Only In Indian Supreme Court Can One Come Against Procedural Direction At Interim Stage,Won't Happen In SCOTUS: SC

"It is only in the Supreme Court of India that one can come against a procedural direction passed by a Single Judge at an interim stage. Such a thing would not happen in the US Supreme Court", remarked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday.This was in connection with the challenge to the view taken by a Delhi High Court Single Judge that a suit for trademark infringement between different wings...

Justices AM Khanwilkar & Dinesh Maheshwari Recuse From Hearing NLSIU's Petition Against HC Order To Promote Student

Supreme Court judges Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari on Tuesday recused from hearing the petition filed by National Law School of India University (NLSIU) against an order of the Karnataka High Court wherein it set aside the order of NLSIU denying a law student admission to the fourth year of BA LL.B (Hons).As soon as the matter was taken, the judges said that the case will...

Award Of Lok Adalat Cannot Be Considered As An Award Of The Court Made Under Part III Of Land Acquisition Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an award of the Lok Adalat, being an executable decree binding between the parties, cannot be considered as an award of the Court under Part III of the Land Acquisition Act for the purposes of sec. 28A providing for re-determination of the amount of compensation of the award.A division bench comprising of Justice SC Gupte and Justice AA Sayed...

Fake Vaccine Camps Appear To Be 'State's Failure'; Don't Spare 'Big Fish' : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that fake vaccine camps in Mumbai were prima facie the state's failure and asked the civic authorities about measures they plan to take regarding testing and vaccinating the 2,053 innocent people who were duped. The court further asked the State's counsel to ask the investigators to conduct a thorough investigation to ensure those playing with...

Madras HC Seeks State's Response On BJP Leader's Plea Challenging TN Govt's Move To Assess NEET Impact On Socially Backward

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to file its counter-affidavit on a plea challenging its decision to set up a committee for the purpose of ascertaining whether the NEET based admission process has prejudicially affected socially backward students. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has also left it open to the...

Law Of Limitation Only Bars Judicial Remedy, The Substantive Right Survives: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently decided in a pension recovery matter that the Law of Limitation only bars judicial remedy, and that the substantive right itself survives and continues to be available in other ways, and clarified that the rules of limitation are not meant to destroy the rights of parties. A division bench of Justices Alexander Thomas and K. Babu while disposing the...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Matrix Cellular's Plea For Release Of Oxygen Concentrators Seized By Delhi Police

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in plea by Matrix Cellular Limited against Delhi High Court's order denying relief in its plea seeking immediate release of its oxygen Concentrators seized by Delhi Police. Matrix Cellular's oxygen Concentrators were seized by Delhi Police after observing that the said items were "found under suspicious circumstances"A Division Bench of Justice...

Limitation Act Provisions Will Apply To Arbitration Proceedings Initiated Under Section 18(3) MSMED Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that the provisions of Limitation Act will apply to to arbitration proceedings initiated under Section 18(3) of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy observed that counter-claim is maintainable before the statutory authorities under MSMED Act.The bench held thus while dismissing an...

Why Wait For Centre's Approval For Door-to-Door Vaccination? Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday criticised Maharashtra's Public Health Department's stand that it would begin home vaccination on an experimental basis only after the State and Central Government approves its proposal. Based on the State Task Force Guidelines on Home Vaccination, the proposal on experimental basis is only for bedridden patients and includes strict compliance...

UP Woman Who Converted To Islam Moves Delhi HC Seeking Protection & Direction To Media To Not Publish Malicious Content Against Her

A Hindu woman who converted to Islam has moved the Delhi High Court seeking protection while claiming that she is facing an extreme threat to her life and that of her immediate family members who are allegedly being witch-hunted by the officials of the Uttar Pradesh Police.The woman has also claimed that owing to her conversion of religion she and her family members are being targeted...

CA Exams : Supreme Court Rejects Prayers For Waiver Of Articleship, Vaccine Priority For Candidates

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down the requests of Petitioners pertaining to waiver of submission of articleship and priority vaccination of CA candidates during the hearing of the three petitions related to the CA exams.A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose was hearing three petitions related to CA exams.The bench asked the counsel of Institute...

Breaking: CA Exam: Opt-Out Option Will Be Extended To All Syllabus COVID Affected Candidates And Those Who Are Unable To Appear Because Of COVID After Effects - ICAI To SC

Opt-Out option will now be extended to both candidates under Old and New syllabus who have recently suffered from COVID-19 or are yet to recover from the after-effects and are consequently unable to appear, the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) has submitted to the Supreme Court in a Brief Note as per the directions rendered in today's hearing. 

A Bench of Justices AM...