Joshimath Crisis: PIL For High Powered Joint Committee, Rehabilitation Of Affected Residents Withdrawn From Delhi High Court

A public interest litigation moved in the backdrop of recent land sinking incidents in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath area was withdrawn from Delhi High Court on Tuesday. A division division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed as withdrawn a PIL moved by a Delhi based lawyer Rohit Dandriyal which stated that the area was affected due to climate...

High Court Directs MCGM Commissioner To Decide Fate Of Proposed 'Floating Hotel' In Mumbai

The Bombay High Court recently directed the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to take a final decision regarding grant of permission for construction of a Floating Hotel (Floatel) anchoring off the Raj Bhavan.“We further direct that the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation shall take his final decision in the matter in accordance with law within a period of...

Delhi High Court Grants Further Time To Centre For Filing Response On Ashok Swain's Plea Against Cancellation Of OCI Card

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted further four weeks’ time to the Central Government for filing its response on a plea filed by academic Ashok Swain, who is a professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, against cancellation of his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card by the Indian Embassy.Justice Prathiba M Singh clarified that no further time shall...

'Cook Fish For Bengalis' Remark| 'Speech In Gujarati, He Tendered Apology': Calcutta HC Quashes FIR Against Paresh Rawal

The Calcutta High Court on Monday quashed a first information report registered (FIR) against BJP leader and actor Paresh Rawal for alleged hate speech against the Bengali community.Justice Rajasekhar Mantha while quashing the FIR noted that the speech in question was made in Gujarati which may not be necessarily understood by the people who have objected to it. He also took into...

Permitting Executive To Review Or Sit Over Court's Decisions Would Tantamount To Interference With Judicial Functions: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that the executive is under obligation to obey judicial orders and permitting the executive to review, revise or sit over the decisions of the Court by issuing executive orders or instructions would tantamount to interference with the exercise of judicial functions.The observations were made by the bench comprising Justices...

AIBE XVII: Bar Council Of India Removes Answer Key From Official Website

The Bar Council of India has removed the answer key link for the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVII from its official websites (barcouncilofindia.org and allindiabarexamination.com). The Answer Key (English Set A, Set B, Set C and Set D) for the AIBE 17 was released yesterday after the exam was conducted, however the same was removed later on, reportedly because the key...

Buying And Selling Of SIM Cards/ Recharge Coupons Doesn’t Constitute Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that buying and selling of SIM cards and recharge coupons by a distributor under a Distributor Agreement with a Telecom Operator, does not amount to providing business auxiliary services to the said Telecom Operator and thus, the same will not attract service tax. The bench of Justice Dilip...

Supreme Court To Hear Lakshadweep UT's Challenge To HC Order Suspending Conviction Of MP's Conviction On Feb 13

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the Special Leave Petition filed by the Union Territory of Lakshadweep challenging the order of the Kerala High Court which suspended the conviction and sentence of Member of Parliament Mohammed Faizal in an attempt to murder case, for hearing on 13 February. Solicitor General Senior Tushar Mehta appearing for the Union Territory submitted before the bench...

Man Accused Of Burning Copies Of Ramcharitmanas| 'Follow S. 41A CrPC Mandate, Arnesh Kumar Guidelines': Allahabad HC To Police

While dealing with the writ plea of a man accused of burning the copies of Ramcharitmanas, the Allahabad High Court has directed the police authorities to follow the mandate of Section 41A CrPC and also the directions issued by the Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar.The bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari however denied to quash the FIR...

Sec 34 Petition Is Not Non-Est, Even If Award Is Not Filed In A Separate Folder: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the error committed by the petitioner/award debtor in not filing the documents, including the copy of the Arbitral Award challenged by it, in a separate e-folder, as prescribed in the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018, would not render the petition filed by it under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act)...

Victoria Gowri To Take Oath As Madras HC Judge Tomorrow; Supreme Court Also To Hear Tomorrow Plea Against Her Appointment

Advocate Victoria Gowri, who is in the middle of controversy after complaints regarding her statements about religious minorities, will take oath a judge of the Madras High Court tomorrow at 10.35 AM.A circular issued by the Madras High Court stated that Gowri will take oath along with four others, whose appointments as additional judges were notified by the Central Government...

Assets Of Subsidiary Company Cannot Be Dealt With In CIRP Of Holding Company: NCLAT Delhi

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson), Dr. Alok Srivastava (Technical Member) and Mr. Barun Mitra (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) v Roma Unicon Designex Consortium, has held that the assets of the Subsidiary Company...