REET 2021 Paper Leak: Rajasthan High Court Refuses To Stay Level-I Recruitments

In connection with the paper leak case of Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher, 2021, the High Court has refused to stay the recruitment process with respect to Level-I examination. It however made it clear that the appointments, if any made, would be subject to the outcome of the writ petition. Acting Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sameer...

Right To Lead Evidence Pivotal To Fair Trial, Court Should Not Be Hyper Technical In Granting Opportunity: Delhi High Court

Observing that the right to lead evidence is pivotal to a fair trial and partakes of the character of natural justice and fair play, the Delhi High Court has said that the Court should not be hyper-technical, in the matter of granting opportunity to lead evidence and the like.Justice C Hari Shankar observed thus:"The right to lead evidence is pivotal to a fair trial and partakes of the...

NGT Bars Auroville Foundation From Township Construction Till Environmental Clearance Is Obtained

In a plea challenging the cutting of large number of trees by the Auroville Foundation for its development projects, The National Green Tribunal, Southern Zone, Chennai has directed the Auroville Foundation to prepare a proper township plan with respect to the area presently in its possession or the area of land visualized by the MOTHER and give details regarding the proposed ring...

Arbitral Award Not Hit By Adequacy Facet If Reasons Given Are Not Laconic: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has ruled that an arbitral award cannot be set aside on the ground of non-adequacy of reasons as long as the reasons given are not laconic. The Single Bench of Justice M. Sundar ruled that being 'tersely eloquent' is not alien to judgment writing. A contract was awarded to the respondent M/s Progressive-Aliens by the petitioner Southern Railways for...

Calcutta HC Issues Contempt Notice To State Chief Secretary & Other Authorities For Non-Compliance With Order On Pension Scheme Implementation

The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary of the Transport Department and the Principal Secretary of the Finance Department of the Government of West Bengal in a petition seeking initiation of civil contempt in a matter pertaining to the implementation of a Pension Scheme for employees of the South Bengal State Transport Corporation...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Expresses Concern Over Sessions Courts 'Blindly' Rejecting Bail Applications Of Accused

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior Bench on Friday, expressed its concern regarding the Sessions Courts blindly rejecting bail applications of the accused without going into the merits of the case. The Court further observed that even for petty matters, the litigants were being forced to approach the High Court from remote and deserted regions, putting 'unnecessary...

Delhi High Court Issues Practice Directions To Dispense With Physical Signatures On Daily Orders Of Judicial Cases

The Delhi High Court has issued practice directions in order to dispense with the physical signatures on the daily orders, which are not important or final orders and judgments, of the judicial cases, digitally signed either by the Chief Justice, Acting Chief Justice, Judges or their Private Secretary or designated officer and by officers holding courts. The Practice Directions issued by...

Order Of Administrative Tribunal Not Amenable To Judicial Review U/Art 226 In Absence Of Jurisdictional Error/ Patent Perversity: Andhra Pradesh HC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently did not issue Writ of Certiorari in a writ petition which challenged the order of Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal as there was neither jurisdiction error nor patent perversity."In the considered opinion of this Court, there is neither jurisdictional error nor there is any patent perversity in the order passed by the Tribunal which...

Notices Not Sent To Agnates Of Deceased, Applicant Trying To Hide Existence Of 'Will' From Them: Jharkhand High Court Dismisses Probate Application

The Jharkhand High Court expressed shock in a case where notices were not issued to agnates of a deceased, whose purported Will was sought to be executed by the applicant. It noted that no general notices in the locality were issued and the same were only sent to the State. Thus refusing to entertain the appeal against dismissal of probate application, Justice Ananda Sen observed,"This is...

Local Court Orders Gujarati Newspaper 'Sandesh' To Pay ₹15 Crores As Damages To Former DIG DG Vanzara For Publishing Defamatory Articles

The City Civil Court at Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on Thursday directed Gujarat-based newspaper Sandesh to pay ₹15 Crores as damages to former Deputy Inspector-General of Police from Gujarat, Dahyaji Gobaji Vanzara for publishing a defamatory article against him.The City Civil Court, Ahmedabad Judge C.S. Adhyaru ordered thus, while decreeing a suit filed by Vanzara alleging defamation and...

Abhishek Banerjee Audiotape Leak: ED Alleges Kolkata Police Forged Order Requiring Voice Sample Of Its Official; Calcutta High Court Grants Stay

The Calcutta High Court on Friday imposed a stay for 3 weeks on orders of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, South 24 Parganas wherein the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Kapil Raj had been directed to provide a voice sample to the Kolkata Police in connection with an audiotape leak case involving Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee. Pertinently, Additional Solicitor...

NCLT Kolkata Invokes Penal Provisions Under IBC Against Tax Haven Based Resolution Applicant

The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Kolkata Bench, comprising of Shri Rajasekhar V.K. (Judicial Member) and Shri Balraj Joshi (Technical Member), while adjudicating an interim application filed in Beni Gopal Singhi v EMC Ltd., has proceeded against a tax haven based Successful Resolution Applicant ("SRA") under Section 74(3) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC")...