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Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officer UC Sharma As Additional Judge Of Allahabad High Court
The Central government today notified the appointment of a Judicial Officer as an additional judge to the Allahabad High Court. The appointment has been made in the exercise of the power conferred by clause (I) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India. Judicial Officer Umesh Chandra Sharma will remain as an Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court till December 31, 2023.The...
Centre Appoints Former Madras High Court Judge Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana As Judicial Member Of NGT
The Centre has appointed former Madras High Court Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana as Judicial Member of the National Green Tribunal. The appointment is for a period of four years. After completing a stint of nine years as a judge in Madras High Court starting from 2013, Justice Sathyanarayana had retired from service last month.The order was issued in this regard by the Ministry of...
Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Practical Training & Internships For Indian Students Pursuing MBBS From Chinese Universities
The Kerala High Court will consider a plea filed on behalf of 92 foreign medical students studying in different universities in China seeking a direction to the concerned authorities to provide them with practical training and internship facilities in India till the travel restrictions to China are lifted. Justice N. Nagaresh admitted the matter today while posting it on March 30 for...
Centre Appoints Two New Additional Judges To Madras High Court
The Centre has appointed Advocates Nidumolu Mala and S. Sounthar as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, for a period of two years. The notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice today reads thus: "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (l) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Ms. Nidumolu Mala, and (ii) Shri S....
Centre Appoints Advocates Rajiv Roy & Harish Kumar As Judges Of Patna High Court
The Central Government has appointed Advocates Rajiv Roy and Harish Kumar as Judges of the Patna High Court.The official notification issued today by Ministry of Law and Justice reads thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (l) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri (i) Rajiv Roy, and (ii) Harish Kumar, to be Judges of the Patna...
Landlord Can't Be Prosecuted Under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act If He's Unaware About Rented Premises Being Used As Brothel: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, on the ground that he was not aware that the premise he had given on rent, was being used for running a brothel. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by one Prabhuraj, stating,"In the light of Section 3(2)(b) of...
Centre Appoints Judicial Officers Poonam A. Bamba & Swarana Kanta Sharma As Judges Of Delhi High Court
The Central Government has appointed judicial officers Poonam A. Bamba and Swarana Kanta Sharma as judges of the Delhi High Court. The official notification issued on March 24, 2022, reads thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Smt. Poonam A. Bamba and (ii) Ms. Swarana Kanta Sharma, to be...
Man Accused Of Raping Wife & Minor Daughter - Special Court Can Try Offences Under S.376 IPC & POCSO : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that the trial against the husband accused of rape and charged under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and also of sexually assaulting his daughter and charged under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act can be held before the Special POCSO Court.While refusing to quash the charges under Section 376 IPC against the husband...
'No Conscious Possession': Delhi High Court Quashes FIR U/S 25 Arms Act For Carrying Live Ammunitions In Flight Check-In Baggage
The Delhi High Court recently quashed a FIR registered under the Arms Act against a NRI, who was travelling from Delhi to Dubai in February this year, when two live ammunitions were detected in his flight check-in baggage.While allowing the plea filed by the petitioner-accused under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of CrPC, Justice Asha Menon...
'Gross Violation Of Principles Of Natural Justice': Rajasthan HC Raps State For Discontinuing Water Facilities For Irrigation
The Rajasthan High Court observed that the decision of state government discontinuing water facilities through siphons is in gross violation of the principles of natural justice as no opportunity of hearing has been afforded to the petitioners, who used the supply for irrigating their fields since last 35 years. The court opined that the impugned orders are having civil and evil...
NCLT Chennai Explains The Difference Between Sale Of 'Corporate Debtor As A Going Concern' U/R 32(E) And Sale Of 'Business Of The Corporate Debtor As A Going Concern' In IBC
The Division Bench of NCLT, Chennai consisting of R. Sucharitha, Judicial Member and Sameer Kakar, Technical Member in the case of M.S. Viswanathan v. Pixtronic Global Technologies Pvt. Ltd. allowed the Liquidator to sell the Corporate Debtor as a going concern, while clarifying that 'sale as a going concern' means sale of both assets and liabilities, if it is stated on 'as is where...
Seeking Relief Under Article 226 In Contractual Matters Where There Is Existing Arbitration Clause Is Not An Appropriate Remedy: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that invoking Article 226 for seeking relief in a contractual matter where there is an existing arbitration clause is not an appropriate remedy and neither can the High Court examine the same.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh observed the same while considering a civil appeal assailing Gujarat High Court's order dated September 30, 2021.In the...