Provisions Of Rent Act Will Not Have Overriding Effect Over Provisions Of SARFAESI Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a secured creditor has precedence and first charge over the secured assets, under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFAESI), and provisions of the Rent Act would not override provisions of SARFAESI Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin...

"There Seems To Be A Big Disconnect": Delhi High Court Calls For Meeting With Stakeholders Over Implementation Of Street Vendors Act

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday called for a meeting with all the stakeholders including the Chairpersons of all the three Municipal Corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council, the Delhi Cantonment Board and the concerned Director of the DDA to work out the implementation of the Street Vendors Act.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh scheduled a meeting in the High Court premises...

Place A Concrete Decision By Next Posting Date: Kerala High Court Directs State On Decision To Formulate Legislation To End Church Feud

The Kerala High Court has directed the State Attorney to confirm if the government is considering bringing about a legislation for the management and administration of the Churches caught in the Orthodox-Jacobite row.A Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Sophy Thomas while granting further time, observed:"We want to see that a concrete decision of the Government is...

[INI CET Examination] Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea For Defined Criteria For Arriving At Seat Matrix For Institutional Preference Candidates

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition seeking for a defined criteria for arriving at seat matrix for the institutional preference candidates in INI-CET examination.The bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna while issuing notice made it clear that no order shall be passed for admission to INI CET Exam for the current session. Courtroom Exchange When the matter...

Kerala High Court Directs State To Widely Broadcast Its Facilities To Enable More Devotees Attend Sabarimala Darshan

The Kerala High Court has directed the State and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TBD) to broadly promulgate the facilities recently made available to Sabarimala pilgrims to facilitate entry to more devotees to the temple and to attend darshan therein, in view of the two month pilgrimage season.In a suo moto matter taken up based on the Sabarimala Special Commissioner's report, the Division...

Specify Steps Taken To Implement Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act In Letter & Spirit: Orissa High Court To State Govt

The Orissa High Court has asked the State Government to file an affidavit specifying steps it has taken so far to implement the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act (PEMSR Act), 2013.The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice A. K. Mohapatra also sought to know from the Collector of Puri as to whether there is awareness among the...

Special NIA Court Paves Way For Sudha Bharadwaj's Release in Bhima Koregaon Case, Sets Bail Conditions

She has been allowed provisional cash bail for a period of one month, disallowed from speaking to the media.

IT Dept Not Obliged To Furnish Documents Seized Pursuant To Authorized Search To Any Public Servant: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that once search and seizure proceedings are undertaken by officials of the Income Tax Department under authorisation, they are not obliged to furnish any document to any public servant in respect of such matters relating to the assessee. Justice M Nagaprasanna said that, "On a conjoint reading of Sections 132 and 138(2) of the Income Tax Act,...

Filing Of Fake Claim Pleas By Advocates Won't Be Tolerated At All; Probe Must Be Conducted From All Angles: Supreme Court

Stressing that the cases related to the malpractices of filing of fake claim pleas by the advocates won't be tolerated at all, the Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council for not taking action against the erring advocates who are involved in the filing of fake claim pleas."This is a very serious matter. Filing of fake claim cases of thousands of crores and...

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings Summoning Four BJP Leaders In Criminal Defamation Case By Delhi Jal Board

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings as well as the order which had summoned four BJP leaders including its Delhi Unit President Adesh Gupta in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Delhi Jal Board and its Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha. The case pertains to allegations levelled against the Board over scam of Rs. 26,000 crores.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri passed...

Will Depict Only A Truncated Picture: Plea Assails Sample Survey To Classify EWS Among Forward Communities, Kerala High Court Issues Notice

The Kerala High Court has admitted a plea filed by the Nair Service Society (NSS) contesting the sample survey designed by the State Commission for Economical Backward Classes Among Forward Communities to ascertain backwardness by collecting details from five economically backward families from each locality.After admitting the plea, Justice N. Nagaresh issued notice to the State and...

"Not An Ordinary Case Of Individuals Committing An Unlawful Act": Court Frames Charges Against Shahrukh Pathan, Who Pointed Gun At Cop During Delhi Riots

A Delhi Court on Tuesday framed charges against Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during the North East Delhi riots observing that it was not an ordinary case of individuals or groups committing an unlawful act. The FIR related to an incident wherein Pathan was captured pointing a gun on a policeman, pictures of which had gone viral on the Social Media...