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Whether Rejection Of Application For Amendment of Counter-Statement Constitutes An 'Interim Award': Calcutta High Court Explains
The Calcutta High Court on Friday while hearing an appeal to an impugned order expounded in detail on whether an interim relief granted by an Arbitrator would constitute an 'interim award' thereby allowing it to be set aside under Article 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The concerned petition was filed before the Court for setting aside an alleged "interim award"...
Pensioners Not Required To Visit Banks Or Offices To Get Pension During COVID, Karnataka Govt Tells HC
The State Government orally informed the Karnataka High Court that no pensioner who receives pension from the government is required to visit any banks or any offices for the purpose of getting pensions, during the period of Covid-19. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindraj was also informed by the government counsel that the state will be providing...
'Allocation Of Amphotericin B Injections To Different States, Steps Taken To Tackle Third Wave Situation': AP HC Seeks Centre, State's Response
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has sought response of the Centre and the State Government on the matters concerning allocation of Amphotericin B Injections to different states and also about the steps taken by the State to tackle third covid wave situation.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Ninala Jayasurya also directed the State Government...
Vaccinate Mentally Ill Patients On Priority Across The State: Madras High Court To Tamil Nadu Govt
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that a special vaccination drive be undertaken to prioritize mentally ill persons and that they are vaccinated.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a plea seeking direction on the respondent authorities to effectively implement the State mental health policy."Though...
Calcutta HC Directs Rahul Shivshankar To Appear Through VC Mode In Probe Over 'Defamatory' Audiotape On Abhishek Banerjee Run By Times Now
The Calcutta High Court directed Times Now news channel's Editor-in-Chief, Rahul Shivshankar to appear through Video Conferencing mode in probe over the matter related to telecast of a 'defamatory' audiotape about Mamata Banerjee's Nephew and Loksabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee on Times Now news channel.The Bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda said:"Interest of justice will be subserved, if Mr....
"Do Not Deny Admission To Students Filling Name Of One Of The Parents In Admission Form ": Delhi Govt Directs School HODs
The Delhi Government had directed the Head of Departments of all the Government and Private Schools to not deny admission to the candidates who are filling name of one of the parents in the application form while taking admission. Delete No school in Delhi shall deny admission to a child on the grounds that the child is declaring name of his/her single parent only. Directs Delhi...
Supply Of "Defective" Ventilators : Bombay High Court Issues Notice To Manufacturer Jyoti CNC
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday issued notice to Rajkot based ventilator manufacturer Jyoti CNC Automation Limited after the Maharashtra Government complained about additional 34 'dysfunctional ventilators' that the company hadn't bothered to repair or replace. Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Avinash Gharote hearing their suo motu criminal PIL on Covid-19...
Bombay High Court Disposes Of Kangana's Passport Renewal Application After Passport Authority Says Will Consider Her Application Expeditiously
The Bombay High Court on Monday disposed of two applications filed by actor Kangana Ranaut seeking directions to the Passport Authority to renew her passport after the latter said it would decide on her plea expeditiously. The actor approached the court alleging that passport authorities have orally objected to renewing her passport, owing to the FIRs pending against her. Kangan had...
"Letter Highly Derisive, Chairman Acted On His Own" 4 Members Of West Bengal Bar Council On Letter To CJI Against Justice Bindal
4 Elected Members of the Bar Council of West Bengal have addressed a letter to the Chief Justice of India stating that Chairman of the Bar Council of West Bengal, Ashok Kumar Deb misused the letterhead to send a letter to CJI seeking removal of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Rajesh Bindal."Justice Bindal is a partial, unfair and biased judge whose continuance at High...
Mamata Banerjee Files Fresh Application/Affidavit Before Calcutta HC In Narada Case As Per The Apex Court's Order
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has filed an application/affidavit before the Calcutta High Court in the Narada Matter. Apart from Chief Minister, Law Minister Moloy Ghatak along with the state government have also filed fresh applications before the High Court in relation to their Narada case affidavits. The Supreme Court on Friday directed the State of West Bengal,...
'Arnab Goswami & Amish Devgan' Judgments Won't Apply When Separate FIRs Filed In Separate Incidents Under Same Offence: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that where for separate incidents, involving in same cognizable offence, separate FIRs have been registered, the Apex Court's Judgments in the case of Arnab Ranjan Goswami and Amish Devgan won't apply.The Bench of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Ajai Tyagi observed this while hearing a matter of a person accused of cheating around 3 lacs...