Delhi HC Dismisses Pleas Against GOs To Club All Sectors For Coal Block Auctions [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed four writ petitions against the government orders to classify coal blocks into either power or non-power categories during the 2015 auction due to different reasons.The judgment delivered by bench comprising Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva agreed that clubbing separate and distinct end-uses of coal mines for an auction would result...

Mere Allegation Of Fraud Won’t Make Commercial Dispute Non-Arbitrable: SC [Read Judgment]

Otherwise, it may become a convenient mode of avoiding the process of arbitration by simply using the device of making allegations of fraud and pleading that issue of fraud needs to be decided by the civil court, the Court observed.The Supreme Court in A. Ayyasamy vs. A. Paramasivam, has held that mere allegation of fraud simplicitor is not a ground to nullify the effect of arbitration...

Bombay HC Dismisses Plea For Recording Court Proceedings [Read Order]

Yet again, the Bombay High Court has denied permission to introduce the system of video recording or telecasting Court proceedings.Relying on the January order in a similar matter where Justice G.S. Patel remarked, “These are courts, not stages and sets from The Truman Show. This is a judicial proceeding of the utmost solemnity, not The Hunger Games.”Dismissing the petition, the...

Chikungunya Outbreak: SC Disappointed With Delhi Lt-Guv Najeeb Jung’s Meeting [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan B. Lokur has expressed disappointment with the outcome of high-level meeting to devise a strategy to control the spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya in the national capital.Two days ago, the Bench had directed Delhi Lt-Guv Najeeb Jung to chair a meeting of the Chief Minster, heads of civic bodies, chiefs of all...

Madras HC Dismisses A ‘Publicity Interest Litigation’ Seeking Health Details Of TN CM J. Jayalalithaa

First Bench of Madras High Court headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has dismissed a PIL seeking details about health status of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, terming it as 'Publicity Interest Litigation'A social activist K R 'Traffic' Ramaswamy, through his public interest litigation, had sought for a direction to the State Government to file a detailed report before this Court...

Judicial Wit At Its Best; Justice Patel Gowns Up A Litigation War [Read Order]

Courtroom humour; by the bar is an integral part of the art of advocacy, especially when the bench is tired of long arguments or is not inclined to grant a favourable order. Sometimes, it flows naturally from either sides and is always taken in a lighter vein and is appreciated as the bond between the bar and the bench achieves strength from such moments. It is, however, rare that humour and...

Delhi High Court DB Refuses To Stay DU Photocopy Judgment

In yet another turn of events in the DU Photocopy case, a Division Bench of Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Judgment delivered by Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw . The appeal has however been admitted and is posted for hearing on November 29th.According to the SpicyIP report, after a round of contentions between lawyers for both sides, the two judge bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog...

Courts Have Power To Direct That Subsequent Sentence Shall Run Concurrently With Previous Sentence: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Benson vs. State of Kerala, has held that the normal rule in sub-section (1) of Section 427 of CrPC, that if a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment, such subsequent term of imprisonment would normally commence at the expiration of the imprisonment to which he was previously sentenced, is subject to...

Section 102 CPC Cannot Be Invoked If Subject Matter Of Suit Involves Something More/Other Than Recovery Of Money: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in Nagarpalika Thakurdwara vs. Khalil Ahmed & Ors, has held that, provisions of Section 102 of the Civil Procedure Code cannot be invoked if the subject matter of the suit is anything other than recovery of money or something more than recovery of money.Section 102 CPC states that no second appeal shall lie from any decree, when the subject matter of the original suit is...

Bombay HC Grants Custody Of Child Equally To Both Parents [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court in matrimonial case of Sarika Palsokar vs. Sachin Palsokar, has given equal custody of the son to both parents.In the case, the husband was granted a decree of divorce under section 13(1)(i-a) [grounds of cruelty and desertion] by the Family Court, Nagpur, but the custodial rights of their son Anvesh remained with the mother as he was only 2-3 years old. The husband...

Provisional Certificate Valid Till Degree Is Issued: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Coming to the rescue of the student community, the Delhi High Court in its judgment delivered on Wednesday said that provisional certificate issued by a University would be valid till degree is issued.Justice Sachdeva pronounced the judgement in the petition filed by Vinod Kumar, who was declined admission in L.L.B. first year for the session 2016-17 by the Delhi University (DU) despite...

Bombay HC Rejects Allegations Against Nagpur Municipal Corporation Of Favouritism [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) in Nagpur Shahar Water Tanker Malak Welfare Association, Nagpur and others. vs. Nagpur Municipal Corporation, has rejected the writ petition of the petitioners who alleged that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had extended the last day for submitting tenders in order to favour certain tanker associations.The bench comprising Justice B.R. Gavai...