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SAT Upholds SEBI's Interim Order To Bar Subhash Chandra, Punit Goenka From Holding Position Of Director Or Key Managerial Posts In Listed Companies
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has upheld an interim order issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)'s Whole Time Member (WTM) to bar Subhash Chandra, the Chairperson of Essel Group, and Punit Goenka, the CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), from serving as directors or Key Managerial personnel in any listed company or its subsidiaries until...
Payment Made For Acquiring Membership In A Social Club Can’t Be Allowed As Business Expenditure: ITAT
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has observed that payments made for acquiring membership in a social club could not be allowed as business expenditure when there was no evidence to prove that membership in the social club was acquired for entertaining customers by the assessee.The bench of Vikas Awasthy (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member)...
Man Should Know Difference Between Woman’s ‘Explicit Consent’ And Her ‘No’: Delhi Tribunal Dismisses RK Pachauri’s Appeal In Sexual Harassment Case
Dismissing an appeal filed by former Executive Vice Chairman of TERI R.K. Pachauri in a sexual harassment case, an Industrial Tribunal of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courts has observed that a man should know the difference between explicit consent of a woman and her explicit “no” or implied consent. Presiding Officer Ajay Goel rejected the appeal moved by Pachauri who expired in the year...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Declares 'No Work Day' On July 10 Due To Heavy Rainfall, Requests HC To Not Pass Adverse Orders
The Punjab & Haryana Bar Association has requested the High Court not to pass any adverse orders on July 10 due to the absence of lawyers amid heavy rainfall, water logging and red alert issued by the weather authorities in the tricity.A letter written to the High Court today stated that the Executive committee of the lawyers’ body has unanimously decided to observe no work day on July...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice P. Sam Koshy To Telangana High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud has recommended the transfer of Justice P. Sam Koshy to the Telangana High Court.Justice Koshy is currently a judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court. The resolution passed on July 06 said that Justice Koshy had opted for his transfer out of the Chhattisgarh High Court and thus, acceding to his request, the...
Court Frames Murder Charges Against Six Men Accused Of Burning Man Alive During Delhi Riots
A Delhi Court has framed charges against six men for allegedly murdering one Shahbaz by burning him alive during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala observed that the statement of witness Rahul showed that it was “pre-planned” of the mob to assemble at a given place to take revenge from Muslim persons."Some of the witnesses have witnessed...
Candidates Can't Choose Agency For Medical Examination: CAT Rejects UPSC Aspirant's Claim For Reservation Under 'Multiple Disabilities' Category
The principal bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal has rejected the plea of a candidate who, despite clearing the UPSC Civil Services examination, was not allotted a post because his claim for the benefit of reservation under the Multiple Disabilities category was rejected.The candidate challenged the Medical Examination Report issued by the Medical Board of AIIMS, which found that...
Thumbs Up Emoji (👍) Amounts To Acceptance, Binds Parties Under A Legal Contract: Canada Court
The King's Bench of Saskatchewan in Canada has held that sending a thumbs up emoji in response to a contract will amount to acceptance and bind the parties under a legal contract. The Canadian Court awarded $82,200.21 to the crop seller for breach of contract as he had failed to deliver the crop to the seller after responding to the contract on message with a thumbs up emoji.Rejecting...
BBC Documentary On PM Modi: Delhi Court Issues Fresh Summons To BBC, Others On BJP Leader’s Defamation Suit
A Delhi Court on Friday issued fresh summons to British Broadcasting Corporation, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive in a defamation suit filed BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh seeking to restrain them from publishing the recent documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi or any other material related to RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad.Additional District Judge Ruchika Singla of Rohini...
Delhi Court Summons BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, Takes Cognizance Of Chargesheet In Sexual Harassment Case
A Delhi Court on Friday took cognizance of the Delhi Police’s chargesheet filed against BJP MP and outgoing Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Singh in the alleged sexual harassment case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts also summoned Singh and other co-accused Vinod Tomar and directed them to appear before court on July...
UN Human Rights Council Appoints Advocate Vrinda Grover As Member Of Ukraine Commission Of Inquiry
Advocate Vrinda Grover has been appointed as a member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine by the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia)."A practicing advocate in India, Grover has more than 34 years of experience in constitutional law, criminal law and human rights. She has appeared as counsel in landmark...
Indus Water Treaty: Hague Court of Arbitration Says It Is Competent To Decide Proceedings Initiated By Pakistan; India Rejects Ruling
Rejecting India's objections, the Permanent Court Of Arbitration at The Hague has ruled that it is competent to decide the proceedings instituted by Pakistan in relation to the Indus Water Treaty in 2016. Pakistan had approached the court over the design and operation of run-of-river hydro-electric plants on the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers and their tributaries. India had said the Court...