NCLT Delhi Approves Resolution Plan Of Suraksha Realty & Lakshdeep Investments & Finance For Jaypee Infratech LTD.

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Special Bench (New Delhi), comprising of Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar (Judicial Member) and Shri L.N. Gupta (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in IDBI Bank Limited v Jaypee Infratech Limited, has approved the Resolution Plan submitted by Consortium of M/s. Suraksha Realty Ltd. and M/s. Lakshdeep Investments &...

Kerala High Court Directs Registry To Preserve Audio-Video Recording Of Proceedings Leading To Contempt Case Against Lawyer

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday ordered the preservation of the audio-video recordings of the proceedings which took place in the court of Justice Mary Joseph on February 9, when a lawyer had indulged in alleged misbehaviour resulting in the initiation of suo motu contempt proceedings against him.The order was passed on a writ petition filed by Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy, who is facing...

Brahmapuram Fire | Water Bodies Getting Converted Into Dump Sites, Proper Implementation Of Solid Waste Management Rules Necessary: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the Secretary, Municipal Corporation of Kochi to inform the court regarding the steps to be taken by the civic body for implementing the Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules, 2016, in the wake of fire at Brahmapuram Solid Waste Management Plant.The Division Bench comprising Justice S.V. Bhatti and Justice Basant Balaji, while addressing the...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up [February 27- March 5, 2023]

Nominal IndexShoyab Mehtab Ali vs Divisional Commissioner and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 126Lok Developers vs Deputy Commissioner of Income tax 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 127Rakesh Tulsidas Rathod V/s. Jayraj Vishram Vapikar & Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 128Dilip Babubhai Shah and Ors. v. Additional Resident Deputy Collector and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 129 Shaikh Sana Farheen Shahmir and Ors. v. State...

Delhi Waqf Board Challenges Union Govt's Decision On 123 'Waqf Properties', High Court Adjourns Matter To Next Week

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned Delhi Waqf Board's petition challenging Union Government’s decision to “absolve” the board from all matters pertaining to 123 properties, to March 15.Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra, representing the Waqf Board, earlier submitted before the court that the possession of the properties has consistently been with the statutory authority. He called...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Orders Sensitization Of Trial Courts About Significance Of Timely Disposal Of Injunction Applications

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Presiding Officers of Trial Courts and District Judges of the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh for sensitizing Presiding Officers of Trial Courts about the significance and importance of timely disposal of injunction applications.The single judge bench of Arun Monga was hearing revision petition for...

Article 311 | Every Conviction Cannot Entail Automatic & Mechanical Removal Of Convicted Employee: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday ruled that the provisions contained in proviso (a) to Clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India read with Rule 19(i) of CCS (CCA) Rules 1965 certainly provide that on conviction an employee can be dismissed/removed/reduced in rank, without conducting any enquiry, but it cannot be construed that every such conviction shall be followed by...

[Domestic Violence Act] Court Can Order Husband To Pay Wife Monetary Expenses In Lieu Of Shared House: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently modified an order passed by the Trial court which directed a woman be paid Rs.6,000 as monthly maintenance and a room be given to her for living in the shared house of the estranged husband.A single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda allowed the memo filed by the estranged husband who undertook to pay maintenance amount of Rs.6,000 per month and also pay...

Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail to BJP Leader Madal Virupakshappa In Bribery Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted interim anticipatory bail to BJP Leader Madal Virupakshappa in a bribery case.Justice K Natarajan granted the interim protection to Virupakshappa on the condition of furnishing a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh. The court directed Virupakshappa to not the enter the office of Karnataka Soaps & Detergents Ltd (KSDL) till further orders. Virupakshappa...

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings In Tajinder Bagga's Defamation Case Against Journalist Swati Chaturvedi

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court proceedings in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga against Journalist Swati Chaturvedi till July 17.Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice on the plea moved by the journalist challenging the summons issued by the trial court against her in the matter.Bagga filed the case against the journalist seeking action...

Marking A Year Since The Inception, Two Novel Initiatives Of The Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee Prove Their Success

Addressing Matrimonial Woes – The Family Counselling Centre (FCC)On March 15, 2023, the Family Counselling Centre, which is the first of its kind in the country, would mark one year since its functioning. The FCC, which is a facility under the aegis of Kerala High Court Legal Services Committee (KHCLSC), had been formally inaugurated by the Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala S. Manikumar,...

Delhi High Court Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To UP BJP Spokesperson Prashant Kumar Umrao

Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted transit anticipatory bail till March 20 to lawyer and Uttar Pradesh spokesperson of BJP Prashant Kumar Umrao in an FIR lodged against him by Tamil Nadu police for allegedly spreading false information in a tweet on the alleged attacks against the migrant workers from Bihar in the state."I am of the view that the applicant should be granted reasonable time...