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Online Classes: Allahabad High Court To Decide Plea For 50% Relaxation In School Tution Fees On Jan 18
The Allahabad High Court has listed the PIL seeking 50% relaxation in school tution fees until commencement of physical classes, for final disposal on January 18. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery today directed the Standing Counsel to avail instructions from the Government with regard to application and execution of Uttar...
Appeal Against SEBI Order- NDTV Promoters To Deposit 50% Of The Amount To SEBI Within 4 Weeks: Securities Appellate Tribunal
A bench of the Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai comprising of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr. CKG Nair (Member) and Justice MT Joshi (Judicial Member) in two similar orders directed the two NDTV promoters, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy to deposit 50% of the disgorged amount before the Securities Exchange Board of India within four weeks. The SAT was hearing...
NCLT Allows Reduction Of Paid Up Share Capital Structure Of Josco Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. From Rs. 120 Crores To 1 Crore At Its Request
The National Company Law Tribunal, Kochi Bench allowed a company petition filed by Josco Jewellers Pvt. Ltd. for reduction of its share capital from Rs. 120 crores to Rs. 1 crore after an agreement was entered into by the petitioner company for selling and transferring business to one of its flagship companies, Josco Bullion Traders Pvt. Ltd. The decision came in the wake of...
Police Assault On Etah Advocate: UP Bar Council Requests Investigation By Independent Agency, Allahabad HC Takes CJM's Report On Record
While hearing the matter related to Police Assault on Etah Advocate, the Allahabad High Court today took on record the report of inquiry, made by the CJM, Etah into the matter. The Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed that the report of inquiry (made into the matter by CJM, Etah) be supplied to the Counsel of the State Bar...
Delhi Riots-Delhi Court Denies Bail To Woman Accused In Head Constable Murder Case
The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Friday (08th January) dismissed the bail plea of a woman accused in connection with Head Constable Rattan Lal Murder Case during northeast Delhi riots last year. The Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav was hearing the bail application of one Tabassum, who argued that she had been falsely implicated in the instant matter by the investigating agency...
Justice Siddharth Mridul Nominated As Chairman Of Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee
Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Patron in Chief of Delhi State Legal Services Authorities has recently nominated Justice Siddharth Mridul as the Chairman of Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee. In a letter dated 04.01.2021, Kanwal Jeet Arora, Member Secretary of Delhi State Legal Services Authorities has informed the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice &...
Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC Judgment Which Set Aside Appointment Of A District Judge
The Supreme Court has stayed a Kerala High Court judgment which set aside the appointment of a District Judge on the ground that, at the time of issuing the order of appointment, he was not a practising Advocate and was in judicial service, functioning as a Munsiff.The bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde issued notice in a special leave petition filed by Rejanish KV against...
Prof. (Dr.) Anupama Goel Appointed As New Registrar Of NLU-Delhi
The National Law University, Delhi has appointed Prof. (Dr.) Anupama Goel, Professor of Law, as the new Registrar of the University. In a notification issued by the Deputy Registrar on Monday, it is intimated that the University's Vice-Chancellor has relieved Prof. (Dr.) GS Bajpai from the additional duties of the Registrar with immediate effect. The VC has entrusted the duties of...
"We Have Serious Reservations About Invoking Sedition Charges Against Kangana Ranaut and Her Sister": Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday extended the interim relief of no coercive action against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel till January 25 in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges.The HC also directed the city police not to summon the duo for questioning till then.Ranaut and her sister appeared before Bandra police in Mumbai on...
Demand Of Outstanding Loan Amount From Defaulting Borrower Not Abetment To Suicide: Bombay High Court
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has made it clear that demanding outstanding loan from a defaulting borrower cannot be said to constitute an offence of abetment to suicide. "The demand of outstanding loan amount from the person who was in default in payment of loan amount, during the course of employment as a duty, at any stretch of imagination cannot be said to be any...
