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NCLAT Stays The CIRP Of National Textile Corporation Ltd., A Public Sector Enterprise
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson), Ms. Shreesha Merla (Technical Member) and Shri Naresh Salecha (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in National Textile Corporation Ltd. v Hero Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd., has stayed the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process ("CIRP") against...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officers Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury & Shampa Dutta (Paul) As Additional Judges Of Calcutta High Court
The Central Government on Tuesday has notified the appointment of judicial officers Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury and Shampa Dutta (Paul) as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on February 1, 2022 had reiterated the aforementioned appointments. Their names were first recommended on September 1, 2021.As per the notification, Dutt's...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocates Anish Dayal & Amit Sharma As Judge/Additional Judge Of Delhi High Court
The Centre has notified the appointment of Advocates Anish Dayal and Amit Sharma as Judge and Additional Judge respectively of the Delhi High Court. The notifications issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice dated May 31, 2022 read thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Anish Dayal, to be...
Tripura High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Committing Cyber-Crimes Using 'Logo Of Police DG'
The Tripura High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a person, who allegedly was involved in cyber-crimes using the logo of the Director General of Police, Tripura. Expressing shock over the matter, a Single Judge Bench of Justice T. Amarnath Goud observed, "In view of the serious allegations made by the prosecution, this court feels that the Police Department is not very serious...
No GST Payable On Fees Collected Towards Training In Respect Of Football, Basketball, Athletic, Cricket, Swimming, Karate And Dance: AAR
The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) consisting of Rajib Magoo and T.R. Ramnani has ruled that GST is not payable on fees collected towards training in respect of football, basketball, athletics, cricket, swimming, karate, and dance.The association, M/s Navi Mumbai Sports Association, has constructed an international sports complex on land allotted by M/s CIDCO to it. The...
Kerala High Court Reunites Lesbian Couple Forcibly Separated By Parents
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday came to the rescue of a lesbian couple by reuniting them after they were forcibly separated by their parents and family members. A Division Bench of Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice C Jayachandran allowed the habeas corpus plea moved by Adhila after her partner, Fathima Noora was taken away by her parents. "We were of the opinion that the petitioner and...
Orissa High Court Stays Single Judge Order Reinstating NLU-O Finance Officer Engaged On Contractual Basis
A vacation Bench of the Orissa High Court, comprising Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo, has 'stayed' the operation of judgment dated 10th May 2022, rendered by a Single Bench of Justice Biswanath Rath, reinstating services of a contractual employee who was terminated by the National Law University, Odisha ('NLUO'). While issuing notice to the...
Assessee Entitled To Additional Depreciation On The Power Plant And Installed Windmill: Delhi ITAT
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) consisting of Yogesh Kumar U.S. (Judicial Member) and B.R.R. Kumar (Accountant Member) has ruled that assessees are entitled to additional depreciation on the power plant and the installed windmill. The assessee/appellant is engaged in the fields of manufacturing and selling of sponge iron, billets, wire rod, TMT,...
Allahabad HC Grants Interim Relief To Student Accused Of Assaulting LU Professor Over His Alleged Remarks On Kashi Vishwanath Temple
The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted interim to a Lucknow University student Kartik Pandey who has been accused of assaulting Professor Ravi Kant after he allegedly made controversial statements against the Kashi Vishwanath temple.Pandey has also been accused of hurling abuses and casteist slurs at Professor Ravi Kant Chandan. Thereafter, he was booked under Sections 323, 352, 504,...
Delhi High Court Permits Actress Jacqueline Fernandez To Travel Abroad For IIFA Event
The Delhi High Court yesterday upheld a Trial Court order which had granted permission to Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez to travel abroad to Abu Dhabi, UAE for IIFA Awards events. The development comes in backdrop of a money laundering case being probed by Enforcement Directorate involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar.Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain however modified a condition in...
Enforcement Of A Foreign Arbitral Award Can Be Filed In More Than One High Court: Madras High Court
The High Court of Madras has held that more than one High Court can exercise jurisdiction for the recognition and enforcement of a part of arbitral award if the claims are decided for and against the parties thereto. The Single Bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy held that the Court for the purpose of the enforcement of a foreign award would be the one within...
Rules Of Limitation Not Meant To Destroy Parties' Rights; It Ensures That Parties Don't Sleep Over Their Rights: Allahabad High Court
"The Rules of limitation are not meant to destroy the rights of parties. They virtually take away the remedy. They are meant with the objective that parties should not resort to dilatory tactics and sleep over their rights. They must seek remedy promptly," the Allahabad High Court stressed recently.The Bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed observed thus as it dismissed a revision plea filed by one...