All The Members Of A ‘Joint Venture’ Are Jointly And Severally Liable To Third Parties; No Need To Separately Make Individual Members A Party To Arbitration: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that all the members of a ‘joint venture (JV)’ are jointly and severally liable to the third parties with which the JV enters into an agreement. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma held that a JV is a quasi-partnership wherein two or more entities may come together and jointly undertake a particular transaction or contract for mutual profit. It held...

MLA Moves Bombay High Court Challenging Govt Resolution For Panel To Monitor Interfaith Marriages

A writ petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the Maharashtra Government notification which established the Family Coordination Committee to monitor inter-faith and inter-caste marriages in Maharashtra.“That the assumption that adult women who choose and consent to marry someone from another faith need to be 'saved' is misplaced and goes against the spirit of...

No Attachment Of Property Under PMLA Once Liquidation Commences: NCLT Jaipur

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Jaipur Bench, comprising of Shri Deep Chandra Joshi (Judicial Member) and Shri Prasanta Kumar Mohanty (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in M/s Packwell (India) Ltd. v M/s Emgee Cables and Communication Ltd., has held that PMLA would cease to have the power to attach the property of the Corporate Debtor, when the order...

Gauhati High Court Convicts Lawyer For Contempt Over Comments On Judge's "Model-Like" Jewellery, Comparison With Mythical Demon

A lawyer who made scathing remarks against an Additional District Judge by inter alia commenting upon her attire and comparing her to mythical demon, was convicted for criminal contempt by the Gauhati High Court yesterday.The division bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Devashis Baruah passed the order after the lawyer, Utpal Goswami, pleaded guilty and tendered an apology.“In...

Mukhtar Ansari Gang Most Dreaded Gang Of India, Says Allahabad HC Denying Bail To Alleged Gang Member In Murder Case

Terming 'Mukhtar Ansari Gang' as the most dreaded criminal gang of India, the Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to an alleged Ansari gang member in a murder case. The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh observed thus while denying bail to a murder accused (one Ramu Mallah), who is an alleged member of the Mukhtar Ansari Gang.Before the Court, Ramu Mallah's bail plea was opposed by...

Is 'Nepotism' An Offence Under Prevention Of Corruption Act? Delhi High Court Stays Proceedings Against DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed till July 26 the proceedings initiated against Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal over corruption allegations for allegedly abusing the official position by illegally appointing various acquaintances, including Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, in the women rights body between August 6, 2015 to August 1, 2016.Justice Anup...

President Appoints Justice Goutam Bhaduri As The Acting Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh High Court

The President of India today appointed Justice Goutam Bhaduri, senior most puisne Judge, as the Acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court with effect from March 11, 2023, consequent upon the retirement of Justice Arup Kumar Goswami, chief justice of the HC.A notification issued in this regard on Friday reads thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution...

Kerala High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Transport Minister Antony Raju In Evidence Tampering Case On Technical Grounds

Citing technical reasons, the Kerala High Court on Friday quashed the trial court proceedings against Transport Minister of Kerala, Antony Raju in connection with the evidence tampering case against the Minister pending before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Nedumangad, in Thiruvananthapuram. However, the single bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman clarified that this would not preclude...

Nomination Of A Candidate For Elections Cannot Be Rejected Due To Immaterial Defects: Kerala High Court Reiterates

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reiterated that the nomination of a candidate for elections cannot be rejected on trivial grounds and that if there is substantial compliance, the nomination paper ought to be accepted.A single bench of Justice Viju Abraham was considering the plea of an aspiring candidate who had filed for nomination for election to the Senate and Academic Council of the...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Juvenile U/S 12 JJ Act, Says Nature Of Offence Not A Relevant Ground For Rejection

A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Pachori of Allahabad High Court granted bail under section 12 of JJ Act (Juvenile Justice Act,2015) to a person, who was at the time of incident juvenile and accused of heinous offence. The court observed that the Appellate Court and JJ Board (Juvenile Justice Board) have failed to properly appreciate the mandatory provision of section 12 of...

Delhi High Court Directs National Consortium To Hold Meeting On Clinical Trials For Developing Indigenous Therapies For Rare Diseases

The Delhi High Court has directed the National Consortium for rare diseases to hold a meeting on clinical trials for developing indigenous therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Gaucher with DART or Hanugen Therapeutics Private Limited.Justice Prathiba M Singh also directed the National Consortium for Research and Development on therapeutics for Rare Diseases to consult other...

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has quashed charges of rape levelled against an accused who was booked on the complaint made by the victim, after the accused refused to marry her on being in a relationship with her for over five years.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna partly allowed the petition filed by Mallikarjun Desai Goudar and quashed charges levelled under sections 376,...