NCLT Slaps Cost Of Rs 10 L On Tata Chemicals For Fraudulent Petition To Start Insolvency Proceedings [Read Order]

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai bench, has slapped a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Tata Chemicals Limited for filing a petition fraudulently/with malicious intent against a Maharashtra-based company for the initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) by giving false information to the tribunal and even vouching for it by way of an affidavit.A bench of VP Singh (member...

Strike Called By 32000 BEST Employees Ends; Justice (Retd) FI Rebello To Act As Mediator Between Parties [Read Order]

In a huge relief to Mumbaikars, the strike called by Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) employees has ended. Almost 32,000 BEST employees were on an indefinite strike since January 8 demanding higher salaries, a revision in pay scale for junior employees, and merger of the BEST budget with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) budget. The division bench of Chief...

Sabarimala : Women Were Permitted Entry Through VIP Gate, Observers Tell HC [Read Report]

Commenting on the entry of two women aged below 50 years, Bindu and Kanaka Durga at Sabarimala temple during the wee hours of January 2, the Court-appointed team of observers has stated in their report filed in the High Court as follows :"It is not known as to how the women who are escorted by five unidentified men were allowed to enter the upper "Thirumuttam" through the said gate through...

Consider Elevation Of Justice Rajendra Menon To SC: Bar Council Of Delhi Appeals To The Collegium

The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) has appealed to the Supreme Court Collegium to consider the candidature of Justice Rajendra Menon, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, for elevation to the Supreme Court.The BCD resolution states, "It is further resolved that the Senior Judges of the Delhi High Court as also the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, who have been ignored by the Collegium should...

Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain Appointed ASG In Supreme Court

The centre has appointed Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain as Additional Solictor General(ASG) for the Supreme Court.As per the notification issued yesterday, the appointment is till June 30 2020.He was appointed ASG for Delhi High Court in 2014, but submitted his resignation in March 2018.On Monday, the Centre had appointed Senior Advocate K M Nataraj as ASG for the SC.Last month, Advocate...

Educational Qualifications Prescribed For Public Posts Are Not Relaxable: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“The qualifications are not relaxable unless it is clearly stated in the notification inviting applications lest it amounts to fraud on public in the matter of appointment.”

News Report On Sea Erosion Of Alappad Coastal Village Due To Mining Prompts NGT's Suo Moto Action

The NGT has sought for a report from District Collector on the situation in the suo moto case.

Upload Orders/Judgments Soon After Judges Sign Them, Madras HC Directs Registry [Read Order]

“It is clarified that the authorities concerned cannot reject or refuse the printed copy of the downloaded orders / judgments communicated by the respective learned counsels.”

NGT Directs Serial PIL Filer To Disclose Source Of Litigation Funding, Warns Of Debarment [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently warned a serial Public Interest Litigant of consequences including debarment, if he fails to disclose the source of funding of the various litigations filed by him before it. The direction was issued by a bench comprising NGT ChairpersonJustice Adarsh Kumar Goel, SP Wangdi (Judicial Member), K Ramakrishnan (Judicial Member) and Dr. Nagin Nanda...

Kerala HC Stays Criminal Defamation Case Against Arnab Goswami Filed By Shashi Tharoor

The High Court of Kerala yesterday stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation case filed by Shashi Tharoor MP against Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV.Goswami moved the High Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Proceedings seeking to quash the proceedings in the criminal case filed in Chief Judicial Magsitrate's Court, Thiruvananthapuram by Tharoor. Tharoor...

Plea Filed In SC For Reservation In Sikkim Legislative Assembly For Limboo & Tamang Tribes [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding reservations for the Scheduled Tribes, "Limboo" and "Tamang" in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim. The petition has been filed by Adeep Tamang (Treasurer of the Sikkim Limboo Tamang Tribal Joint Committee), Saman Prasad Subba Limboo (President of the Committee), Surendra Moktan (Vice-President of the Committee), Dhan...

No Compulsory Measles Rubella Vaccination On Children Without Consent, Orders Delhi HC

The Court held that vaccination can be given only with the informed consent of parents or guardians.