Arbitral Award Cannot Be Modified By Executing Court On The Basis Of Just A Memo: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that in the absence of an application filed under Section 33 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) for correction of typographical errors in the arbitral award, the Court cannot pass an order modifying and correcting the arbitral award on the basis of a Memo filed before it by a party. The Single Bench of Justice E.S. Indiresh...

'Ensure No Breach Of Peace': Calcutta High Court Allows Primary Teachers' Welfare Association To Conduct Peaceful Protest Rally

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a Primary Teachers' Welfare Association to conduct a peaceful protest rally on June 11 from Raja Subodh Mullick Square Park to Rani Rashmoni Avenue in Kolkata. Justice Shampa Sarkar however imposed a host of conditions and further underscored that the police authorities shall be at liberty to ensure that no breach of peace takes place and law and...

Rajya Sabha Polls: Bombay High Court To Hear Nawab Malik & Anil Deshmukh's Plea To Vote Tomorrow

NCP leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh have approached the Bombay High Court for temporary release to cast their vote for the Rajya Sabha election slated for tomorrow.The duo approached the High Court after the Special PMLA court dismissed their applications citing section 62(5) of the Representation of People's Act.After Malik's counsels mentioned the matter before Justice PD Naik, he...

Once Magistrate Takes Cognizance Of Offences He Can't Review His Own Order & Drop/Withdraw Section(s): Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that once the Magistrate has taken cognizance for offences under certain sections/offences, it has no power to review its own order for dropping section(s) from the cognizance order.The Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh observed thus as it upheld an order of the magistrate rejecting an application filed by the accused/petitioner to withdraw cognizance order...

Qutub Minar Row: Intervenor Moves Delhi Court Claiming Ownership Of Entire Territory Between Ganga & Yamuna From Agra To Gurugram

In connection with the appeals seeking restoration of alleged temples in Delhi's Qutub Minar complex, an intervention application has been moved in city's Saket Court by a man claiming himself to be heir of United province of Agra, seeking right over the territories running between the river Yamuna and Ganga from Agra to Meerut, Aligarh, Bullandshahr and Gurgaon.The plea has been moved on...

Wave Megacity Projects, NCLT Dismisses Wave's Insolvency Plea With A Cost Of One Crore

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Principal bench comprising of Bhaskara Pantula Mohan (Member Judicial) and Mr. Hemant Kumar Sarangi (Member Technical) dismissed the insolvency petition filed by Wave Megacity Centre Private Limited (Wave) under Section 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The Bench also imposed a cost of INR One Crore on Wave for filing...

Petitioner's Lawyer Threatened By Police Inspector: Calcutta High Court Transfers Investigation To West Bengal CID

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday transferred an investigation into a criminal case to the West Bengal CID after noting that the lawyer of the petitioner had been threatened by the concerned inspector of the local police station. Justice Bibek Chaudhuri directed the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the West Bengal CID to appoint an Officer to investigate the case and...

'Deplorable' That Public Representatives Compel Govt Servants To Pass Illegal Orders And They Do So: Allahabad High Court

"It is deplorable that the representative of the public compel the public servant to pass illegal orders and the public servant comply their illegal dictates without any demur," observed the Allahabad High Court recently in one of its orders.The Bench of Justice Siddharth made this stern remark while allowing a plea filed by one Basrat Ullah challenging an order passed by Special Secretary,...

Bombay High Court Acquits Man Accused Of Wife's Murder As Witness To Whom Extra-Judicial Confession Was Given Turned Hostile

The Bombay High court recently acquitted a man convicted of murder of his wife as the person to whom he had made an extra judicial confession of having murdered her had turned hostile. Justices Sadhana S. Jadhav and Milind N. Jadhav noted that "As far as extra-judicial confession is concerned, the same is not reliable for the simple reason that the person to whom the purported...

Govt Employee Can't Be Punished Merely On Basis Of Preliminary Inquiry, Must Hold Departmental Enquiry With Reasonable Opportunity: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has recently reiterated that holding departmental proceedings and recording finding of guilt against any delinquent and imposing punishment for the same, is quasi-judicial function and not administrative function. Quashing an order issued by Secretary J&K State Board of School Education (BOSE) Srinagar against the petitioner, who...

Scorching Heat & Humidity: Kolkata Bar Associations Urge Court To Not Pass Adverse Orders In Lawyers' Absence Between June 8-10

A letter has been written to the Chief Judge of the City Sessions and Metropolitan Magistrate Court by Bar Associations in Kolkata, urging the judges to refrain from passing adverse orders in the absence of advocates or litigants amid "scorching heat and humidity".The letter has further prayed before the Chief Judge to show leniency from June 8 to June 10 since it has become unbearable to...

BSP MLAs Disqualification: Rajasthan High Court Refuses Interim Stay On Declaration Of Rajya Sabha Election Result; Polling Tomorrow

The vacation bench of Rajasthan High Court today dismissed an application which sought interim stay on declaration of results of Rajya Sabha Elections till the disposal of writ petitions pertaining to disqualification of the six Rajasthan MLAs who originally were elected as Members of Bahujan Samaj Party and were later on considered as Members of the Indian National Congress.Notably, the...