filed in representative capacity without proper authorization or resolution is not maintainable. A division bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani, observed,"We are of the firm view that the writ petition has been filed without proper authorization/resolution and hence, the same is not maintainable."...

Delhi High Court Orders Interim Injunction Against Unauthorized Use Of HT Media's 'Shine' Trademark By Rogue Job Search Websites

The Delhi High Court recently restrained certain rogue websites/ entities from unauthorizedly using HT Media's brand and trademark 'SHINE', 'shine learning', and copyright of its website. Justice Yogesh Khanna passed the interim injunction against 8 rogue websites/ entities from infringing the company's registered trademarks and/or copyrights, on a plea filed by the company alleging...

Actor Assault Case : Kerala High Court Allows State To Summon 5 New Witnesses; Rejects Plea To Recall 3 Witnesses

The Kerala High Court on Monday partly allowed the application filed by the State government challenging the trial court's order in the sensational actress sexual case that involves Malayalam actor Dileep, which had rejected the prayer to re-examine certain witnesses and summon additional witnesses.The prosecution had sought before the trial court to re-examine 6 witnesses, 1 witness cited...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Roundup: January 10 To January 16, 2022

Judgments/ Orders of the Week 1. Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society: Rajasthan High Court Orders Expeditious Disposal of Depositor's Claim Application Case Title: Chetan Choudhary v. Union of India and Ors. Case Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 7 The Rajasthan High Court on Monday directed the Central government to expeditiously decide on the claim application filed...

10094 Children Orphaned, 1.36 Lakh Children Lost Either Parent During COVID: NCPCR Tells Supreme Court

The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has told the Supreme Court that as per the data uploaded on the Baal Swaraj Portal- CoVID care from April 2020 till January 11, 2022, 10094 children are orphaned, 1,36,910 children have lost either parent and 488 children are abandoned after the onset of COVID.The additional affidavit has been filed by NCPCR in compliance of...

'Hopeful' That Administration Will Take Requisite Steps: Rajasthan High Court Disposes Plea Seeking Removal Of Glitches On Income Tax Portal

The Rajasthan High Court has expressed its disinclination to entertain a public interest litigation seeking direction to the Income Tax Department to remove all the defects and glitches on its official portal. The court left it on the administration to deal with the issues at its level. A division bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Rekha Borana observed, "At this stage,...

Bombay High Court Reinstates CISF Constable Accused Of Raping Colleague's 5 Yrs Old Daughter

Being accused of heinous crime not reason to not conduct departmental enquiry before dismissal, it held.

All High Courts Weekly Roundup: 10 January- 15 January, 2022

Allahabad High Court1. S. 482 CrPC Plea Maintainable To Quash Proceedings Which Are Ex Facie Bad For Want Of Sanction: Allahabad High CourtCase title - Mahendra Pal Singh Lekhpal And Another v. State of U.P. and AnotherCase Citaiton: 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 9The High Court observed that an application under Section 482 CrPC is maintainable to quash the proceedings, which are ex facie bad for...

'No Person Can Be Forcibly Vaccinated Without Consent; Hasn't Made Carrying Vaccine Certificate Mandatory For Any Purpose' : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central Government has made it clear before the Supreme Court that there is no COVID-19 vaccination mandate and that vaccination is not mandatory.Responding to a plea seeking ease of access to vaccination to persons with disabilities, the Central Government has submitted before the Supreme Court of India that its guidelines do not envisage any forcible vaccination without obtaining...

Whether Dismissal Of Writ On Ground Of Delay Can Come In Way For Party To File Another Plea Involving Similar Contention? Supreme Court Agrees To Examine

The Supreme Court recently agreed to consider whether dismissal of writ on the ground of delay can come in way for a party to file another plea involving similar contention. The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar while issuing notice in SLP assailing Kerala High Court's order said, "The fact that decision in the petitioner's earlier petition had attained finality, will...