Counsel Has Implied Authority To Enter Into Compromise On Behalf Of Parties Unless It is Motivated by Malafide Intentions: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that a counsel has an implied authority to enter into compromise on behalf of the parties unless it is motivated by malafide intentions such as fraud, misrepresentation, etc. Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal held that under Order 23 Rule 3 of CPC, it was mandatory for the Court to record a lawful compromise and one of the conditions which normally must...

Injury Caused To Copyright Owner Due To Exclusion From Credits is Irreparable: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has restrained Balaji Telefilms from using the song 'Dhagala Lagli' in its latest release 'Dream Girl'. The court held such use to be a copyright violation as neither the licence fee or the credits were given to the Plaintiff who owned to. copyright in the sound recording. The Plaintiff had instituted this suit, to restrain the three Defendants namely (i) Balaji...

SAT Quashes SEBI Ban On Price Waterhouse For Alleged Conspiracy In Satyam Scam [Read Judgment]

The Securities Appellate Tribunal has quashed the SEBI order imposing a two year ban on the accounting firm Price Waterhouse(PW) for its alleged involvement in the Sathyam scam.The ban was imposed by the Whole Time Member(WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in January 2018 under Sections 11, 11B of the SEBI Act barring PW from directly or indirectly issuing any...

Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai Appointed As Acting CJ Of The Sikkim HC [Read Notification]

The centre has notified the appointment of Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, senior-most Judge of the Sikkim High Court, as the Acting Chief Justice of the high court. The present Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court, Justice Vijai Kumar Bist, is set to retire on September 16 and the decision is consequent upon the same. Justice Madan Rai enrolled as an advocate in Delhi in 1990 after...

When The Patient/Family Members Give Consent For Operation, They Give Consent To Bear Its Consequences Too: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court quashed criminal proceedings for medical negligence against two doctors and opined that "risk is always involved and when the patient/family members give consent for being operated, they give consent for such kind of operation to be conducted and to bear the consequences". The matter was placed before Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh-I in an appeal filed by Dr. Md. Azam...

Latur Bar Association Observes Strike On Friday Protesting Justice Tahilramani's Transfer

Over 1800 advocates of the District Bar Association, Latur and other bar associations refused to participate in any judicial work on Friday protesting against the transfer of former Madras HC Chief Justice VK Tahilramani to Meghalaya High Court.Latur Bar Association wrote a "Letter of Protest" to the Registrar, Supreme Court of India and the President of India dated September 11...

Executing Court Cannot Travel Beyond The Order Or Decree Under Execution, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated a settled proposition that an executing court cannot travel beyond the order or decree under execution. In this case, the suit was filed on behalf of the temple by one K.S. Jaganathan and S. Bhaskaran in their capacity as trustees, seeking permanent injunction against Gnanambal and her husband, who were tenants in the suit properties at that time....

Bhima Koregaon : Bombay HC Dismisses Gautam Navlakha's Petition for Quashing FIR

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by human rights activist and journalist Gautam Navlakha seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him by Pune police alleging his involvement in inciting the violence at Koregaon Bhima in Pune on January 1, 2018.The Court observed that there was prima facie material against the 65-year-old referring to the document submitted in...

CBI Court Extends ED Custody Of D K Shivakumar Till Sep 17 [Read Order]

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, Rouse Avenue, Delhi on Friday extended the remand of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar to the custody of Enforcement Directorate till September 17 in a money laundering case. Shivakumar was arrested on September 3, on alleged offence punishable under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He was remanded to ED custody till today...

Scope Of Investigation By DG Not Limited To Prima Facie Opinion Expressed By CCI Under S. 26 of Competition Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday held that the scope of the investigation conducted by the Director-General on directions received under Section 26 of the Competition Act, 2002, is not limited to the prima facie opinion expressed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). "The investigation has to be a comprehensive one. The DG may not, in fact, be able to anticipate...

Karnataka HC Defers Hearing Of Plea Against J&K Communication Blockade Citing Pendency Of Similar Case In SC

The Karnataka High Court on Fridaydeferred adjudication on a plea filed a Kashmiri student challenging communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir, taking note of the fact that the petition filed by journalist Anuradha Bhasin in the Supreme Court substantially covers the larger issue of communication black out. Justice Alok Aradhe passed the order while hearing a petition filed by a...

Economic Offences Constitute A Class Apart: SC Cancels Bail Granted To Bhushan Steel Ltd CFO Nittin Johari [Read Judgment]

"Specifically, heed must be paid to the stringent view taken by this Court towards grant of bail with respect of economic offences."