NCLT To Pronounce Judgement In Cyrus Mistry's Contempt Petition On Jan 18

The National Company Law Tribunal reserved it's order in the contempt petition filed by Cyrus Investments Ltd and Sterling Investment against Ratan Tata, N A Soonawala, R K Krishnakumar and R Venkatraman till January 18.Apart from Tata the other three respondents are directors of Tata Sons and trustees of Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust.The division bench of B S V Prasad...

Bombay HC Grants Bail To Murder Accused, Says They Were "Provoked In The Name Of Religion" [Read Order]

Making drastic observations, Bombay High Court has granted bail to three men accused of murdering Shaikh Mohsin. The single bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar granted bail to the three accused observing – “The fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion. I consider this factor in favour of the applicants/accused. Moreover, the applicants/accused do not have...

Gujarat HC Orders Govt To Uphold Job Selection Of Differently-Abled Candidate [Read Order]

Espousing the cause of equality and empowerment of the differently-abled, the Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to give back a job to a person to which he was initially selected but was later denied placement, owing to his condition of cerebral palsy.Justice Sonia Gokani ordered that the petitioner shall be given the appointment order at the earliest, but in no case later...

Allahabad HC Disposes Of Plea Against Mayawati For Wooing Voters On Religious Lines [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has disposed of a writ petition against BSP president Mayawati filed by BJP leader Neeraj Kumar Saxena, wherein he had alleged that Mayawati openly sought votes to a public at large, amounting to wooing the electorate, based on a religious appeal.Neeraj Saxena contended that any poll campaigning or public speaking that amounts to wooing the voters on religious lines is...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court observed that the levy of entry tax on e-commerce sites is prima facie unconstitutional as the state legislature has no authority or competence to do so.Bombay High CourtA division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice GS Kulkarni of the Bombay High Court cautioned family courts to follow the law in letter and spirit, while hearing matters of...

BCI Invites Comments On Draft Rules Of Legal Education (First Amendment) Rules, 2016

The Bar Council of India has invited views and comments on the draft Rules of Legal Education (First Amendment) Rules, 2016.The Rules stipulate minimum standard qualification of the faculty to be appointed by any Centre for Legal Education, including University Law Schools, Affiliated Law Schools, or any Law College run privately or as a public institution. They also include the rules relating...

Files On PM Modi’s Foreign Visits Confidential, Exempted Under RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has rejected an RTI plea seeking information on costs in relation to the Prime Minister’s foreign travel, observing that disclosure of travel arrangements of the PM, whether foreign or domestic, involve important security concerns.The commission, perusing the files, said the sought information was of a nature that is exempted under Section 8 (1)(a) of the...

New Adoption Regulations Will Be Effective From Tomorrow: Read Salient Features

The New Adoption Regulations, 2017 will be effective from 16 January 2017. The Regulations were framed by ‘Central Adoption Resource Authority’ (CARA) as mandated under section 68 (c) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015Salient features of the Adoption Regulations, 2017:-a) Procedures related to adoption by relatives both within the country and abroad have...

Expedite Grant Of Space To Maharashtra National Law University Before New Batch Starts, Bombay HC Directs State

Bombay High Court has directed the state government to temporarily accommodate the Maharashtra National Law University(MNLU) by entering into an agreement with MTNL in order to get two floors in the MTNL building in Powai.The bench of Justices Manjula Chellur and GS Kulkarni directed the state to "expeditiously" provide a space measuring 10,000 square feet in the MTNL building in Powai...

Delhi HC Issues Directions To Regulate E-Rickshaws [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, speaking through Justice Manmohan, has directed the authorities to strictly enforce the law for registration of e-rickshaws plying on roads in the national capital.The petitioner, BSES, had sought a direction to the respondents to take steps, make arrangements and effect measures for expeditious creation/setting up of arrangements and necessary infrastructure for charging...

NCST Has No Power To Direct Grant Of Promotion: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A single judge bench of the Delhi High Court has held that the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has no power to pass orders directing the Centre to grant promotion to an employee.The court was hearing a petition filed by the Centre challenging the April 30, 2015, order passed by the NCST directing that Ram Kishore Meena, an employee of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),...

No Civilised Society Can Or Should Tolerate Honour Killings Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Rejecting the bail application of one of the accused in the killing of a 15 year old Swapnil Sonavane, Justice Sadhana Jadhav of the Bombay High Court observed that honour killings are reflective of a barbaric society and has no place in a civilised one.Swapnil Sonavane was in love with a girl. They were in a relationship. As recorded in the order, the girl’s parents did not approve of...