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Formulate Draft Guidelines For Facilitating Compensation Disbursement Process And Expedition Of Cases Before MACT: SC To Insurance Company
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company, the petitioner in the matter, to come up with draft guidelines for facilitating compensation disbursement process and expedition of cases before Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT). The direction came by a bench comprising of Justices S.K. Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy. Senior Advocate...
Haryana High Powered Committee Orders Re-admission Of 2,580 Convicts Released Earlier
On 11.02.2021, 12th meeting of High Powered Committee was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority permitting re-admission of 2,580 convicts who were released under the orders of High Powered Committee (HPC). This meeting was attended by Shri Rajeev Arora,...
Animals Are Guaranteed Right To Get Protection From Human Beings Inflicting Unnecessary Pain Or Suffering : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently set aside an order of the Magistrate court handing over custody of ten dogs given to their owner who treated them with cruelty. A single bench of Justice H P Sandesh, set aside the order of the magistrate court which restored the animals to the man accused of cruelty and handed over the dogs to an NGO, Compassion Unlimited Plus Action, which...
Karnataka High Court Directs Appearance Of State Officials For Survey Of Children Forced To Street Vending
Observing that "We hope and trust that all stakeholders will rise to the occasion and in turn offer assistance in maximum possible manner," the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed senior officials of various departments to remain present before it on February 18, before a survey is conducted for identifying vulnerable children who are forced to sell toys, flowers etc on streets...
Lok Sabha Passes Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on February 4, 2021 by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. It is already in force by way of an Ordinance promulgated on 4th November, 2020. It seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 so as to (i) enable automatic stay on awards...
More Clarity And Certainty Has To Be Brought In SEBI Mutual Fund Regulations: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that more clarity and certainty has to be brought in the Mutual Fund Regulations. "We would neither hesitate in stating the obvious, that modern regulatory enactments bear heavily on commercial matters and, therefore, must be precisely and clearly legislated as to avoid inconvenience, friction and confusion, which may, in addition, have adverse economic...
Bombay High Court Adjourns ARG Outlier And Arnab Goswami's Petitions In TRP Scam To March 5, Extends Arnab's Protection
The Bombay High Court, on Friday, adjourned to March 5 the petitions by ARG Outlier media, which owns Republic TV, and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami challenging the Mumbai Police's investigation in the Television Rating Points (TRP) Scam. The state continued its statement not to take coercive action against the petitioners, till then. On March 5, the division bench of Justices...
Tripura High Court Confers Senior Designation On 12 Advocates
The Tripura High Court on Friday appointed 12 Advocates as Senior Advocates with immediate effect. They are: Haribal DebnathAjit Kumar DasDipak Kumar BiswasPradyot Kumar DharTapas Datta MajumderBibhal Nandi Majumder Purushuttam Roy BarmanSri Somik DebDebalay BhattacharyaSamrat Kar BhowmikSubrata Sarkar A notification to this effect was issued...
Former ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar Granted Formal Bail in Money Laundering Case
Former ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar, appeared before a special court on Friday in connection with the multi-crore money laundering scam and was granted formal bail on a cash surety of Rs 5 lakh. Her husband and co-accused in the case - Deepak Kochhar – was produced via video conference, while another accused, the founder of Videocon Industries Ltd, VN...
NCLAT Refuses To Entertain Devas Shareholder's Appeal Against NCLT Order Appointing Provisional Liquidator On Antrix's Plea
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT), Chennai Bench, has refused to entertain an appeal filed by Devas Mauritius Employees Private Ltd - a shareholder of Devas Multimedia Private Ltd - challenging the order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Bengaluru bench, which appointed a Provisional Liquidator for Devas while admitting a winding up petition filed by...
Report On Farmer's Death : UP Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Siddharth Varadarajan, Ismat Ara Of 'The Wire'
A Sessions in UP on Thursday gave interim protection from arrest to the Founding-Editor of the Wire, Siddharth Varadarajan and journalist Ismat Ara, in an FIR registered in connection to a report on the death of Navreet Sing during the farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day in Central Delhi. The FIR has been lodged against them at the instance of one Sanju Turaha at the Civil Lines...