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Can't Pass Orders For Encashment Of Bank Guarantees That Are Not Alive As On Date: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today dismissed an appeal seeking encashment of bank guarantees issued in the year 2013, and that expired in 2016."Bank guarantees that are not alive as on today cannot be encashed. It's a simple piece of paper, that's all. At best, the aggrieved party can file a suit for recovery or for damages," the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh...
Calcutta High Court Transfers Abhishek Banerjee's Defamation Suit Against Suvendu Adhikari To Kolkata From Burdwan
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of a defamation suit filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee against BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari from Burdwan Court to a Court in Kolkata. Adhikari had moved an application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) seeking transfer of the...
Make Registration Of Same-Sex Marriage Either Religion-Neutral Or Under Secular Law Only: Plea In Delhi High Court
An NGO namely Sewa Nyaya Utthan Foundation has moved the Delhi High Court seeking to intervene in the plea filed for registration of marriages of LGBTQIA couples under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956.At he outset, the application filed through Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha states that approval with regards to same sex marriage under Hindu Marriage Act and not in other Personal Laws existing...
NEET-PG : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging 40% In-Service Quota Brought By West Bengal
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by doctors who appeared in NEET PG 2021 challenging the notice dated October 8, 2021 issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, West Bengal that provides for reservation of 40% for in-service medical/dental officers.The matter was listed before the bench of Justices LN Rao and BR Gavai.Notice dated October 8, 2021 issued...
Justice Pratibha M Singh Of Delhi High Court Featured In Managing IP 50 Most Influential People In IP 2021 Judges List
Justice Pratibha M Singh, judge of the Delhi High Court has been featured in IP 50 Most Influential People In IP 2021 Judges list. The list reveals Managing IP's pick of the people who have driven the intellectual property law, policy and business for the year 2021. The list involves 5 different categories including 21 industry leaders, 9 public officials, 9 judges, 6 IP authorities and 5...
Can A Person Enrol As Advocate Without Giving Up Other Job? Supreme Court To Examine BCI's Challenge Against Gujarat HC Judgment
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the special leave petition filed by the Bar Council of India challenging the November 2020 judgment of the Gujarat High Court which allowed persons with other employments, whether full-time or part-time, to enrol as Advocates without resigning from their jobs.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh however turned down the...
Madras High Court Quashes Order Impounding Leena Manimekalai's Passport Over Pendency Of Criminal Defamation Case; Orders Release Within One Week
In a writ petition challenging the impounding of Leena Manimekalai's passport, Madras High Court has allowed the petitioner's plea while setting aside the impounding order of Regional Passport Officer, Chennai on the grounds of pendency of criminal defamation proceedings against her. Justice M. Dhandapani has directed the Regional Passport Office to release the impounded passport within...
Delhi Pollution : Supreme Court Directs Centre & Delhi Govt To Implement Directions Of Air Quality Management Commission
The Supreme Court on Friday took note of the decisions taken by the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and directed the Central Government and the Delhi Government to implement the same in order to tackle the air pollution in the national capital.The Commission took several decisions yesterday, following the strong critical remarks by the Supreme Court regarding...
"Ganja Seizure Doubtful": Allahabad HC Orders Enquiry Against Police Officials Who 'Maliciously Prosecuted' Man In NDPS Case
The Allahabad High Court recently came down heavily on Uttar Pradesh Police Personnel for maliciously prosecuting a man in the 29 KG Ganja (Cannabis) Seizure case after lifting him from his house at midnight and implicating him in an NDPS case.The Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi ordered an inquiry against the guilty police personnel and the registration of an FIR against them in case they...
126 High Court Collegium Recommendations Remain Pending With the Central Government: Union Law Minister's Response on Judicial Vacancies
The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told in the Rajya Sabha that out of 164 recommendations received from the High Court Collegium, 31 are pending with the Supreme Court collegium while seven were remitted to the High Courts. The answer came in response to a question posed by an MP from CPI (M) John Brittas. The submitted data reveals that a total of 126 of 164 recommendations are pending...
