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Justice Gita Mittal Appointed As First Woman Chairperson Of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council
Justice (Retd.) Gita Mittal has been appointed as the first woman Chairperson of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), an independent, self-regulatory body for general entertainment channels set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). The former Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court will succeed Justice Vikramajit Sen, a former Supreme Court...
Cases Against MPs/MLAs: Madras High Court Mulls Constitution Of Committee To Set Up Additional Infrastructure For Expeditious Disposal
The Madras High Court has observed that in order to expedite the hearing of criminal cases against MPs/ MLAs in Trial Courts, specific times on a daily or weekly basis need to be allotted, irrespective of whatever other business the relevant Court may have. The High Court further observed that it is necessary to constitute an appropriate Committee at the High Court level to look...
Judicial Record Missing For Over 20 Yrs- Jharkhand High Court Reprimands Concerned Officials, Forms 1 Member Committee To Probe
Coming down heavily on Judicial Officers and the State Administration, the Jharkhand High Court recently expressed its displeasure over the fact that record of a case went missing and even after a lapse of 20 years the record was not reconstructed by concerned officials. The Bench of Justice Anand Sen was hearing the plea of an alleged notorious criminal Surendra Bengali, who...
2019 Amendment To Companies Act 2013 Provisions Relating To Corporate Social Responsibility Comes Into Force; CSR Rules Amended
The provisions of 2019 Amendment to Companies Act, 2013, relating to Corporate Social Responsibility have come into force today.The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a notification in this regard today appointing the 22nd day of January, 2021 as the date on which the provisions of section 21 of the 2019 Amendment Act shall come into force. Companies (Corporate Social...
SC Rule Asking Convict To Surrender To File Criminal Appeal Unconstitutional : Plea In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday considered a writ petition which challenged a rule of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 which mandates that a convict should submit proof of surrender to file criminal appeal in the SC.The writ petition challenged the validity of Rule 5 of Order XXII of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 as ultra vires of Articles 14/21 of the Constitution in those cases where...
Supreme Court Refuses To Recall Order Rejecting Vedanta's Interim Plea To Reopen Sterlite Plant Pending Appeal
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to recall its order rejecting Vedanta's interim plea to reopen its Sterlite Copper smelting plant at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu till the pendency of the appeal.The bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman had on December 2 last year refused to grant interim relief to Vedanta Ltd., rejecting the mining giant's plea for an immediate reopening of its Sterlite...
Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Against Bombay HC Verdict Quashing Reduction Of Area
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices on petitions challenging the Bombay High Court judgment which quashed the Maharashtra Government's notification to exclude 18 villages from Kalyan- Dombivili Municipal Corporation(KDMC).A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India issued notices on the special leave petitions filed by KDMC and the State Government against the judgment passed by...
Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act Which Deals With Ineligibility Of Appointment As Arbitrator Is A Mandatory & Non- Derogable Provision: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act read with the Seventh Schedule, which deals with ineligibility of a person to be appointed as an Arbitrator, is a mandatory and non-derogable provision of the Act.The court was considering an appeal filed by Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC) against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High...
Supreme Court Adjourns Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea For Sentence Suspension To Next Week
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to next week the petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to suspend his life sentence in a custodial death case of 1990. A Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy adjourned the case at the request of Bhatt's counsel Advocate-on-Record Farrukh Rasheed. Rasheed informed the Court today that the Senior...
Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Re-Opening/Functioning Of Schools & Technical Educational Institutions
The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Government of Kerala to permit re-opening and functioning of Schools and Technical Educational Institutions. The Bench of Justice P. V. Asha specifically observed, "There is no reason for any doubt that Government would not come forward with orders for re-opening of the Schools as and when the situation...
Allahabad High Court Imposes 3 Lakh Cost On A Petitioner For Repeatedly Filing Petitions Agitating Same Cause Of Action
The Allahabad High Court recently imposed an extraordinary cost of Rs. 3 lakh on a former Gram Sabha Pradhan for repeatedly approaching the Court with the same cause of action, despite several dismissals. The order was passed by a Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Joshi which noted that the instant petition was the fourth attempt made by the Petitioner to present the same cause of...