Delhi HC Appoints Justice Vikramajit Sen As Administrator Of DDCA

HC bench said Justice Sen will call for a meeting of DDCA members for reconstituting the cricketing body's working and sports committees.On a day when the Supreme Court appointed four administrators headed by ex-CAG Vinod Rai for the BCCI, the Delhi High Court appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice Vikramajit Sen as the new administrator of Delhi and District Cricket Association...

Personal Inconvenience Not A Ground To Challenge Transfer: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the personal inconvenience, etc. cannot be a ground to challenge transfer from one place to another by an employee if it do not run contrary to statutory provisions.The court turned down the relief sought by the employee to get transfer to a nearby place on health ground and ailing old-aged mother dependent on him.The court observed “the employee does...

Breaking: Bombay HC Orders Domestic Accounts Of Lawyer’s Collective To Be De-Freezed, Says Centre’s Allegations Vague [Read Order]

In a major relief to Senior Counsel Indira Jaising’s NGO, The Lawyer’s Collective, the Bombay High Court passed an interim order de-freezing their domestic accounts.Justice MS Sonak held that the Centre’s allegations of “mixing of foreign contribution with domestic funds” were “vague and bereft of reasoning.”The bench was hearing an appeal filed by lawyer’s collective...

Certificate Of Incorporation Shall Mention PAN Of Company; Rules Come Into Force [Read Rules]

The Central Government has notified the Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2017. The rules came into force on Monday.As per the new rules, the Certificate of Incorporation shall be issued by the Registrar in Form No. INC-11 and the Certificate of Incorporation shall mention the permanent account number (PAN) of the company, if it is issued by the Income Tax Department.Read the...

Court Summons Arvind Kejriwal, Kirti Azad In DDCA Defamation Case [Read Order]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad were on Monday summoned by the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi, on a defamation complaint filed by Delhi & District Cricket Association and its Vice President Mr. Chetan Chauhan.The Court opined that their statements prima facie adversely affected the reputation of the cricketing body and its officials, by...

Kerala Law Academy Principal Booked Under SC/ST Act

In yet another turn of events in the ongoing agitation in Kerala Law Academy, a case has been filed against principal Lakshmi Nair under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act for allegedly harassing a student belonging to a Scheduled Caste.The case was registered by the Peroorkada police against the principal for allegedly harassing a student by addressing him by his caste.She was booked...

Bills For Consideration In Budget Session Of Parliament

Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Ananth Kumar, informed that the Government’s legislative agenda for the 31 sittings of the Budget Session includes 40 Bills consisting of 1 Bill relating to Supplementary Demands for General Budget.The Bills are:I Bills for replacing Ordinances The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by...

HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Declaration of Delhi Assembly Session Unconstitutional [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Delhi Government, Ministry Of Home Affairs and Assembly Secretary on a petition seeking the recent Delhi assembly session be declared unconstitutional.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was hearing a petition filed by Delhi lawyer Prashant Kumar Umrao.Advocate RP Luthra, counsel for the petitioner, argued that the present session of the...

Govt To Challenge Kerala HC Verdict To ‘Regularise’ Illegal DLF Building

The government has asked Ernakulam District Collector not to accept penalty of Rs. 1 crore from the real estate firmThe Kerala government is all set to challenge the Kerala High Court verdict that allowed DLF to deposit Rs.1 crore to regularise an illegal construction done in violation of CRZ norms.As a prelude to it, the government has reportedly asked Ernakulam District Collector K Mohammed...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court, in Ram Sunder Ram vs. Union of India, has held that quoting of wrong provision in order to cancel the arm licence does not invalidate the order.The division bench of Justices Ramesh Sinha and RekhaDikshit of the Allahabad High Court has ordered the Chief Secretary of the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to a student of Class XII...

EC Again Requests RBI To Increase Weekly Withdrawal Limits For Poll Candidates [Read Letter]

Expressing serious concerns over the 'cursory manner' in which the Reserve Bank of India has dealt with its proposal to increase the withdrawal limit for poll candidates, the Election Commission has once again requested the top bank to enhance the withdrawal limit for candidates contesting in Punjab, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Manipur from Rs.24,000 to Rs.2 lakh a week till...

Breach Of ‘One Bar One Vote’: Gujarat HC Stays Announcement Of Bar Assn Election Results [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has, in an interim order, stayed the announcement of results of the elections to the Bar Association until further orders by the court.Hemalkumar Bhupendrabhai Gohel had approached the high court, contending that elections to the bar association were being held in breach of the principle of 'one bar one vote'.The Delhi High Court had allowed petitions seeking...