Kerala High Court Vacates Stay On NGT Order After Communication From SC Registry That It Has Already Been Affirmed By Apex Court

The Kerala High Court recently vacated its interim order staying NGT's direction to M/s.Cochin Granites to pay environmental compensation for its illegal and unauthorised mining activities.A challenge to the said order of the National Green Tribunal had been earlier dismissed by the Supreme Court. Subsequently, a review petition was filed which was also dismissed by the Apex Court. However,...

Violation Of COVID Norms: Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Workers Of Campus Front Of India

The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated last year against workers of now-banned Campus Front of India (CFI) for holding a meeting and gathering people at Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Bhavan, Bagalokot, when the authorities had prohibited such meetings on account of third wave of COVID-19. Justice J M Khazi sitting at Dharwad bench allowed the petition filed by Khadar Basha and others...

Courts Do Not Have Authority To Waive Attendance Criteria Mandated For Appearing In Exam: Telangana High Court Dismisses Law Student's Plea

Recently, the Telangana High Court reiterated that courts do not have the power to waive or reduce the attendance criteria for a student required to appear in a semester exam. Consequently, the court dismissed the writ petition of a law student seeking relief to appear in the exam.The bench of Justice K.Lakshman referred to the case of State of Andhra Pradesh in M. Sunil Chakravarthy v....

Scope Of Judicial Review In Service Matters Limited, Affected Party Must Avail Civil Remedy: Gujarat High Court Reiterates

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a Special Civil Application filed by a principal against his termination by Anandalaya Education Society citing a clear element of loss of confidence in the petitioner by the respondent-institution. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt made it clear that the writ is not maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the present respondent...

Arbitral Tribunal’s Order Rejecting The Application For Impleadment Of Party Doesn’t Constitute An ‘Interim Award’: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that a party who is a non-signatory to the arbitration agreement, can be impleaded as a necessary party in the arbitration proceedings. The bench of Justices Najmi Waziri and Sudhir Kumar Jain further ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal’s order rejecting the application for impleadment of parties in the arbitral proceedings, does not constitute...

NCLT Bengaluru Initiates Insolvency Proceedings Against Mantri Developers Ltd., A Mantri Group Company

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Bengaluru Bench, comprising of Shri T. Krishnavalli (Judicial Member) and Shri Manoj Kumar Dubey (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in M/s. Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited v M/s. Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd., has initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”) against Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd. Mr....

Kerala Court Convicts 14 In Madhu Lynching Case, Acquits Two

The Special Court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Mannarkkad on Tuesday convicted 14 of the 16 persons accused in the Madhu Lynching Case. The accused persons had been charged for tying up and brutally beating a tribal youth to death for stealing rice from a grocery shop in Attappady in Kerala in February 2018. The quantum of the sentence will be pronounced by the Special Court...

Gift Deed Executed By Senior Citizen Can Be Declared Null And Void Only If It Contains Stipulation On Maintenance By Transferee: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a gift deed executed by a senior citizen can be declared as null and void under the Senior Citizens Act only if a stipulation is contained therein that the transferee shall maintain him or her in return.A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice K S Hemalekha, while dismissing an intra-court appeal filed by Nanjappa, said, “On careful perusal...

Asianet News Files Plea Before Kerala High Court Alleging Police Harassment

Malayalam News Channel, Asianet News, has filed a plea before the Kerala High Court alleging harassment by the Police for having launched a campaign against drug abuse in the State, particularly amongst children, and the publication of an interview with one such victim of drug abuse. It is the case of the petitioners that despite the aforementioned news item having been published with due...

[Land Allotment] Entrepreneurs Setting Up Industry Should Be Given Opportunity To Start Production: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court recently granted partial relief to an entrepreneur whose land allotment was cancelled by Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority citing failure to start production after setting up of industry in Muzaffarpur.The Court took on record petitioner's undertaking to start production in 60-90 days.A bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma observed,“any...

S. 138 NI Act | Proceedings Can’t Be Invalidated Merely Because Costs For Miscellaneous Expenses Claimed Alongwith Cheque Amount: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that a proceeding under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be invalidated only because the notice claims costs for some miscellaneous expenses alongside demanding the cheque amount.While relying on the decisions of the Apex Court, the Single Judge Bench of Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik observed,“…in view of the settled legal position in...

Cartel Amongst Paper Mills? Gujarat High Court Refuses To Interfere With CCI's Investigation Order

The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by J.K. Paper Ltd. challenging an investigation order under Section 26 of Competition Act, 2002 passed by the Competition Commission of India on the ground that the said order is an administrative order which only forms a prima facie opinion and it does not affect rights and liabilities of the petitioner.The single judge bench...