HT Gets Defamation Notice For Article Questioning Public Sector Client’s Ability To Pay Sr Advocates’ Professional Fees

Advocate Kartik Seth, who is acting on behalf of Mr. Arun Kumar Mishra – the Chief Engineer of the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UAPSIDC) – has sent a defamation notice to leading daily, Hindustan Times, claiming that its report titled “UP babu accused of corruption has Rs 1L pay, hires top lawyers Rohatgi, Sorabjee”, is “malicious”, and cast...

MP HC Asks DGP To Ensure Timely Submission Of FSL And DNA Reports In Trial Courts [Read Order]

In a significant order, a single bench of MP High Court has directed the State Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure timely submission of reports pertained to FSL, DNA and handwriting examination before the trial courts in several pending criminal cases across the State.The reason for issuing such direction to DGP, the court said “the delay in the trial may be avoided and the cases...

Right To Alienate Property Unaffected By Pending Litigation: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court, in the case of Lakshmi vs State of Kerala and Ors, has held that mere pendency of litigation does not ispo facto affect the person’s right to alienate the property. The court relied on Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act to hold that a sale which takes place in the face of a pending litigation would at its best amount to a lis pendens sale.Justice Dama...

No Sales Tax Exemption For Railway Catering Services, Bombay HC Dismisses Petition By Union Of India [Read Order]

Dismissing a petition filed by the Union of India, Bombay High Court has held that railway catering services cannot be exempt from sales tax under Article 285 of the Constitution.Article 285 reads thus:“The property of the Union shall, save in so far as Parliament may by law otherwise provide, be exempt from all taxes imposed by a State or by any authority within a State.”Petitioners...

India Today Releases List Of India’s Best Law Schools: Only Three NLUs In Top10

India Today released the list of India’s Best Law Colleges, with NLSIU Bangalore retaining the top spot. The only other two NLUs to make it to the top 10 are WBNUJS Kolkata at the third spot and GNLU Gandhinagar at 10th spot. Aligarh Muslim University’s Faculty of Law, Amity Law School Noida and Christ University’s School of Law were placed at the second, fourth and fifth spot respectively.Law schools like NALSAR Hyderabad, NLU Delhi, NLU Jodhpur, GLC Mumbai and Delhi University’s Campus Law...

Any Witness To Prove Your Great Reputation? Jethmalani To Jaitley

It is not only about Jaitley vs. Kejriwal anymore. The battle is drawn between two lawyers. One is in the role of Plaintiff who stepped into the witness box and another has put his gown for the defendant.Ram Jethmalini, the veteran Senior Advocate who is appearing for the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to defend him against the defamation suit filed by the Finance Minister Arun...

Justice Karnan Not Evading Arrest: His Lawyer Nedumpara Writes To DGP, West Bengal

In a letter addressed to the Director General & Inspector General of Police, West Bengal, Advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara has assured the former that Justice Karnan is not attempting to evade arrest, and informed him of his intentions to challenge the validity of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, as well as place an application of recall of...

Bombay HC Admits Pleas For Winding Up Of GOL Offshore Ltd [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court admitted two company petitions for winding up of GOL Offshore Limited, an Indian offshore oilfield services company.Apart from admitting the two petitions filed by the Export Import Bank of India and Punjab National Bank, Justice RD Dhanuka also allowed the intervention application filed by a group of eight banks which are a part of the Joint Lender’ Forum...

RTI Query Exposes PF Scam Worth Crores [Read Order]

The Public Information Officer of EPFO has told the CIC that the PF contribution of employers were getting credited in someone else’s account instead of their respective PF accounts.A PF scam running into crores of rupees has come to light through an RTI appeal. The EPFO got into alert mode with the RTI request and alerted investigating agencies, besides initiating an internal...

Treat Triple Talaq As One Revocable Talaq: Salman Khurshid To SC [Read Written Submissions]

In his Written Submissions to the 5 Judge Constitution Bench hearing petitions challenging triple talaq, Senior Counsel Salman Khurshid has proposed that Triple talaq be treated as one, revocable Talaq.“It is clear that the practice in most Muslim countries is to treat Triple Talaq not as three pronouncements in one sitting counting as a valid irrevocable divorce, but rather as...

Child Sexual Abuse Websites, URLs To Be Identified And Blocked By July 31

The Centre has announced immediate interim measures to curb the menace of online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), directing the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to adopt and implement the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Resources by 31st July.IWF maintains a dynamic global list of websites and URLs which contain CSAM, and hence, its implementation will result in the relevant content...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court on Friday directed the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to issue new licenses and renew old ones for slaughterhouses and meat shops.The High Court on Monday refused to allow an Advocate who was above 45 years of age on the date specified in the recruitment advertisement from appearing for the Higher Judicial Service recruitment exam.The...