No Party Should Suffer Due To The Act Of Court, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"If the Court in a given case imposes the condition, the same is to be treated as being with a purpose and not as an empty formality. "

Parliament Passes The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to facilitate the orderly growth of the chit fund sector and enable greater financial access to people. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on November 20, 2019. Under a chit fund, people agree to pay a certain amount from time to time into a fund. Periodically, one of the subscribers is chosen by drawing a chit...

'How Will You Safeguard Interest Of Children Of Foreign Nationals Who Are Kept In Detention Centres' : Karnataka HC Asks Centre/State

Karnataka High court on Thursday directed the State and Central government to give their responses on what steps can be take to safeguard interest of children of arrested illegal immigrants, who are kept inside, detention centres. Justice K N Phaneendra asked the goverments to refer to International Conventions and Supreme Court Judgements, if there are, on the subject and come...

SBI, Its Officers And The Law Firm Engaged By Them Are Ignorant Of Basic Principle Of Law: Bombay HC [Read Order]

First court of the Bombay High Court on Monday expressed displeasure at the conduct of State Bank of India, its officials and the law firm engaged by them while hearing a writ petition. At the very outset, the division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre observed- "The absence of effective assistance to the Court by learned counsel for Respondent No.2(SBI),...

Premature Retirement Of Judges In Public Interest; Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Former District Judge [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Monday pronounced its judgement in a writ petition filed by 56-year-old Anil Mohabay, a former District Judge challenging the decision of Bombay High Court to retire him "prematurely" at the age of 55.Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice NB Suryawanshi dismissed Mohabay's petition and held that if the concerned authority is of the opinion that the...

Evidence Not Collected By IO Nor Part Of Case Diary Can't Form Basis For Taking Cognizance: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

While quashing the summoning order passed by a Judicial Magistrate, the Allahabad High Court on Friday clarified that material which does not form part of the case diary cannot be considered for taking cognizance. "concerned Magistrate while dealing with the final report in a criminal case is not competent to take into consideration the extraneous material at the time of taking...

AOR After Retirement Cannot Become Agent Of The Party: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

Karnataka High court has held that the counsel on record after retiring from the case with the leave of the Court cannot become an agent of the party for prosecuting the suit proceedings. Justice Krishna S Dixit restrained advocate Siraj Ahmed from participating in the court proceedings, as a party or as an agent of the party or as a counsel of the party or otherwise. One...

Order Convening General Court Martial Can Be Challenged Before AFT, Holds SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that an order convening a General Court Martial can be challenged before an Armed Forces Tribunal. Assailing an order of the Tribunal, the Union of India had approached the Apex Court contending that an order by which the General Court Martial was convened cannot be the subject matter of an appeal before the Tribunal. It was urged that the jurisdiction of the...

ISIS Terror Plot Case : NIA Court In Kerala Sentences 6 Persons Under UAPA [Read Judgment]

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Kochi, Kerala on Wednesday sentenced six persons for various offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act on findings that they owed allegiance to terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and hatched criminal conspiracies to carry out attacks in furtherance of their radical ideology.Judge P Krishnakumar found that all ...

Bill To Merge UTs Of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, & Daman & Diu Passed By Lok Sabha [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill introduced by the Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah proposes to merge the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which presently has only one district with the UT of Daman and Diu, which has two districts. The merged UT will be named as...

Arbitration Agreement Not Exempt From Stamp Duty Even If Contract And Work Is Executed Outside The State: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that even if a contract is executed outside the State of Maharashtra and the work is also carried outside the State but arbitration of any contractual dispute is to be held within the State (in this case Mumbai), stamp duty will be payable under the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 .Justice GS Patel was hearing an arbitration application filed by S Satyanaryana and...

Bombay HC Raises Concerns Over Holding Uddhav Thackeray's Oath Taking Ceremony At Shivaji Park

While hearing a PIL regarding permissions and approvals granted to several entities and organisations to use Shivaji Park Maidan at Dadar for activities and events other than strictly permissible in the law, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday raised some concerns ahead of Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray's oath taking ceremony at Shivaji Park, Dadar in Mumbai tomorrow. The bench of...