Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 27 To April 2, 2023

Nominal Index:Omkarmurthy And State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 122HEALTHCARE GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED v. UNION OF INDIA & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 123The Principal Secretary & ANR And Tejasco Techsoft Private Limited. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 124K. Madal Virupakshappa And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 125T Roopeshkumar @ Roopi And State of Karnataka. 2023...

Gauhati High Court Orders Centre, Assam Govt To Stop Illegal Mining By Coal India Ltd In Forest Areas Of Digboi Division

The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Union Government as well as the State Government to stop Coal India Ltd. from undertaking mining activities in Saleki Proposed Reserve Forest until all penalties and compensatory levis are deposited and Stage II approval is granted by Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC).The division bench of the Chief Justice Sandeep...

Raigad Court Discharges Union Minister Narayan Rane In Case Over 'Slap' Remark Against Uddhav Thackeray

The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raigad-Alibag held that Union Minister Narayan Rane’s “slap” remark against former CM Uddhav Thackeray was unparliamentary, but did not amount to criminal intimidation or promoting enmity between two groups.“He made unparliamentary remark against the then Chief Minister of the State and being an influential figure in the political arena and having...

Judicial Order Not Justifiable In Law Does Not Automatically Imply It Was Passed For Extraneous Considerations: Patna HC Grants Relief To Retd Officer

In a significant order, a division bench of the Patna High Court has quashed and set-aside a decision of the Standing Committee of the High Court wherein the committee had imposed a punishment of permanent withdrawal of the entire pension of a retired Additional District and Sessions Judge after finding that he had passed judicial orders for extraneous considerations.A bench comprising...

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: March 2023

Nominal Index [Citations 39 - 71]:Dr Kiran Bala Vs Dr Ashwini Kumar Singh Jasrotia 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 39Pooja Devi & Ors Vs Tarseem Lal & Ors 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 40Radha Sharma Vs State of J&K & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 41Inhabitants of Sheva Shirshu Doda Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 42Union Of India Vs Assistant Labour Commissioner & Ors 2023 LiveLaw (JKL)...

Repeated Non Compliance Of Judicial Orders By Domain Name Registrars Can Be Construed As Violation Of Public Order: Union Govt To Delhi High Court

The union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has told the Delhi High Court that repeated non-compliance of judicial orders by any domain name registrars (DNR) can be construed as violation of public order and its website or URL can be blocked by the court under section 69A of the Information Technology Act.Section 69A grants power to the Central Government to issue directions...

[Amruta Fadnavis Complaint] Bombay High Court Dismisses Bookie Anil Jaisinghani's Plea Alleging Illegal Arrest

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed bookie Anil Jaisinghani's plea alleging illegal arrest in the case filed by deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife - Amruta Fadnavis.The bench of Justice AS Gadkari and PK Naik passed the order. Fadnavis has alleged that Aniksha Jaisinghani, Anil Jaisinghani's daughter, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 Crore to seek her “intervention” in...

Environmental Law Weekly Round-Up [26 March-1 April,2023]

Nominal IndexSwetab Kumar v. Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change and Ors. [2023 LiveLaw (SC)245] ( Supreme Court)Centre for Environment Law WWF-I v. Union of India (Supreme Court)Yeshwanth Shenoy v. State of Kerala (Supreme Court)Shramjeevi Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. v. Dinesh Johi and others [2023 LiveLaw (SC) 258] (Supreme Court)People's Charioteer Organisation v....

S.311 CrPC Asserts Power Of Courts To Recall & Summon Witnesses Even After Closure Of Evidence In Criminal Proceedings: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently reiterated that power of the court under Section 311 CrPC to recall any witness or witnesses already examined or to summon any witness can be invoked even if the evidence in both sides is closed, so long as the court retains seisin of the criminal proceedings.The observations were made by Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul while hearing...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest - March 2023 [Citations 187 - 279]

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 187 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 279NOMINAL INDEXM/S GOLD CROFT PROPERTIES PVT. LTD. v. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 187OYO Hotels And Homes Pvt. Ltd. Versus DCIT 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 188CHHOTE LAL v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 189Bernd Alexander Bruno Wehnelt vs. Union of India 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 190CHANDRIL DABAS v. THE COMMISSIONER...

Promissory Estoppel Not To Apply In Favour Of Student Who Despite Knowledge Of Failure In Intermediate Exam Acquired Higher Qualification: Orissa HC

A Full Bench of Orissa High Court on Friday answered a reference deciding the correctness of a decision rendered by a Division Bench wherein it was held that the rule of estoppel will apply in favour of a student, who without knowing that he has failed in matriculation/intermediate examination, gets higher education and joins service.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar,...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 27 To April 02, 2023

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 269 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 283NOMINAL INDEXUNION OF INDIA v. ARVIND M KAPOOR AND ANR & other connected matter 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 269 THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA v. THE INSTITUTE OF COST ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 270 INOX AIR PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. v. AIR LIQUIDE NORTH INDIA PVT. LTD. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 271 State v. Mohd....