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Delhi High Court Seeks Status Report On A Plea Seeking To Ensure That CCTV Cameras Installed In Police Stations Are Functional
The Delhi High Court recently sought status report from the commissioner of police and Delhi government on a plea seeking direction to the Commissioner of Police and the Delhi Government to ensure that CCTV cameras installed in police stations are functional. Single Bench of Justice Yashwant Verma issued directions to file a status report and listed it for further hearing on...
Patna HC Directs For Personal Presence Of Sahara Group Chief Subrata Roy To Explain Group's Plan To Return Investors' Money
The Patna high court earlier this week directed Sahara India Group Head Subrato Roy to remain personally present before the Court on May 11 and to come up with a plan for the return of the investment of the investors.The Bench of Justice Sandeep Kumar issued this order in 3 anticipatory bail applications after it came across certain cases of cheating committed by Non-Banking...
Insolvency Proceeding Initiated Against Andhra Cements Ltd., A Jaypee Group Company: NCLT, Amravati
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Amravati Bench, comprising of Justice Telaprolu Rajani (Judicial Member), while adjudicating a petition filed under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC") in the matter of M/s Pridhvi Asset Reconstruction and Securitisation Company Ltd. v M/s Andhra Cement Ltd., has initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process...
In Wrongful Termination Of Service, Reinstatement With Continuity Of Service & Back Wages To Workman Is Normal Rule: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court dismissed a Writ Appeal recently as it confirmed the reliefs granted by the Industrial Tribunal to a workman for wrongful termination of service. The reliefs were reinstatement of the workman into service with 50% back wages. Brief Facts of the Case The appeal arose out of order dated 21.10.2016 in a writ petition. The facts of the case revealed that...
Agreement On The Name Of The Arbitrator Would Not Amount To A Waiver Of Notice Under Section 21 Of The A&C Act: Bombay High Court
The High Court of Bombay has held that simply because the arbitration agreement provides for the name of the arbitrator, the same would not amount to a waiver of notice under Section 21 of the A&C Act. The Single Bench of Justice N.J. Jamadar has held that the use of the word "Unless otherwise agreed by the parties" in Section 21 means that the parties can dispense with...
'Subverting Rules Of Natural Justice': Calcutta HC Quashes Visva-Bharati University Order Discontinuing Service Of Casual Labourer
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday set aside an order passed by the Registrar (Acting) of Visva-Bharati University discontinuing the services of a casual labourer on the ground of breach of the principles of natural justice.Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya ordered, "The facts in the present case do not justify the impugned action. It is vigilante-justice without the factual bulwark to support...
NGT Imposes ₹2 Crore Fine On Bharat Petroleum Refinery In Kochi For Unscientific Greenbelt
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an environmental compensation of ₹2 crores on Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) Kochi Refinery for the "unscientific green belt" developed around its Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project (PDDP) unit.The Bench comprising Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati has also asked the management...
'Question Of Credibility & Trust': Punjab & Haryana HC Says Employer Can't Be Compelled To Hire Employee Who Deliberately Suppresses Factum Of Arrest
Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 25, 2022, while dealing with an appeal against the order of the Trial Court regarding the action of the respondents denying appointment to the petitioner for the post of Constable on the ground that he had suppressed material information regarding his arrest, reiterated that employer cannot be forced to continue with an employee who has made a...
"Justice Isn't For Accused Only; It Must Be Done To Victim Also": Allahabad HC Dismisses Gang-Rape Accused Case Transfer Plea
"Justice is not for the accused only, justice should also be done with the victim," remarked the Allahabad High Court as it dismissed 3 pleas filed by gang-rape accused seeking transfer of their trial from Jhansi District to any other district.The Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Ojha observed that if a case is transferred, it will add insult to the injury to the gang-rape victim."If the case...
Kopardi Rape Case: Bombay High Court Permits Convicts To Pursue Academics In Jail
The Bombay High Court has welcomed the desire expressed by two convicts in the Kopardi rape and murder case to pursue further studies in jail.A bench of Justices Prasanna B. Varale and SM Modak allowed the petitions even as their death penalty is pending confirmation. The duo, Jitendra Shinde and Nitin Bhailume were convicted in November 2017 for the rape and murder of a minor at Kopardi...
Executing Court Can't Go Behind Decree & Give Relief To Judgment Debtor That Was Expressly Denied To Him: Delhi High Court Reiterates
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the executing Court cannot go behind the decree that is to be executed and give relief to the judgment debtor that was expressly denied to him. Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with a revision petition challenging the order dated 04.04.2022 passed by the Additional Rent Controller whereby the objection petition filed by the Petitioner under sec....
Spot Memos Issued By Audit Department Unenforceable, Since Earlier Proceedings On Same Issue Not Completed: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has quashed the spot memos issued to the assessee by the audit department and ruled them unenforceable since earlier proceedings initiated by the revenue department on the same issue were not completed. The Bench, consisting of Justices T. S. Sivagnanam and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, observed that different wings of the same department had been issuing notices...