'Did Not Involve In Any Anti-National Activity': News Channel MediaOne Moves Kerala High Court Against Centre's Ban

Popular Malayalam news channel MediaOne has filed a writ petition before the Kerala High Court on Monday seeking to set aside an order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking its license.They have also sought a stay on the order pending disposal of the petition. This comes a few hours after the Ministry suspended the telecast of MediaOne citing security concerns....

Order XXIII Rule 1(4) CPC Not Applicable To Application Challenging Arbitral Award U/S 34 Arbitration & Conciliation Act: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that an application filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 challenging an arbitral award is not a suit. Thus, the provisions of Order XXIII Rule 1(4) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 pertaining to withdrawal of suit shall not apply. Justice Anil Kumar Sinha rejected the petitioner's argument that liberty to file a fresh application...

'Policy Decision': Madras High Court Dismisses Plea For Distributing Pongal Gift Hampers To Sri Lankan Refugees Outside Camps

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Retd. Professor Ramu Manivannan seeking directions to the government of Tamil Nadu to extend the Pongal gift hampers to the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees residing outside the rehabilitation camps.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu noted that those staying outside the camps without ration...

Karnataka High Court Reduces Sentence Of KSRTC Employee Convicted For Rash Driving, Endangering Life Of Others

Grating relief to a bus driver employed with the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and convicted for the offence of rash driving, the Karnataka High Court recently reduced his sentence of two months simple imprisonment and confined it to fine only. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar while granting relief to petitioner Devendrappa H also said,"The sentence of conviction...

Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges Appointment Of Dr. Nazim Hussain As History Professor At Jamia Millia Islamia

A writ petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging the entire process which led to the appointment of Dr. Nazim Hussain Al-Jafri as a Professor in the Department of History & Culture, at Jamia Millia Islamia. The matter was listed before Justice Yogesh Khanna who has fixed it for hearing after 2 weeks. Meanwhile both the parties have been asked to file their...

Calcutta High Court Directs State To Disclose Number Of Pending Cases Under SC/ST Act In WB

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State government as well as the High Court administration to file an affidavit disclosing the existing number of pending cases under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) in the State as on January 31, 2022. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj...

Kerala High Court To Continue Hearing Dileep's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea Tomorrow

Dileep also hinted that he may file a petition for a CBI probe into the case.

'Investigation Not On Right Lines, Conversion Attempt Not Improbable' : Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Thanjavur Girl's Suicide [Read Judgment]

Harshly criticising the investigation by the Tamil Nadu police into the suicide of Thanjavur girl student for ruling out the angle of alleged attempts of religious conversion to Christianity from her school, the Madras High Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the matter."...there is nothing inherently improbable in the allegation that there was an...

Punjab & Haryana High Court To Operate Via Virtual Mode With Full Strength From February 1

In view of the decline in COVID cases, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has decided to hear cases via virtual mode with full strength from February 1. A notification in this regard was issued by the High Court on January 30 which states that all the Benches will hold the court through Video Conferencing mode w.e.f. February 1, 2022. It also states that the mentioning for the listing of all...

Imposition Of Moratorium Under IBC Does Not Bar Complaints Against Natural Persons: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court in a Bench comprising of Justice N. Sathish Kumar in M/s. Nag Leather Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s. Muzain Hides held that as long as a moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is imposed, proceedings under Section 138/141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be initiated against the Corporate Debtor. These proceedings, however, can be...

S.45 PMLA: Twin Conditions For Bail That Were Declared Unconstitutional By SC Stand Revived By 2018 Amendment Act: Bombay High Court

In a recent case, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court noted that the twin conditions for bail in section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 which were declared unconstitutional by the judgment of the Apex Court in Nikesh T.Shah Vs. Union of India (2018) 11 SCC 1, stand revived in view of the Legislative intervention vide Amendment Act 13 of 2018. In doing so,...

Principle Of Stare Decisis Applies To NCLT As Well As NCLAT. NCLAT

The NCLAT in a Bench comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice Jarat Kumar Jain and Dr. Alok Srivastava in the case of Rajeev R. Jain, Director (Suspended) v. AASAN Corporate Solutions Pvt. Ltd. held that the principle of stare decisis is applicable both to NCLT as well as NCLAT. Factual Background- The Appellant challenged the order of the NCLT, Mumbai Bench which admitted...