CSE Rule Declaring Persons Who Had Undergone Organ Transplant Unfit For Selection Is Archaic: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has held that the candidature of a Delhi Judicial Services aspirant cannot be rejected on the ground that he had undergone a renal transplant. While directing against the rejection of the candidature, the Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sanjeev Narula opined that the provision in Civil Services Examination Rules which declare persons...

Madras HC Grants Interim Relief To Singer 'Mahanadhi' Shobana In Copyright Infringement Suit [Read Order]

In an interim relief to famous Tamil singer 'Mahanadhi' Shobana, the Madras High Court has restrained Symphony Recording Company Ltd from distributing, manufacturing or selling her songs.Justice M S Ramesh noted in the interim order that the assignment agreements based on which Symphony was claiming rights were executed when Shobana was a minor, and were hence unenforceable.Even otherwise,...

Eligibility For Post Should Be There As On Last Date Of Application : Patna HC Dismisses CNLU Students' Plea [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by four final year students of Chanakya National Law University seeking consideration of their applications to the post of Assistant Prosecution Officer.As per the advertisement issued by the Bihar Public Service Commission, the applicants to be the post must be a law graduate as on the last date for application, March 6. The students...

NCLT Chennai approves Cochin Shipyard's Resolution Plan To Acquire TSL [Read Order]

The Chennai Bench of NCLT has accepted the Resolution Plan (RP) filed by public sector company Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) to acquire Chennai based shipbuilding firm Tebma Shipyards Limited (TSL) under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).CSL's RP had proposed a paltry sum of Rs 65 crores which amounts to only 9.74% of pay out...

[Bringing Lawyers Under Consumer Protection Act] Legal Profession Not A Trade Or Commercial Activity: BCD Writes To Consumer Affairs Minister [Read Letter]

Objecting to the addition of legal services within the ambit of Consumer Protection Act, Bar Council of Delhi has written to the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs. The letter marked to Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs states that lawyers being an integral part of the justice delivery system & cannot be included within the definition of...

'Eminent Senior Advocate' Mentioned In SC/ST Rules Does Not Mean Designated Senior Advocate : Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has held that the words "eminent senior advocates" are not synonymous with the definition of a Senior Advocate as contained in the Advocates Act, 1961. The division bench comprising Chief Justice AP Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad has emphasized on the word 'eminence' to state that a lawyer, even though not designated senior but having expertise in...

'Safety And Security Of Country Gets Priority Over All' : Hubli Court Denies Bail To Kashmiri Students Accused Of Sedition [Read Order]

An Additional District Judge at Hubli, on Monday rejected the bail application filed by three Kashmiri students arrested on charges of Sedition, for posting Pro-Pakistan video, on social media. Judge Gangadhara K N, while denying bail to Basit Aashiq Sofi, (22), Talib Majeed, (20) and Amir Mohi Uddin Wani, (20), said "The safety and security of this Country gets priority over all. We...

COVID-19: Delhi HC Asks Advocates And litigants To Avoid Unnecessary Overcrowding in Court Premises

The High Court of Delhi has issued a circular requesting Advocates, general public and litigants to avoid unnecessary overcrowding in court premises in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. The circular refers to the advisory issued by the Government of NCT of Delhi as per which guidelines have been outlined in order to prevent the spread of the contagious virus. The circular reads, "As per...

COVID-19: NGT Discontinues Usage Of Biometrics To Mark Attendance [Read Order]

With the threat of Coronavirus looming large, National Green Tribunal has issued a directive for suspension of biometric machines to mark attendance at the Principal Bench. The notice comes in light of the Delhi Government's advisory issued to various departments and offices for stopping usage of biometric machines to mark attendance in order to take precautions against spread of the...

NCLAT Upholds Penalty Imposed By CCI On Adani Gas

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal dismissed an appeal filed by Adani Gas Limited (AGL) challenging an order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) where it had imposed a penalty of around 26 crores or 4% of the average annual turnover of the relevant three years. The court further upheld that AGL had abused its dominant market position by imposing unfair conditions...

Bidar Sedition Case : Karnataka HC Asks Probe Officer To Explain Photographs Showing Uniformed Policemen Near Children

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the investigating officer probing the sedition case in respect of anti-CAA play staged in Shaheen Education Society in Bidar to file a personal affidavit in response to photographs produced before the court showing presence of policemen in uniform while interrogating the students. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...

PIL Seeking Police Reforms: Bombay HC Seeks Reply From State Within 4 Weeks

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the State government to file an affidavit in reply to the contentions raised in a Public interest Litigation regarding police reforms filed by two social activists Sanjay kale and Meera Kamath. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice NR Borkar inquired as to why despite previous orders from the Apex Court on this...