Karnataka HC Stays Insolvency Proceedings Against Flipkart

[Update] : The High Court of Karnataka has stayed the NCLT proceedings against Flipkart. The Stay Order dated 25th October 2019 was passed by Justice B Veerappa on the strength of submissions advanced by Senior Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa. The Senior Advocate, who appeared for Flipkart, contended that NCLT has travelled beyond its jurisdiction in admitting the company into CIRP. The counsel...

PIL In Karnataka HC Seeking To Stop Construction Of HC Annexe Building, Inside Cubbon Park [Read Petition]

The fight to stop the proposed construction of Karnataka High Court Annexe building has reached the High Court, a public interest litigation has been filed by Cubbon Park Walkers Association, seeking a prayer to quash the government order allowing the construction of the seven storied building inside the park. The petition filed by the association comes after the High Court had on October...

BCI Condemns Police Protest as Illegal [Read Statement]

Bar Council of India has released a statement seeking a High Level Committee to be appointed to find as to who all were involved in planning the police protests, which the body has deemed as illegal.In addition to this, the Council has also demanded the arrest of police officers who had planned the said protests within one week, failing which, the Bar will resort to peaceful dharna. In...

SC Grants Interim Bail To Grand Venice Mall Promoter Satindar Singh Bhasin

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Noida-based builder Satindar Singh Bhasin in respect of the complaints pertaining to project by name "Grand Venice" in National Capital Region. Bhasin, accused of cheating many of his customers, had approached the Apex Court seeking a direction to the CBI to take over investigation of all the FIRs registered against him. As an...

Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre On A Plea Challenging The Prohibition On The Use Of Cannabis

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Government in a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the NDPS Act that prohibit the use of cannabis. The Petitioner organisation started by saying that it is not seeking the legalisation of cannabis. It is only challenging certain provisions of the NDPS Act that prohibit the use of cannabis. The...

Odd Even Scheme: Delhi Govt Submits Response, Defends Exemption to Women and Two-Wheelers

Transport Department of the Delhi Government has responded to all the representations made before it wherein the Odd-Even Scheme of the government was challenged on multiple grounds.On November 1, The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar had disposed off all petitions challenging the Odd-Even Scheme, by directing Delhi Government to consider all such pleas...

Kerala HC Asks Govt To Preserve Bodies Of Slain Maoists Until Further Orders

The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday asked the Kerala Government to preserve the bodies of two Maoists who were killed in a police encounter in Agali forests last week.Justice Narayana Pisharadi passed the interim direction in an original petition filed by the kin of Karti and Manivasagam challenging the permission granted by Sessions Court Palakkad to cremate the bodies of slain...

Wife Entitled To Relief Under DV Act Even After Divorce, If She Continues To Cohabit With Husband: Bombay HC [Read Jufgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that ten years after the decree of divorce has been passed, wife is entitled to reliefs under the Domestic Violence Act if she continued to cohabit with her husband(ex) post-divorce.Justice Mangesh Patil of Aurangabad bench dismissed a criminal revision application filed by 46-year-old Atmaram Sanap who challenged two concurrent findings in proceedings initiated...

Further Investigation Can Be Conducted Even After Trial Has Commenced; No Permission Required From Court: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has observed that it is not necessary for the investigating officer to seek any permission from the court to conduct further investigation.Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi also observed that there is no restriction on the power of the investigating officer to conduct further investigation after the commencement of the trial of the case. In Mariamma John @ Mercy vs....

'Cannot Examine Disputed Facts' : J&K HC Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Alleged House Arrest [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of three persons, after the police stated that they were not under house arrest.Justice Ali Mohammed Margey said that the disputed question of house arrest cannot be examined in a writ proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution.The Court also said that the news paper reports about...

Tis Hazari Clash : Cancel Licenses Of Lawyers Who Were Part Of Violence, Demands IPS Association [Read Resolution]

Stating that courts should treat all the parties "equitably", the Central IPS Association on Tuesday demanded, "All lawyers who were part of the violence should be identified, and befitting legal action, including cancellation of their licenses, should be initiated." The statement was issued in the wake of protest staged by Delhi police on Tuesday demanding action against lawyers...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate MK Goyal as Judge Of Rajasthan HC [Read Notification]

The Centre on Monday notified the elevation of Advocate Mahendra Kumar Goyal as a judge of the Rajasthan High Court. His name, along with the name of Advocate Farzand Ali was recommended as such by the Supreme Court Collegium in July this year. However, the Centre's notification is silent as to the appointment of Ali. The Collegium's recommendation was based on the recommendation...