Delhi HC Grants LIC Premium Waiver Benefit For Policy Revived After Death Of Proposer [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that LIC Premium Waiver Benefit is applicable to a policy which is revived after the death of the proposer. The judgment was delivered by Justice Vibhu Bakru.FactsThe writ petition was filed by a minor, aggreived by the refusal of LIC to waive the premium payable on account of the death of the proposer, the petitioner‟s late father. The petitioner sought...

Restrain Online Sale Of Medicines By E-Pharmacies: Delhi HC Directs Centre & Delhi Govt [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central government and Delhi government to restrain e-pharmacies from selling medicines online.The order was issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao, on a petition filed by Delhi-based dermatologist Zaheer Ahmed.Mr. Ahmed has submitted that easy availability of drugs online, without any checks on such e-pharmacies,...

Times Now’s Rahul Shivshankar And Anand Narasimhan Move Kerala HC To Quash Defamation Case

Editor-in-Chief of Times Now, Rahul Sivashankar and Senior Editor of the news channel, Anand Narasimhan (now with another channel) have approached the Kerala High Court, demanding quashing of proceedings pending against them before a Judicial Magistrate Court, Malappuram based on a Complaint filed by Ms. A.S. Sainaba, President, National Women’s Front (NWF).At the heart of this complaint is...

Bar On Legal Representation In Proceedings Under Anti-Sexual Harassment Act Challenged In Kerala HC

A writ petition filed in the High Court of Kerala challenges Rule 7 (6) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 (Rules), which bars legal representation in proceedings under the Act.The Rule says : “The parties shall not be allowed to bring in any legal practitioner to represent them in their case at any stage of the...

“What Is Section 377?” Most Searched “What Is” Question On Google In India This Year

Every year, Google gets billions of searches across different platforms and genres from millions of users from around the globe. It then releases a list of most searched queries under different topics at the end of every year.Interestingly, Google’s “Year in Search 2018” reveals that “what is section 377” searches topped the “what is…” search category.Section 377...

Assam NRC: SC Extends Time For Submission Of Claims To Dec 31

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Nariman on Wednesday extended to December 31 the deadline for the submission of claims and objections by individuals excluded from the first draft of the NRC for the state of Assam as published on July 30.Earlier, the last date for submission was December 15. Consequently, the process of commencement of...

NGT Stays Environment Ministry’s Notifications Permitting District Committees To Grant Environmental Clearances For Mineral Mining [Read Order]

It has directed the ministry to issue a fresh notification and furnish report of compliance with its order dated Sept. 13, 2018, on or before Dec. 31Holding that officers of the District Expert Appraisal Committees (DEACs) have no expertise or scientific knowledge to assess environmental implications, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stayed the notifications issued by the Ministry...

SCBA Election Results: Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Khanna Elected President

Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Khanna has been elected as the new President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), pursuant to elections for the SCBA’s Executive Committee.The other six candidates competing for the post were: Senior Advocates Adish Aggarwala, Vikas Singh, V Shekhar, and Ajit Kumar Sinha, and Advocates PK Jain and Ajay Mandyal.The elections were held in the Supreme...

SC Permits Punjab And Haryana DGPs To Continue In Office Till Jan 31, 2019

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph on Wednesday permitted the incumbent DGPs of the states of Punjab and Haryana, whose terms expire on December 31, to continue in office till January 31, 2019.The bench also allowed the original petitioners in the Police Reforms case (Prakash Singh v. UOI; 2006) to file their objections to the...

Winding Up Proceedings Under SICA Are To Continue In HC And Not In NCLT : SC[ Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that winding up proceedings under the Sick Industrial Companies(Special Provisions) Act 1985 will continue in the High Court and not the National Company Law Tribunal, until an application for transfer to NCLT is filed by a party under Section 434(1)(c) of the Companies Act 2013.The bench of Justices R F Nariman and M R Shah held so in Jaipur Metal and...

Rajasthan HC Stays Arrest Of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Over Brahminical Patriarchy Poster Row

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday granted Twitter Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey a stay on his arrest in connection with the FIR registered against him for hurting the sentiments of Brahmin community after his photo holding the slogan “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy” went viral.Dorsey had moved the high court after a Jodhpur court on Saturday ordered registration of FIR against him on the...

Jaypee Infratech Case : Publication Of Homebuyers' Names In List Of Creditors Will Not Violate Privacy, Rules NCLT [Read Order]

The Allahabad bench of National Company Law Tribunal has held that disclosure of the names of homebuyers in the list of creditors will not result in violation of privacy.The Tribunal was dealing with the resolution process of Jaypee Infratech Ltd(JIL), following directions from the Supreme Court. The SC had directed on August 9 to include homebuyers in the Committee of Creditors(CoC),...