Legal Services Authority Misinterpreted: Karnataka High Court Quashes Notices Demanding Excess Sitting Fees Drawn By Former Lok Adalat Member

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the Demand notice/Communications issued by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, (KSLSA) and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), to a former (now deceased) Member of the Permanent Lok Adalat, seeking to recover excess sitting fees drawn by him.A single judge bench of Justice Jyoti Mulimani allowing the petition filed by B. Ranganath...

Once Teacher Is Appointed To Sanctioned Post In Aided School, Govt Cannot Refuse Approval Citing Fall In Student Strength: Madras High Court

While dismissing an appeal filed by the State of Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court recently observed that once a teacher is appointed to a sanctioned post in an aided school, the Government cannot refuse its approval.Justice R Subramanian and Justice K Govindarajan Thilakavadi further noted that while deciding the number of teachers to be appointed, what has to be looked into is the number...

Supreme Court To Hear On March 28 MP Navneet Kaur Rana's Plea Against Bombay HC Judgment Cancelling Caste Certificate

The Supreme Court will hear on March 28 MP Navneet Kaur Rana's challenge against the Bombay High Court order which had set aside her caste certificate.Observing that the Amravati MP had committed 'systematic fraud', the Bombay High Court cancelled her caste certificate and the Caste Scrutiny Committee's (CSC) 2017 order validating her claim of belonging to the 'Mochi' Schedule Caste. She had...

Merely Because The Borrower Is An MSME, It Would Not Be Governed By The Arbitral Mechanism Provided Under MSMED Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that merely because the borrower is an MSME, it would not be governed by the provisions of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act), including the arbitral mechanism envisaged under the said Act. The bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav observed that though, as per the mechanism provided under the MSMED Act, the dispute...

Maharashtra Govt's Tender For Sanitary Pad Incinerator Challenged For Flouting Waste Management Rules, NGT Pune Issues Notice

The National Green Tribunal, Pune has issued notice to the Maharashtra government in an application challenging the temperature of incineration provided in its tender for installation of incinerators for sanitary pads in 9,940 schools in the State.Schedule II of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 provides for a minimum temperature of 950 degree Celsius in an incinerator. It also...

NBDSA Finds News18 India & Zee News Guilty For Communally Charged Programs; Slams TimesNow For Wrong 'Pro-Pak' Slogan Report

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Monday found news channels News18India and Zee News guilty of airing communally charged programs.The body found Zee News liable for depicting the issue of over-population by targeting the Muslim community and selectively sharing statistics.The complainant had alleged that the channel broadcasted visuals of large Muslim crowds...

Leniency Cannot Be Shown When Officers Of State Are Accused Of Heinous Crimes : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court while refusing bail to two army personnel held that when the accused is an officer of the State, "leniency is not the sanction of law, instead rigidity is the rule of law" . A single bench of Justice A.Badharudeen was hearing an anticipatory bail application where initially the offences registered against the petitioners were bailable, but subsequently the...

Defences Of ‘Pre-Existing Dispute’ Or ‘No Amount Due’ Can Be Raised Directly In Reply To Section 9 Application: NCLAT Delhi

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Ms. Shreesha Merla (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Greymatter Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v Pro Sportify Pvt. Ltd., has held that IBC does not prevent the Corporate Debtor from establishing defences of ‘Pre-existing dispute’...

'Kill Modi' Remark: Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Congress Leader Raja Pateria Two Months After Arrest

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday granted bail to Congress leader Raja Pateria in a case over his alleged remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Justice Sanjay Dwivedi while allowing the second bail application preferred by the Congress Leader, observed that, Considering the earlier order and the liberty granted to the applicant to revive the application after the period of...

Won't Spare Them: Orissa High Court Pulls Up State Education Dept Over "Pathetic" Infrastructure In Schools

The Orissa High Court has pulled-up the School and Mass Education Department (S&ME), Government of Odisha for lack of basic infrastructure in numerous primary and upper-primary schools of the State.While expressing shock over poor condition of the existing facilities, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Murahari Sri Raman said,“The photographs attached to...

Rajasthan High Court Upholds Maintenance Order, Says Husband Levelled Adultery Allegation But At Same Time Sought Restitution Of Conjugal Rights

The Rajasthan High Court recently upheld a maintenance order passed under section 125 CrPC which was challenged on the ground that the wife was allegedly living in adultery.The Single Judge bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed:“the evidence adduced by the present petitioner is not sufficient enough to draw a conclusion that respondent No.1 (wife) was living in adultery. The fact...

Person Ineligible To Act As Arbitrator U/s 12(5) Cannot Appoint Another Arbitrator For Determining The Dispute: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday ruled that any person who becomes ineligible to act as an Arbitrator in terms of Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot appoint/nominate another Arbitrator for determining the dispute.Section 12(5) provides that notwithstanding any prior agreement to the contrary, any person whose relationship with the parties or counsel or...