Delhi HC Allows PETA And FIAPO To Participate In Survey Conducted By Animal Welfare Board To Identify Conditions Of Animals In Circuses

Delhi High Court has allowed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) to participate in the survey conducted by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to identify the condition of animals who are kept in circuses. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajneesh Bhatnagar has also...

Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till October 31 [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday extended the operation of interim orders passed it or by the Courts/ Tribunals subordinate to it till October 31, 2020. A Judicial order to this effect was passed by a Division bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, "in the interest of justice". Further, the High Court has directed that the period of 90 days during...

Delhi Govt Is Expected To Continue Providing Admission To Orphan Children In Schools: Delhi HC Disposes Of Plea Seeking Inclusion of Orphans In EWS Quota [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has observed that it expects the Delhi Government to continue providing admissions to orphan children in government and private schools, as it has done so far. The Division Bench of Chief Justice of DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted that there's no reason to further monitor the action of the Delhi Government after perusing the status report wherein...

NCLAT Upholds NCLT's Order : No Insolvency Proceedings Against Tata Chemicals [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) dismissed an appeal filed by Allied Silica Limited challenging the NCLT, Mumbai bench's order that had rejected the insolvency application for initiating Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against Tata Chemicals Limited under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('I&B Code'). The three-member...

An Accused Cannot Be Arrested In Any Case Till A Request For Extradition Is Merited: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Hon'ble Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that an accused cannot be arrested in any case till a request for extradition is merited. This observation was made by the High Court while disposing of a Writ filed by Mr. Vinay Mittal (the Petitioner) who has been charge-sheeted in seven separate case, for siphoning of funds from the Punjab National Bank, by the Central Bureau...

Allahabad HC Defers Hearing Of Contempt Plea Against Failure Of State Authorities To Implement Social Distancing Norms [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing of the contempt applications filed before it by two practicing Advocates, highlighting the failure of the State authorities in implementing social distancing norms, despite repeated orders from the Court. The Division Bench comprising Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar expressed hope that the Police and the...

Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa Passes Resolution Supporting Contempt Verdict Against Prashant Bhushan

The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa has unanimously passed a full house resolution on Wednesday in support of the Supreme Court's decision holding Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for two tweets he put out about Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court.The resolution passed by the Council which represents a total of 1.75 lakh lawyers combined in the States...

Allahabad HC Adjourns Dr. Kafeel Khan's Habeas Corpus Plea to August 24 For Final Hearing And Disposal [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has fixed the Habeas Corpus plea filed against alleged illegal detention of Dr. Kafeel Khan, for final disposal on August 24, 2020. The Division comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Samit Gopal has given time to the Respondent-authorities to file its rejoinder/additional affidavit by next Monday, when it will finally dispose of the plea. The...

'Law Does Not Permit A Person To Both Approbate & Reprobate': Kerala HC Upholds Validity Of SBI Contributory Pension Scheme [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court on Monday upheld the validity of the SBI Employees Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, i.e. the contributory pension scheme. In doing so, the Division Bench comprising Justices AM Shaffique and Gopinath P. set aside the order of the Single Bench which held that the contributory pension scheme was not brought into operation in the manner prescribed by the...

'Not Advisable For Him To Travel Considering His Condition': Bombay HC Denies Parole To GN Saibaba's To Attend Mother's Post-Funeral Rites [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday rejected the emergency parole plea filed on behalf of former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba for attending his mother's post-funeral rites observing that since his mother passed away on August 1, 2020, all post-funeral rituals must be over by now and considering Saibaba's age and condition, it is not advisable for him to travel to Hyderabad.However,...

AP HC Requests Justice R V Raveendran To Inquire Into Phone Conversation Designing Plot Against HC CJ & Senior SC Judges [Read Order]

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week ordered inquiry by a retired judge of the Supreme Court into the genuineness of an alleged telephonic conversation between a former High Court judge and a principal junior civil judge, who is under suspension, conspiring to design a plot against the Chief Justice of the High Court and senior judges of the SC. A bench of Justices M. Satyanarayana Murthy...

IBC: Calcutta HC Quashes NCLT Order Mandating Submission Of Record Of Default For Filing Sec 7 Applications [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has struck down the order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on May 12, 2020 which mandated submission of record of default from Information Utility in Section 7, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) applications, both prospectively as well as retrospectively. The impugned order passed by the Principle Bench, New Delhi of NCLT read...