IBC Cases Weekly Round-Up: 27 June To 3 July 2022

NCLT NCLT Kolkata Initiates Insolvency Process Against The Personal Guarantor Of Gontermann-Pipers(India) Ltd. Case Title: UCO Bank v Vinod Kumar Mittal Case No.: C.P.(IB)/24(KB)2021 The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Kolkata Bench, comprising of Shri Rohit Kapoor (Judicial Member) and Shri Harish Chander Suri (Technical Member), has initiated Insolvency...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: June, 2022

Nominal Index Jaswant Kaur v. Lakhwinder Singh and others 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 125 Bhakra Beas Management Board & another Versus Jagdish Ram 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 126 Ayyub Khan and Anr VERSUS Pratap Gurjar and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 127 Rohtash @ Raju v. State of Haryana 2022 LiveLaw (PH) 128 Lawrence Bishnoi v. State of Punjab and others...

Sushant Singh Rajput's Flatmate Siddharth Pithani Gets Bail From Bombay High Court In Drugs Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to Siddharth Pithani, former flatmate of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, accused in an illicit drug probe following the Actor's death. Justice Bharati Dangre ordered bail on the execution of a PR Bond of Rs. 50,000. Currently in judicial custody, Pithani was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on May 28, last year. While two of...

Court Exercising Powers Under Section 9 Of The A&C Act Cannot Add Conditions To An Unconditional Bank Guarantee: Meghalaya High Court

The Meghalaya High Court has held that a court exercising powers under Section 9 of the A&C Act cannot add conditions to an unconditional bank guarantee. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W.Diengdoh held that mere plea of fraud would not be a ground for the court to stay invocation of an unconditional bank guarantee unless a strong prima facie...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To One Held For Duping Man Of ₹35 Lakhs On Pretext Of Sending His Son Abroad

The Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a regular bail plea in a case where the petitioner alongwith his mother were said to have duped the complainant for a sum of Rs.35,00,000/- on the pretext of sending his son to Canada, granted the concession of bail to the petitioner on the ground that his co-accused (mother) has already been enlarged on bail and he...

NCLT Hyderabad Initiates Insolvency Process Against The Personal Gauartor Of Deccan Chronicle Holdings

The National Company Law Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, comprising of Dr. N. Venkata Ramakrishna Badarinath (Judicial Member) Shri Veera Brahma Rao Arekapudi (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in L&T Finance Limited v Tikkavarapu Venkaram Reddy, has initiated insolvency resolution process against Mr. Tikkavarapu Venkatarami Reddy, who is the Personal Guarantor...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: June 27 - July 3, 2022

NOMINAL INDEX Citations 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 594 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 598 ASLAM SHER KHAN v. NARINDER DHRUV BATRA & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 594 VOLTAS LIMITED v. ASHOK KUMAR & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 595 SEHNAZ v. STATE 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 596 PANKAJ JAIN v. PARUL JAIN 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 597 Pink City Expressway Private Limited versus National Highways Authority...

When Termination Of Arbitral Proceedings For Non-Appearance Of Parties, Remain Unchallenged, Application Filed Again For Appointment Of Arbitrator Not Maintainable: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a second arbitration application would be non-maintainable when the order of the arbitrator terminating arbitral proceedings under Section 32(2)(c) was not challenged under Section 14(2) of the A&C Act. The Single Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhandari held that the legal maxim 'Vigilantibus Non-Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt' which means that...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Former Punjab CM Channi's Nephew In Illegal Mining & Money Laundering Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday granted bail to Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, nephew of former Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi, arrested in connection with allegations of illegal mining and money laundering. The bench comprising Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan observed,"There is no absolute bar in granting regular bail to an accused facing trial under the PMLA as...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 27 - July 3 2022

A weekly round-up of important cases from Madras High Court and its subordinate courts. Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 270 To 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 280 NOMINAL INDEX Mohamed Jiyaputheen v. State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 270 M/s.Progressive Stone Works Versus The Joint Commissioner (ST), 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 271 Mahalakshmi v. The Superintendent of Police...

Kerala Wetland Act | Ignorance Of Law & Its Development Through Judgments Main Reason For Accumulation Of Cases: High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the primary cause of cases stockpiling under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 was the ignorance of law and its developments through judicial decisions. Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan thereby set aside orders passed by the Local Level Monitoring Committee and by the Revenue Division Officer, citing unsustainability under the...

Liberty | Don't Make Domiciliary Visits To Former TDP Minister Ch Ayyanna's House Without There Being Any Crime: Andhra Pradesh HC To Police

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week directed the state police department not to invade or visit Ch Ayyanna's house without there being any crime. A single judge bench of Justice C Manavendranth Roy directed the Home department to submit full details pertaining to the issue and disposed of the case with a direction to the police – not to make any domiciliary visits to the house...