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Scheme For Administration Of SNDP Yogam Should Be Framed As Per Companies Act: Kerala High Court Upholds District Court's Order
The Kerala High Court has upheld the order of the Ernakulam District Court that a scheme for the administration of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam shall be framed in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act.A Division Bench of Justice P.B Suresh Kumar and Justice C.S Sudha dismissed the appeal filed by SNDP Yogam, its general secretary Vellappally Natesan and a...
No Scope Of Polluting River Water: Calcutta HC Refuses To Issue Interim Order Restraining Conduct Of Public Rally On River Bed By CM Mamata Banerjee
The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to issue any interim order in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition against the holding of a public rally on a river bed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 1 thereby polluting the Gandheswari river. The PIL alleged that the respondent authorities had acted at the behest of the ruling party in granting permission to the...
Bombay High Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Consider Law Student's Representation For Uniformity In Examination Pattern & Mode In All Universities
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to consider a law student's representation seeking uniformity in the method and pattern of examination for undergraduate students in all universities across the State. The division bench of Justices Milind Jadhav and Abhay Ahuja asked the Director, Higher Education Department, Maharashtra to take a decision on a 37-year-old...
Intra-Court Appeal Under Clause 15 Of Letters Patent Appeal Not Maintainable Against Orders In Exercise Of Criminal Jurisdiction: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that an intra-court appeal cannot be entertained against an order for initiation of criminal proceedings pursuant to Clause 15 of the Letters Patent. A Bench comprising Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay placed reliance on the Supreme Court decision in Ram Kishan Fauji v. State of Haryana to observe, "As we understand,...
'Extreme Measure': Calcutta High Court Refuses Contempt Action Against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee For Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Judiciary
The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of suo motu contempt proceedings against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee for his purported derogatory remarks against the judiciary by opining that the remarks do not tantamount to a contumacious act justifying issuance of a suo motu rule of contempt.On May 28, while addressing a public rally at the...
Karim's v. Kareem's: Delhi High Court Restrains Businessman From Infringing Trademark Of Old Delhi's Mughlai Food Outlet
Coming to the aid of Old Delhi's popular Mughlai food outlet "Karim's", the Delhi High Court has restrained Mumbai based businessman Kareem Dhanani from opening any further restaurants under deceptively similar marks, till August 8.Justice Prathibha M. Singh further directed Dhanani to ensure that in the restaurants run by him or by his franchises, no representation is made to the customers...
Improper Documentation By Wheat Exporters For Registration Certificates: DGFT Tightens The Norms
Due to improper paperwork by wheat exporters seeking registration certificates, the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a trade alert about the physical verification of Letters of Credit (LCs) by Regional Authorities (RAs) that have already been granted or are in the process of being so. The DGFT (HQ) issued rules to all RAs in a circular dated May 19,2022,...
Allegations Of Custodial Torture Levelled By An Undertrial Not Ground To Assume Similar Treatment Meted Out To Related Accused: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to issue a writ of Habeas Corpus at the instance of the petitioner by opining that the allegation of custodial torture against another accused in a different case cannot ipso facto raise presumption in the mind of the Court that custodial torture is being meted out to the petitioner as well.A Bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and...
Water Bodies Must Not Be Encroached, State Must Maintain Vigil: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the state authorities to ensure that water bodies in the national capital are not encroached upon and a strict vigilance in that regard is maintained. The direction was made in a petition filed by one Rahul Dabas, raising a grievance with respect to encroachment of two water bodies in Delhi, i.e. ponds admeasuring 12 bighas and 18 bighas. It...
Road Maintenance Concerns Citizens' Fundamental Rights, State Can't Shirk Responsibility Citing Lack Of Funds: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today observed that lack of funds cannot be a valid ground for the State to escape from its duty to maintain public roads, as the same pertains to Fundamental Rights of the citizens. A Division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Jan Kalyan Vikas Samiti for construction...
Section 47 CPC Application Is Not Maintainable In Execution Proceedings Under Arbitration Act, 1940: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court held that an application under Section 47 of the CPC is not maintainable in the execution proceedings under Section 17 of the Arbitration Act, 1940. The Single Bench of Justice Piyush Agarwal held that an arbitration award is not a decree as defined under section 2(2) of CPC and therefore, the objection under section 47 of CPC, which can be filed only in...
Indrani Mukherjea Approaches Bombay High Court To Quash Prison Rioting Case, Accuses Jail Authorities Of Violence
Indrani Mukerjea, the co-founder of INX Media and murder accused, has moved Bombay High Court seeking to quash a prison rioting case against her which had brought to the fore the custodial death of a life convict, Manjula Shetye, inside Byculla prison in 2017. In her plea filed through Advocate Sana Raees Khan, Indrani claimed that the police registered the FIR to harass and torture...