Rajasthan High Court Stays Arrest Warrant Issued Against Dhir & Dhir Associates' Alok Dhir In SBI Loan Scam Case

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed an arrest warrant issued against Dhir & Dhir Associates' managing partner and an employee of Alchemist Asset Reconstruction, Alok Dhir in relation to the State Bank of India (SBI) loan scam. Essentially, the arrest warrant was issued by a Jaisalmer court on February 12, 2020, against Alok Dhir and another employee of...

Order XLI Rule 5 CPC Only Permits Stay Of Execution Of Decree, Not Stay Of Operation Of Judgment: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that Order XLI Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure only provides for stay of the proceedings under a decree or stay of execution of the decree and does not empower the appellate court to stay the operation of the judgment,Justice V.G Arun allowed the original petition (Civil) with a direction to the appellate court to consider the application for stay...

[LIVE UPDATES] Gujarat Riots Case In SC : 'SIT Did No Investigation' , Sibal Argues Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi

The Supreme Court has commenced the final hearing on a petition by Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal arguing for...

Delhi High Court Grants Time To Amicus Curiae For Filing Note On Removal Of Objectionable Content Of Woman From Internet, Role Of Intermediaries

The Delhi High Court has granted ten days time to amicus curiae Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal for filing a note on the aspect as to how the objectionable content with regards to a woman can be removed from the internet. Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with a plea filed by a woman seeking directions on the Centre to block websites operating as pornographic sites under pseudo names....

Mumbai Police Oppose ED's Plea To Record Sachin Waze's Statement In Money Laundering Case

Dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze is being used by the Enforcement Directorate as a "puppet" to obstruct the Mumbai police's extortion probe, it told a Magistrate's court, on Tuesday while opposing the central agency's application to record Waze's statement in a money laundering case. After hearing counsels for the Mumbai Police Crime Branch and ED, the court eventually...

INX Media Case : Delhi HC Dismisses CBI's Plea Challenging Trial Court's Order Allowing Inspection Of Documents By Accused

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the CBI's plea challenging a Special Judge's order directing it to allow the accused persons, including former Minister P. Chidambaram, to inspect the documents kept in Malkhana room collected by the agency while investigating the INX Media Case.Justice Mukta Gupta pronounced the order after reserving it in August. While reserving the judgment, the Court...

Ex-Gratia For COVID Deaths : Madras High Court Asks TN Govt If It Wants To Pay Over Rs 50K Minimum

In a PIL pertaining to ex gratia assistance payable to the heirs of deceased persons due to Covid 19, Madras High Court has held that Rs 50,000/- as fixed by the Supreme Court is the minimum amount that must be paid out of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu went on to note that nothing bars the...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Plea Challenging the Validity of Certain Provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020-Full Courtroom Exchange

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up the part-heard matter in the plea challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 to regulate foreign funds received by NGOs for further hearing.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari, and CT Ravikumar heard the contentions put forth by the Senior Advocate Mr. Tushar...

Madras High Court Lifts Restrictions On Entry Of Advocates, Clerks To Court Premises

The Principal Bench of the Madras High Court has lifted the restrictions earlier imposed on the entry of Advocates and Clerks to the Court premises, in light of Covid-19 pandemic.They have been permitted entry through all the gates, subject to Covid protocol norms and security measures.This comes as part of a notification issued at the directions of Chief Justice, giving certain relaxations...

No Person Supposed To Share Seat Of Driver In 3-Wheeler Goods Carriage : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court last week held that in a three-wheeler goods carriage, no other person whether a passenger or as an owner of the vehicle is supposed to share the seat of the driver and any such action is a violation of the insurance policy conditions.Justice A. Badharudeen thus set-aside the liability fastened on the insurance company by the the Motor Vehicles Tribunal to compensate such...

Delhi's Air Quality Crisis : Important Supreme Court Orders On Firecrackers & Stubble Burning [2016-2021]

As the Air Quality Index (AQI) dipped to hazardous category in Delhi and other surrounding cities following the festival of Diwali, the discussion on Supreme Court orders on regulation of firecrackers and stubble burning have again come to the forefront. The Supreme Court over the last few years has passed a number of orders stipulating directions for regulating persistent issues such as the manufacture and sale of firecrackers, vehicular emissions, air pollution and other analogous concerns....

Practice Of Handwritten Clauses In Mediation Settlement Needs To Be Discontinued Unless Countersigned By Mediator, Parties: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the practice of handwritten clauses in mediation settlements needs to be discontinued forthwith, unless it is countersigned or initialled by the Mediator or Counsellor as well as by the parties in their presence."Often when a settlement is recorded, it is after a lot of dialogue between the parties, who have invariably suffered long...