Renaming Of Allahabad To Prayagraj: Allahabad Bench Dismisses PIL While Lucknow Bench Asks State To Respond To PIL Challenging Name Change [Read Order]

Two public interest litigations challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government’s decision to rename Allahabad to Prayagraj met different fate.While the bench at Allahabad dismissed the plea asking the petitioner to approach the government first, the Lucknow bench posted the case on Monday directing the state to respond.Sunita Sharma had approached the high court contending that the...

Corporate Debtor Cannot Maintain Appeal Under Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code : NCLAT [Read Order]

Holding that corporate debtor cannot maintain appeal under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal dismissed an appeal.The appeal was filed by M/s Radius Infratel Pvt Ltd, which challenged an order passed by Adjudicating Authority admitting an application under Section 7 of the IBC moved by a financial creditor.The Tribunal noted that the Supreme Court...

Justice R Banumathi & Justice Indira Banerjee Differ Over Issuance Of Notice In SLP [Read Order]

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice R Banumathi and Justice Indira Banerjee expressed divergent views on whether to issue notice in a special leave petition filed against a Bombay High Court judgment.The bench was considering the SLP filed by Dhanada Corporation Limited against the high court order that had dismissed their appeals challenging proceedings under the Maharashtra Protection...

Madhya Pradesh HC Gets Three New Judges [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of the following three judicial officers as judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishnu Pratap Singh Chauhan Rajeev Kumar Shrivastava Shailendra ShuklaThe recommendations for their appointment had been made by the Supreme Court collegium last month.Read the Notification...

Three Additional Judges Appointed To P&H And Calcutta HCs [Read Notifications]

The Centre, on Wednesday, notified the appointment of three additional judges to the High Courts of Calcutta and Punjab and Haryana.Ms. Suvra Ghosh has been appointed as an additional judge of Calcutta High Court, while Mr. Lalit Batra and Mr. Arun Kumar Tyagi have been appointed as additional judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court.The recommendations for the appointment of all three...

Justice AS Dave Appointed Acting Chief Justice Of Gujarat High Court [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice AS Dave as the Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, in view of Justice Akil Kureshi’s transfer to the Bombay High Court.The office of the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court fell vacant consequent to the elevation of Justice Subhash Reddy to the Supreme Court. However, what ensued is confusion and protests.Justice Dave...

Motive Irrelevant In Abuse Of Dominance; CCI Orders Probe Against Intel For Anti Competitive Practise [Read Order]

"The Commission is not required to go into the intent or motive of the OP in indulging into the alleged conduct that has been, prima facie, found to be abusive. Otherwise also the language of Section 4 does not impose any such obligation on the Commission", the CCI heldThe Competition Commission of India has entered a prima facie finding that Intel Corporation has abused its market dominance...

NCLAT Okays UltraTech Cement's Revised Resolution Plan For Binani Cement [Read Judgment]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday approved the revised resolution plan submitted by Ultratech Cement for debt-ridden Binani Cement.The NCLAT bench comprising NCLAT Chairperson, Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya, and Judicial Member, Justice Bansi Lal Bhat accepted Ultratech's plan, while ruling that the plan submitted by the rival Dalmia Bharat group firm Rajputana...

U’khand HC Criticises State’s Arrangement To Employ Ex-Servicemen [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand government has earned some serious criticism from the Uttarakhand High Court which called its arrangement for recruitment of ex-servicemen and their dependants and also others, in various government departments through Uttarakhand Purvsanik Kalyan Limited (UPNL), a sham and directed the state government to regularize the employees sponsored through UPNL.A bench of Justice...

Sports Essential For ‘Happy Childhood’: J&K HC Expresses Concern About Extreme Lack Of Sporting Facilities In State [Read Order]

“Such facilities are available to the children, youth and persons of all ages and culture in every part of the country. These facilities must be made available to every child, youth and resident in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.”The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has registered a suo motu PIL taking note of extreme lack of sporting facilities in the entire state.The bench comprising...

Sec. 24 CPC Can’t Be Invoked To Transfer Claim Petitions Pending Before MACTs: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

‘Since a Claims Tribunal is created by a notification of the State Government under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, it cannot be said that such Tribunal is a Court subordinate to the High Court.’The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be invoked to seek transfer of claim petition pending before the Motor Accident...

‘My Grandchild Lied’: Bombay HC Quashes ‘Molestation’ Complaint Allowing Complainant’s Plea [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a ‘molestation’ complaint after the complainant approached the court and submitted that her grandchild had lied.Complaining that her grandchild was sexually abused by the accused, the lady had approached the police station. An FIR was registered against the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 354 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860...