Delhi HC Reserves Order On Maintainability Of Future Group's Plea Seeking Injunction On Amazon's Interference In Deal With Reliance Retail

The Delhi High Court has reserved order on the maintainability of a plea by Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd (FRL) seeking an ad-interim injunction against Amazon Inc for sending letters to various regulatory authorities writing about an injunction award by an Emergency Arbitrator against Future Retail Ltd's acquisition by Reliance Industries Ltd's entities for about Rs. 24,...

Fresh Plea In Allahabad HC For Use Of A4 Sheets With Double-Sided Printing In Court Filings

A fresh PIL been filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking to implement the use of A4 Sheets with double-sided printing, instead of legal-size paper with one side printing, for filings in all the courts across Uttar Pradesh. The petition has been filed by 7 law students through Advocates Shashwat Anand, Ankur Azad, Rajesh Inamdar and Sarveshwari Prasad. It may be noted that this...

NCLT Has No Jurisdiction To Examine Legality Of Action Taken Under MPID Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the National Company Law Tribunal has no jurisdiction to examine the legality or validity of action taken under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act and it is only the designated Court constituted under Section 6 of the said act that will have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with the same.Division bench...

No Limitation Period For Filing Motor Accident Claim Petition; Amendment Introducing Six Months Cap Yet To Be Notified, Clarifies Allahabad High Court

"The provisions of section 166 of the 2019 Act has several implications which can be flagged, namely, limitation, which was not there, has been introduced. It appears that the Central Government with a purpose not decided the date for bringing in, has not brought the provisions of amended Sections 52 to 57 which relates to complete change to Chapter X, XI & XII and, therefore,...

Delhi High Court Seeks CBI's Response On Special Court Order For Further Investigation In A Corruption Case Against Maneka Gandhi

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the CBI on BJP MP Maneka Gandhi's plea challenging a trial court order rejecting its closure report in a graft case against her and two others and directing further investigation in the matter.Justice Yogesh Khanna also stayed the special court's February 4 order to the extent it directs the agency to place the material it has before the...

Marriage/Live-in Relationship Between First Cousins Illegal? Punjab & Haryana High Court To Examine

"Whether the marriage or live-in relationships between first cousins illegal?", Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the petitioners in a plea for anticipatory bail to argue on this point.The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan was hearing a petition for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner who was booked under Sections 363 (kidnapping), 366A (Procuration of minor girl) of...

Competition Commission of India Approves Reliance-Future Group Deal

The Competition Commission of India has approved the acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics & warehousing businesses of Future Group by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Limited.The move comes amidst the objections raised by US-giant Amazon, which has invested in one of the Future group's holding companies.Commission approves acquisition...

Delhi Riots: Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Umar Khalid And Sharjeel Imam Till 23rd November 2020

Karkardooma District Court on Friday granted an extension of 3-days in judicial custody over Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. The court was due to hear the matter today as the extended judicial custody of both Umar and Sharjeel in connection with the Delhi Riots case under UAPA was due to expire today. The court on 23rd October, 2020, had granted an extension in judicial custody of...

Karnataka High Court Quashes NLSIU Order Failing HC Judge's Son For Alleged Plagiarism

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday set aside an order passed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), denying a law student admission to the fourth year B.A LL.B (HONS), on account of him failing in a subject. A bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the writ petition filed by Hruday P. B, son of sitting Karnataka High Court judge Justice PB Bajanthri, and directed...

Gold Smuggling Case: M Sivasankar IAS Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Bail

M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking bail in the gold smuggling case.The IAS official was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 28 for offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for allegedly assisting Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the gold smuggling case,...

[Breaking] No Change Of Trial Judge In Actor Sexual Assault Case; Kerala High Court Dismisses Transfer Pleas Of Victim & Prosecution

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change the judge holding trial in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017.A single bench of Justice V G Arun had reserved orders on November 13 after hearing Special Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy and Senior Advocate S Sreekumar, who represented the victim. The HC had...

Wife Can Seek Information About Husband's Income Under Right To Information Act: CIC

In a significant order, the Central Information Commission has partly allowed a wife's appeal, seeking information about her husband's income under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Information Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Gupta, while relying on certain High Court orders where it was held that a wife is entitled to know what remuneration her husband is getting, directed the Income...