Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Appointment Of Principals, VPs On Vacant Posts In Govt Schools

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking appointment of Principals and Vice-Principals to the posts lying vacant in all government schools in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad sought response of the Delhi Government, Lt. Governor and State Council of Educational Research...

An Arbitration Award In Violation Of The Provisions Of The Indian Contracts Act Is Patently Illegal: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that an arbitration award that is passed in violation of the provisions of the Indian Contracts Act, 1872 would be liable to be set aside as suffering from patent illegality. The bench of Neena Bansal Krishna partially set aside an arbitration award that was passed in contravention of Sections 59-61 of the Indian Contracts Act, 1872. The Court...

Arbitrator’s Direction For Disclosure Of Not Relevant Information Is An Order Under S. 19 And Not 17 Of Arbitration Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that no appeal is maintainable under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) against the order of the Arbitral Tribunal directing the party to disclose the contents of sealed envelope submitted by it at the time of tendering of evidence, since the same did not relate to the subject matter of arbitration nor was it a...

Kerala High Court Issues Additional Directions For Efficient Implementation Of Reservation For Differently Abled In Aided School Appointments

The Kerala High Court on Monday modified the order of a single bench that directed the State to give effect to its 2018 decision regarding reservation for employment in favour of persons with disabilities in aided educational institutions and also to take immediate steps to address the backlog in the appointments in the arising vacancies. The Division Bench comprising Justice P.B. Suresh...

NCP Leader Hasan Mushrif Gets 2 Weeks Protection From Bombay High Court To Seek Anticipatory Bail In ED's Money Laundering Case

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday protected NCP leader Hasan Mushrif for two weeks to approach sessions court for anticipatory bail in a money laundering case related to a sugar mill being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Sharmila Deshmukh kept all contentions on merits open and posted Mushrif’s plea seeking...

Restricting Right To Information Only To Citizens Contrary To Constitution, RTI Act; No Absolute Bar On Disclosure To Foreigners: Delhi High Court

Observing that restricting the right to information only to citizens would be contrary to the Constitution of India and Right to Information Act, the Delhi High Court has ruled that Section 3 of the RTI Act would have to be read as a "positive recognition of the right in favor of citizens but not as a prohibition against non-citizens."Under Section 3 of the RTI Act, "all citizens" have the...

Gujarat High Court Seeks State Govt's Reply On PIL Against Use Of Loudspeakers By Mosques For Azaan

The Gujarat High Court on Monday directed the Gujarat Government to file its reply on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction to the state government to take appropriate measures for banning the use of loudspeakers in mosques for Azaan, 5 times a day, across the State.The bench of Acting Chief Justice A. J. Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav passed this order while allowing...

Imported Coal Does Not Attract Customs Education Cess And Higher Education Cess: CESTAT

The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that imported coal would not attract the Customs Education Cess and the Higher Education Cess.The two-member bench of Sulekha Beevi C.S. (Judicial Member) and Vasa Sheshagiri Rao (Technical Member) has observed that the adjudicating court erred by including the clean energy cess component with...

Order Of High Court Granting Leave To Institute Commercial Suit Will Be An Order Passed Under Commercial Courts Act: Madras High Court Full Bench

The Madras High Court has recently held that an order passed by the High Court granting leave to institute commercial suit will be an order passed under the Commercial Courts Act.The full bench of Justice R Subramanian, Justice RMT Teeka Raman and Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan thus noted that an order granting leave or refusing to revoke the leave granted is not appealable.An order passed by...

Sterilization/Tubectomy Are Not Absolutely Safe, Failure Does Not Deserve Compensation: NCDRC

The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) bench comprising presiding member, S.M. Kantikar, reversed the order of the State Commission, Rajasthan for allowing compensation to a lady who alleged that she got pregnant due to the failure of a tubectomy operation. Mr. Kantikar elaborated that the pregnancy existed prior to the operation and further, such operations are...

Indian Divorce Act | Karnataka High Court Declares Marriage As Void Saying Woman Misrepresented And Concealed Her Real Age From Husband

The Karnataka High Court has declared a Christian couple's marriage as null and void holding that the woman had misrepresented and concealed her real age at the time of marriage.A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vijaykumar Patil allowed the petition filed by the husband questioning the order of the family court rejecting his petition filed under Section 18 of the Indian...

Lucknow Terror Conspiracy Case 2021: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Two Alleged Terrorists

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to two alleged terrorists who were arrested last year in connection with a conspiracy to carry out a pressure cooker bombing in Lucknow. Earlier, the NIA court had dismissed their bail plea.The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masood and Justice Om Prakash Shukla passed this order on bail pleas moved by accused Mohd. Mustaqeem and Mohammad Shakeel...