Can't Provide Legal Opinion In Application Moved Under Sec 151 of CPC: Delhi HC Holds While Advising Petitioner To Seek Advice Judge After He Demits Office [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has clarified that it doesn't have the advisory jurisdiction to provide legal advice to the parties in applications moved under section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code. The Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon further advised the Petitioner that he's free to seek the opinion of Justice Endlaw after he demits office on August 13...

Centre Amends Motor Vehicles Rules For Protection Of 'Good Samaritans' [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 which inserts Chapter IX to deal with examination of Good Samaritan and Enquiry."Good Samaritan", as per Section 134A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 198, is a person, who in good faith, voluntarily and without expectation of any reward or compensation renders emergency medical or non-medical care or assistance...

Centre Notifies Bills To Relax Tax Filings; Allow RBI Supervision Over Cooperative Banks [Read Notifications]

The Central Government has notified the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 to relax time limit on compliance with tax laws, GST payment, filing, etc., amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It was passed by the Lok Sabha September 19, 2020 and was returned by the Rajya Sabha on September 22, 2020. The Act amends as many as eight legislations viz. the...

Kerala Govt Moves HC To Quash CBI FIR In 'LIFE Mission' Case

The Kerala Government has approached the High Court of Kerala against the FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation alleging violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act in relation to the 'LIFE Mission' project.The plea seeks to quash the FIR registered by the central agency on September 24 to the extent it relates to public servants under the...

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Tuesday notified the three Labour Codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020The Industrial Relations Code, 2020The Code on Social Security, 2020 The three codes are part of the four codes that consolidate 29 central labour laws. In 2019, the Code on Wages was passed. These three Bills relax labour laws to...

Delhi HC To Continue With Restrictive Functioning Till October 8 [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has decided to continue with the current hybrid model of both physical and virtual hearings. The court has decided to extend the restrictive functioning till October 08 in light of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. However, the number of Benches notified for conducting physical hearings have been reduced to 3 in light of rise in the number of COVID19 cases in...

Centre Notifies Companies (Amendment) Act & Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Monday notified the following two Acts to enhance the ease of doing business in India: Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020 The former was passed by the Parliament on September 22, 2020 to decriminalize minor procedural or technical lapses under the Companies Act, 2013, into civil wrong. It...

Delhi HC To Conduct Interviews of Lawyers Seeking Designation of Senior Advocate Through Video-Conferencing [Read Notice]

Delhi High Court has decided to conduct interviews of lawyers seeking designation of 'Senior Advocate' through video-conferencing. The notice issued by the Secretary, Committee For Designation of Senior Advocates states that: 'In pursuance to the public notices dated 26.4.2019, 20.05.2019 and 14.08.2019 on the above subject, the Advocates/applicants, seeking conferment...

[COVID-19] Unfortunately The Rule Of Wearing Of Mask Which Is Meant For Safety Of People Needs To Be Enforced Through Coercive Measures: Tripura HC [Read Order]

While perusing the affidavit and the accompanying documents filed by the State Government, the Tripura High Court on Monday (28th September) observed that on 18th and 19th September 2020 the State Government had carried out a special drive for violation of the directives for wearing masks in public.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice S. Talapatra further observed,"It...

Karnataka HC Allows VTU To Conduct Special Chance Exams Offline

Observing that "the Court would not intend to go beyond the opinion of the experts," The Karnataka High Court has allowed the Visvesaraya Technological University (VTU) to hold the Special Chance examinations, for the Eight Semester students via offline mode. Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav had by its order dated August 13 directed the university to reconsider the feasibility of holding...

Some Media Portals Putting Out Fake Reports On COVID-19 Sero-Prevalence: Delhi Govt Tells Delhi HC

The Delhi Government has told the Delhi High Court that some media portals have peddled fake reports on sero-prevalence of COVID19 in Delhi. The said statement was made before the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad, after the court pulled up the Delhi Government for leaking the said sero-surveillance reports to the media before producing the same...

Religare Finvest: Delhi HC Issues Notice In Bail Plea Moved By Shivinder Singh [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a bail plea moved by Religare Finvest's ex-promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh. The Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra has issued notice to the Delhi Government and will next take up the matter on October 12. Shivinder Mohan Singh is accused of money laundering as per the offences laid down in sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money...