Managing A Construction Project Is Not Within The Jurisdiction: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Of Customers Of A NOIDA Project

Managing a construction project is not within the jurisdiction of the court, the Supreme Court observed while declining to entertain a writ petition filed by 25 customers of a construction project.The petitioners sought a direction for the revival of the project or refund of the money, and a court monitored probe in the matter. Taking note of the prayers made, the bench headed by Justice DY...

Bharti Airtel Moves Supreme Court Seeking Modification Of AGR Dues

Bharti Airtel has moved an Application before the Supreme Court seeking for a limited clarification/modification of the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues owed to the Department of Telecommunications as well as a recall of previous orders which allowed the Respondent to appeal against judgement of TDSAT. The Application raises "correction of the basic and arithmetic errors in the...

Is Financier With Hypothecation Charge Over Vehicle A 'Financial Creditor' Under IBC? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on an appeal filed against an NCLAT verdict which held that a financier cannot claim the status of 'financial creditor' under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) if the hypothecation charge in respect of a vehicle is not registered as per the Companies Act, 2013.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna...

Possibility Of A Relationship Gone Sour Cannot Be Ruled Out : Sikkim High Court Acquits Rape Accused

The possibility of a relationship gone sour cannot be ruled out, the Sikkim High Court observed while it acquitted a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of promise of marriage.On 10.01.2018, the victim lodged an FIR alleging that she was raped by the accused (Makraj Limboo) on 17.08.2013, due to which she became pregnant and had to abort the baby on his advice. It was further...

RTI Applicants Not Expected To Clog System With Barrage Of RTIs Merely Claiming They Are Aimed At Combatting Corruption: CIC

The Central Information Commission recently observed that as much as a CPIO has a statutory responsibility of complying with the provisions of the RTI Act, it is also expected of the RTI Applicant/s "to not undermine the spirit of the RTI Act by clogging the system with such a barrage of RTI applications, merely claiming that these are aimed at combatting corruption." The...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Directs Lok Adalats To Pass Awards In Compliance With Regulation 17 Of NALSA Regulations

While stating that "during long experience as a member of judiciary, I have not come across even a single case where the Lok Adalat has passed an award in compliance of provisions of Regulation 17 and specimen annexed thereto", Justice Rekha Mittal of the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently directed, "The Lok Adalats in the States of Punjab, Haryana and U.T. Chandigarh are...

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia Appointed As Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.Gauhati High Court has been functioning with Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as the Acting Chief Justice since September 20, 2020, following the retirement of the previous Chief Justice Ajai Lamba.The notification issued by...

Petitioner Uses Vulgar Language In VC Hearing: Bombay High Court Shows 'Judicial Grace & Magnanimity' To Avoid Issuing Contempt Notice

A Division Bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice MS Karnik of the Bombay High Court expressed difficulty in proceeding with the hearing of a case pertaining to the Malegaon Blast case as the Petitioner therein used vulgar and abusive words during the virtual hearing. The Court was adjudicating upon a writ petition filed by Dr. Sarita Kishor Parikh and Glenn Paul Fernandez. During...

"He Has Become Drug Addict & Needs To Be Rehabilitated To Bring Him To Mainstream": HP High Court Grants Bail To Man

While noting that the bail petitioner before the Court has become a drug addict and as such, he is required to be taken to some rehabilitation centre, so that efforts are made for bringing the bail petitioner to the main stream, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (06th January) granted Bail to a man accused under NDPS Act. The Bench of Justice Sandeep Sharma was hearing...

Public Land In Uttar Pradesh Most Vulnerable To Encroachment, Authorities Not Discharging Their Functions In Timely Manner: Allahabad HC

In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday (07th January) said that Public land in the State of U.P. is most vulnerable to encroachment and such encroachment "over such public land is not countenanced by the legislature." Noting that the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, is the response of the legislature to deal with the endemic problem of encroachment over...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Intervene In the Election Of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council

A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Milind N. Jadhav refused to intervene in the election (impugned election) of Dr. Neelam Divakar Gorhe as Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC). The matter arose by a writ petition filed on behalf of Member of Legislative Council, Mr. Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar challenging...

'Constitutional Challenge Can Be Addressed Before High Court': Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Provisions Of GST Act

The Supreme Court has declined to entertain a writ petition challenging constitutional validity of various provisions of the Central Goods Service Tax Act, 2017."We are of the view that it would be appropriate to relegate the petitioner to the remedy of a petition under Article 226 so that this Court has the benefit of the considered view of the jurisdictional High Court," the bench headed...