Arbitration Agreement Can Bind Non-Signatories: Supreme Court Upholds 'Group Of Companies' Doctrine

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 6) held that an arbitration agreement can bind non-signatories as per the "group of companies" doctrine. "The 'group of companies' doctrine must be retained in the Indian arbitration jurisprudence considering its utility in determining the intention of the parties in the context of complex transactions involving multiple parties...

Dushyant Dave Writes To CJI DY Chandrachud About Change Of Benches In 'Sensitive Matters'; Says Listing Rules Are Disregarded

Sr. Adv. Dushyant Dave has written an open letter to Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, expressing "anguished at certain happenings about the listing of cases by the Registry of the Supreme Court". Dave has said in the letter that some of the matters being relisted by the registry are "sensitive matters" involving human rights, Freedom of Speech, Democracy, and Functioning of Statutory...

Delhi Riots: Court Summons ED Special Director Over Non-Appearance Of Prosecution In PMLA Case Against Tahir Hussain

A Delhi Court yesterday summoned the Special Director of the Enforcement Directorate over non-appearance of the prosecution in a money laundering case registered against Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the North-East Delhi riots of 2020.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said there was non-appearance on behalf of the prosecution in the court for filing reply...

'Difficult To Bring Up A Child In Your 60s': Supreme Court On Challenge To Age Limit Under Surrogacy Act

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally expressed its reservations about the applications filed before it by persons wanting to have a child through surrogacy under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 who are beyond the age limit prescribed under the Act. "There are cases where people in their 60s are saying they want children. It is so difficult to bring up a child at that age. Once a child...

Assam Accord | Supreme Court Seeks Official Data On Number Of People Benefitted From Section 6A Of Citizenship Act

On the first day of the hearings pertaining to a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench asked the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta to provide official data on how many people benefitted from Section 6A of the Act. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud along with Justices Surya Kant,...

CCI Closes Complaint Against Indian Bank: No Dominant Act In The Fixed Deposit Market In India

The Competition Commission of India ('CCI') comprising Ms. Ravneet Kaur (Chairperson), Mr. Anil Agrawal (Member), Ms. Sweta Kakkad (Member) and Mr. Deepak Anurag (Member) closed the complaint filed by Mr. A. Ram Babu ('Informant') against Indian Bank ('OP-1') alleging violation of the provisions of Section 4(2)(a) and Section 4(2)(b) of the Competition Act, 2002 ('Act'). The CCI...

Assam Accord | S.6A Citizenship Act Was Enacted Considering Humanitarian Aspects After Bangladesh Liberation, Says Supreme Court During Hearing

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 5) commenced the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, the statutory provision giving effect to the Assam Accord.The provision, inter alia, allows foreign migrants, who came to Assam after the 1st January, 1966 but before the 25th March, 1971, to seek Indian citizenship....

Companies Act | NCLT Permits 'Change' In Utilization Of Share Capital Reduction Amount By Invoking Powers Under Rule 11 Of NCLT Rules

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai Bench, comprising of Shri Sanjiv Jain (Judicial Member) and Shri Ravichandran Ramasamy (Technical Member), while invoking its powers under Rule 11 of the NCLT Rules, 2016 has permitted a company to 'change' the utilization of its reduced share capital amount by altering the amounts to be adjusted towards Negative Capital Reserves and...

Lawyers Should Not Circulate Adjournment Slips Till December 15 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has announced that lawyers will not be permitted to seek adjournments in advance by circulating letters till December 15, 2023."In order to accommodate the request of listing maximum number of cases in the interest of litigants and in view of the ensuing winter vacation, all stakeholders to note that the practice of circulating adjournment slips/letters is discontinued...

SAT Criticizes SEBI For Negligence in Unfreezing Kirloskar Family Demat Accounts Despite Orders; Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs

On Monday, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) strongly criticized the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its failure to unfreeze the demat accounts of five Kirloskar family members, despite a previous order to do so last year.Presiding Officer Justice Tarun Agarwala and Technical Member Meera Swarup, constituting the Coram, instructed SEBI to pay a penalty of ₹5 lakh to...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea To Allow Surrogacy For Single Unmarried women

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (05.12.2023) sought the response of the Central Government in a plea challenging various provisions of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 that excludes unmarried single women from availing the option of having children through surrogacy. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice in the plea today....

Supreme Closes Plea By Lawyer & Intern Against MP Police Case Over Alleged PFI Links; Allows Them To Approach HC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (05.12.2023) closed a writ petition filed by a lawyer and her intern seeking independent investigation into a case registered against them in Indore in Madhya Pradesh over alleged links to the PFI.The Petitioners - lawyer Noorjahan and law student Sonu Mansoori- had alleged that they had been implicated in false, baseless, politically motivated and communally...