Delhi HC Issues Transfer Policy Of Judicial Officers

The Delhi High Court has issued transfer policy of Judicial Officers which also provides that Judicial Officers related to one another shall not be posted in the same court complex.The policy also makes provision for rotation of jurisdiction and location of Judicial Officer to be effected at an interval of 2-3 years from one court to another with emphasis on giving exposure of work of...

SC Explains When Doctrine Of Res Judicata As Between Co-Defendants Can Be Applied [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that the following four conditions are required to be satisfied while considering the applicability of the doctrine of res judicata as between co-defendants: There must be a conflict of interest between the defendants concerned; It must be necessary to decide the conflict in order to give the reliefs which the plaintiff claims; The question between the...

Women Devotees File Petition In Kerala HC For Police Protection To Visit Sabarimala Temple [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala by four women devotees seeking police protection for visiting Sabarimala temple.The petitioners - Adv. Maya Krishnan, Adv.Rekha.S,  Jalajamol P.S and Jeejamol P.S- state that they are Hindu women aged below 50 years, having faith in Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala. They intend to visit Sabarimala to offer prayers in furtherance of the...

Assam NRC:SC Directs All Stakeholders To File Their Stand On NRC Coordinator's Objection To Five Documents For Claims And Objection by October 30

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Nariman on Tuesday invited all stakeholders to offer their opinion on the stand adopted by Mr. Prateek Hajela, the State Coordinator for the Assam NRC, in regarding as inexpedient the allowing of claims for inclusion in the NRC to be filed on the basis of five specific documents.At the previous hearing on September 19,...

Delhi HC Quashes Circular Empowering Registrar To Cancel Deed On Complaint Of Fraud [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has quashed the circular issued by the Delhi government that empowered Registrars to cancel or recall a registered deed on receipt of any complaint that the same has been registered by practicing fraud.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao quashed the July 13, 2016 circular issued by the Inspector General of Registration providing for...

Allahabad HC Chief Justice DB Bhosale Retires Today, Justice Govind Mathur Appointed As Acting CJ

The Centre, on Tuesday, notified the appointment of Justice Govind Mathur as the Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.He will be assuming office from October 24, consequent upon the retirement of Chief Justice DB Bhosale today.Justice Mathur initially practiced in the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur. He also worked as the Standing Counsel for University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Indian...

CBI vs CBI : Rakesh Asthana Moves Delhi HC Against FIR; Court Orders Status Quo

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from taking any coercive action against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, ordering maintenance of status quo until the next hearing date, October 29. It, however, clarified that the ongoing probe in the matter will continue, and issued notice to CBI and Alok Verma, the CBI Director.The order was issued...

Expedite Malegaon Blast Trial, Conduct It On Daily Basis: Bombay HC Tells Spl NIA Judge [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday reiterated the Supreme Court’s orders and asked Special NIA Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case that killed six and injured over a 100 people, to expedite the trial and conduct it on a day-to-day basis.A division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice AS Gadkari was hearing an application filed by one of the...

Financial Service Providers Outside The Purview Of Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code: NCLAT [Read Judgment]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has held that financial service providers such as non-banking financial companies are outside the purview of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (I&B) Code.The order was issued by Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya (Chairperson) and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat (Judicial Member), in Randhiraj Thakur, Director, Mayfair Capital Private Ltd versus Jindal...

CBI vs CBI : Delhi HC To Hear Today CBI DSP Devendar Kumar's Plea Against His Arrest

CBI DSP Devender Kumar Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest in connection with bribery allegations involving agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan.The court listed the plea for hearing before an appropriate bench in the post lunch...

SC Dismisses PIL Seeking Action Against Politicians For Damages In Protests Against SC/ST Verdict

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S. K. Kaul on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction that the politicians, who were allegedly behind the massive unrest across the country fueled by the March 20 verdict of the apex court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra diluting the SC/ST Act of 1989, account for the losses and damage to...

NCLT, New Delhi To Allow E-Filing; NIC Presentation For Stakeholders On October 23

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), New Delhi is now ready to start e-filing of applications, petitions, appeals, replies, etc.In this regard, concerned Advocates, Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants and other stakeholders have been requested to attend a presentation on e-filing by officers of the NIC on October 23.The presentation will be held at 4 pm at...