NCLT/NCLAT Has No Residual Equity Jurisdiction While Dealing With Resolution Plan Approved By CoC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that there is no residual equity based jurisdiction in the Adjudicating Authority or the Appellate Authority while dealing with the resolution plan approved by the Committee of Creditors.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah reiterated that these authorities can not enter into the commercial wisdom underlying the approval granted by the CoC to the...

Delhi High Court Stays CIC Order Requiring TRAI To Furnish Alleged Phone Tapping Information To Advocate Under RTI Act

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed an order of the Central information Commission (CIC), requiring the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) to collect and furnish information about alleged tapping of an Advocate's phone, in terms of the Right to Information Act.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a LPA preferred by TRAI from a single bench order...

BREAKING : Supreme Court Imposes Fine On 8 Political Parties For Violating Directions To Publish Criminal Antecedents Of Candidates In Bihar Polls

The Supreme Court imposed fine on eight political parties for committing contempt of court by flouting the directions in its February 2020 judgment for publication of the criminal antecedents of candidates during the Bihar assembly polls last year.Rupees Five Lakhs each have been imposed as fine on Communist Party of India( Marxist) and Nationalist Congress Party. Bharatiya Janata Party,...

MP High Court Bar Association Writes to CJ For Action Against Justice RK Dubey on Alleged ill-Behavior Towards Lawyers

The letter highlights issues like use of derogatory remarks, rigid mindset, non-inclination to hear matters and disrespectful behavior.

[BREAKING] Politicians With Criminal Antecedents Cannot Be Permitted To Be Law-Makers; But Our Hands Are Tied: Supreme Court

Sending a stern message to decriminalize politics, the Supreme Court observed that persons with criminal antecedents cannot be permitted to become law-makers. However, the Court refrained from issuing any directions to that effect, saying that such directions cannot be issued in the absence of a statutory foundation."Our hands are tied, we can only appeal to the conscience of the...

Political Parties Have To Publish Information On 'Candidates With Criminal Antecedents' On Their Website Homepage: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has directed the political parties to publish information regarding criminal antecedents of candidates on the homepage of their websites.It will also become necessary now to have on the homepage a caption which states "candidates with criminal antecedents"The court has also directed the Election Commission of India to create a dedicated mobile application...

Tokyo Paralympics: Shuttler Raj Kumar Withdraws Plea Before Delhi High Court Challenging Non-Selection

Arjuna Awardee shuttler Raj Kumar has withdrawn his plea filed before the Delhi High Court, challenging his non-selection for the Tokyo Paralympics, slated to commence from August 24, 2021.The development comes after Advocate Nalin Kohli, representing the Badminton Association of India, apprised the Court that Kumar's was not selected under the bipartite system since all the players selected...

No CET For Class 11 Admissions; Admit Students Based On Class 10 Marks : Bombay High Court To Maharashtra Govt

Allowing a student's plea, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the Maharashtra Government's decision to hold a common entrance test (CET) based only on the State Board's syllabus for class XI or first-year junior college admission. "The state government does not have the power under law to issue such a notification and this court can intervene in extreme cases of gross...

'NHRC Working Without Full Strength For First Time' : Plea In Supreme Court To Fill Up Vacancies

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a plea seeking Top Court's intervention to ensure that the Apex Human Rights watchdog of the country runs with its full strength to September 9, 2021. The matter was listed before a division bench of Justice L Nageshwar Rao and Justice Aniruddha Bose. Claiming that it was for the first time in the history of the National Human Rights...

Wife Seeks Financial Assistance From PM Cares & State CM's Relief Fund: Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow

The plea seeks financial assistance for getting her husband a lung transplant after having exhausted her savings over his post- CoVID treatment.

Calcutta High Court Releases 'Action Plan' To Reduce Pendency Of Cases In Subordinate Judiciary

The Calcutta High Court on Monday published an 'Action Plan' for judicial officers in order to reduce the pendency of cases in subordinate judiciary. The Action Plan envisages targets for disposal of different categories of cases pending for 7 years and more and also allots time frames for such speedy disposal. The Districts of West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have...

Calcutta High Court Seeks West Bengal Govt's Response In Plea Challenging Appointment of TMC MLA Mukul Roy As PAC Chairman

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted time to the West Bengal government to file its counter affidavit by the next date of hearing i.e. on August 12. The Court also took on record the written submission filed by BJP MLA Ambika Ray challenging the appointment of TMC MLA Mukul Roy as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. On July 9,...