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...

Madras High Court Appoints First Woman Mace Bearer

In a first, the Madras High Court has appointed a woman mace bearer. Justice R.N Manjula is the first to utilise the services of the court's first woman mace bearer. Justice Manjula is also a member of the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee-I (GSICC-I)The Mace bearer/ Chobdar, a position traditionally held by men, is an officer who carries the mace and walks before a...

'Serious Corrupt Practice': Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe Into Primary Teacher Recruitment In State-Run Schools

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case related to primary teacher recruitment and directed the central agency to submit their report in a closed envelope on June 15.Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay was apprised by the petitioner that former state minister and IPS officer Upendra Nath Biswas had named one Chandan Mondal of...

Pressure On WB Police To Shield Certain Persons: High Court Orders CBI To Probe TMC Leader Tapan Dutta's Murder

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe relating to murder of Trinamool Congress leader Tapan Dutta. The CID West Bengal which was probing the case was directed to immediately handover the investigation to the CBI. Dutta, then vice-president of Trinamool Congress' Bally Jagacha block unit in Howrah, was shot dead on May 6, 2011....

Can't Grant Anticipatory Bail For Case Registered Outside Court's Territorial Limits: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, while hearing a plea seeking anticipatory bail under section 438 CrPC, has ruled that it has no jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail to a person against whom a case has been registered with a police station which is situated outside the local limits of its jurisdiction under the Code. The Single bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar held so in...

Bombay High Court Issues Notice To CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal In PIL Challenging His Appointment

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice on a PIL challenging the appointment of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik directed the respondents, including Jaiswal, to file their replies to the PIL by July 18 and have listed the matter for further hearing on July...