National Herald Building Lease: Centre Assures HC Status Quo Will Be Maintained Till Nov 22

The Centre Thursday gave an oral assurance to the Delhi High Court that it will maintain status quo till November 22 in the land lease matter of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper.The assurance by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representing the Land and Development Office, came after Justice Sunil Gaur said he will hear the matter another day...

 Sec.50 NDPS Act Cannot Be Complied By Stating That Police Conducted Search With Consent Of Accused : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has acquitted a person convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act by holding that conditions of search under Section 50 are mandatory and that they cannot be fulfilled by the plea that accused waived the right to have the search conducted in the presence of a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer.While setting aside the conviction under Section 18(b) of...

Application Of Order 2 Rule 2 CPC Cannot Be Considered By Court U/S 11 Arbitration & Conciliation Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently held that courts cannot consider the question of viability of a claim as under Order 2 Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, while hearing a petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.Justice Navin Chawla ruled, “The question whether the claim of the petitioner would be barred by the principles of res judicata or estoppel or by...

NGT Upholds Approval To India’s Future Largest Dam

The National Green Tribunal has given its nod to construction of 2,880 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project (DMP) in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.The Project is being undertaken by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), which is the biggest producer of hydro-electricity in India. It envisages construction of 278 mtrs high concrete gravity dam across Dibang river,...

Two DU Toppers Move Delhi HC As Names Missing From List Of Meritorious Students To Be Awarded On Nov 19

The Delhi High Court today asked Delhi University why should it be not held in contempt of court while hearing a petition challenging a Executive Council Resolution according to which the award of gold medals and prizes should be considered only for candidates who have passed the examination on the basis of original result declared by the University and not on the basis of result...

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...