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")...

Idukki Airstrip A Threat To Periyar Tiger Reserve, No Clearance From Environment Ministry: Centre Tells Kerala High Court

The Central Government on Friday objected to the airstrip being constructed in Idukki. It submitted before the Kerala High Court that the project has not secured the requisite prior permission from the Ministry of Environment and Forest.A Division Bench of Justice C.S. Dias and Justice C. Jayachandran was adjudicating upon a PIL seeking a direction upn the State authorities not to proceed...

GST ITC Admissible On Bus Hired For Transportation Of Employees Having Capacity Of More Than 13 Passengers: Gujarat AAR

The Gujarat Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) consisting of Atul Mehta and Arun Richard ruled that the GST ITC is admissible on buses hired for transportation of employees having a capacity of more than 13 passengers.The applicant, M/s. Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited, submitted that it provides a canteen and bus transportation facility to its employees. The canteen and bus...

'Can't Risk Her Life': Calcutta High Court Says Govt Teacher Can Seek Transfer To Nearer School Owing To Medical Condition

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a government school teacher to seek a transfer to a school nearer to her residence after taking into account the report filed by a Medical Board which had advised her to avoid long journeys owing to her health condition. Opining that the school teacher cannot be made to risk her life, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay underscored, "..it is observed that...

Shocking State Of Affairs, Hurts Judicial Conscience: Allahabad High Court On Non-Compliance Of 2001 Division Bench Order

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court recently expressed shock over non-compliance of a direction issued by a Division Bench of the High Court, as long back as in the year 2001."It is a case where the appellant has taken recourse to the judicial proceedings to thwart the course of justice and a direction which was issued by the Division Bench in the year 2001 has not been complied...

Simultaneous Initiation Of Criminal Case U/S 145 CrPC & Civil Proceedings Over Land Dispute 'Abuse Of Process': Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently held that multiplicity of litigation was not in the interest of parties. If civil dispute over title of land is already instituted, then parallel criminal proceedings under Section 145 of Code of Criminal Procedure is meaningless. Section 145 provides that the Executive Magistrate, if satisfied from a report from police officer can pass an...

Hanuman Chalisa Row A Plot To Overthrow Maharashtra Government : Mumbai Police Opposes Bail To MP-MLA Duo

Opposing bail to MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, the Mumbai Police claimed that their intention behind wanting to chant the Hanuman Chalisa outside the CM's House was for collapse of law and order to such an extent that a recommendation for dissolving the Maha Vikas Agadhi Government in Maharashtra can be made. Citing witness statements, the police said that the Shiv...