Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Ghazipur Court's Order Granting 'Superior Class' In Prison To Mukhtar Ansari

The Allahabad High Court has set aside the March 2022 order of a Trial Court in UP's Ghazipur directing the SSP of Banda District Jail to grant 'Superior Class' in prison to 'known gangster' and former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari.Calling Ansari a dreaded criminal and a bahubali, the bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh found the order of the First Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge,...

NCLT Mumbai Approves Promoter’s Resolution Plan For Srithik Ispat Pvt. Ltd.

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Mumbai Bench, comprising of Shri Kishore Vemulapalli (Judicial Member) and Shri Manoj Kumar Dubey (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in Swastik Coal Corporation Pvt. Ltd. v Srithik Ispat Pvt. Ltd., has approved the resolution plan submitted by the Promoter of the Corporate Debtor (Srithik Ispat Pvt. Ltd.). The...

State Should Have Directly Attached Properties Of PFI Office-Bearers; Notice Was Unnecessary: Kerala High Court On Hartal Damages

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that the State Government ought to have directly proceeded to attach the properties of the PFI and its office bearers, and bring the same to sale for realization of the amount of Rs 5.20 Crore towards the damage caused during the flash hartal in September 2022. The court was told by the State Attorney that the notice had been issued to the Secretary...

Husband Not Discharged From Personal Liability To Maintain Wife & Children On Ground That He Has No Means To Pay: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has observed that it is a very common plea of husbands embroiled in matrimonial litigation that they are not in a financial position to maintain their wife and children. It observed that such a plea, in absence of cogent grounds, cannot discharge the husband from his "personal liability" of maintaining the wife and children.Justice Malasri Nandi remarked,"In every...

Use Terms 'District Judiciary' & 'Trial Courts' Instead Of 'Subordinate Judiciary' & 'Subordinate Courts' For Courts In UP: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has issued a notification resolving that the terms 'district judiciary' and 'trial Courts' shall be used instead of 'subordinate judiciary' and 'subordinate Courts', respectively, in reference to all Courts other than the High Court, in the State of Uttar Pradesh.The notification dated 17 January has been issued by the Registrar General of the High Court notifying...

Bombay High Court Restrains Police From Filing Chargesheet Against NCP Leader Anand Paranjpe; Police To Pursue Only One FIR

In a relief for Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anand Paranjpe, the Maharashtra police on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that it will pursue only one and not all 11 FIRs registered against him.“Learned APP on instructions states that the police intends to pursue only one FIR … APP states appropriate report on the other 10 cases will be filed within two weeks”, the...

Telangana HC Advocates' Association Writes To SC Expressing ‘Serious Dissatisfaction’ Over HC Collegium Recommendations

The Telangana High Court Advocates' Association has written to the Supreme Court expressing distress and serious dissatisfaction with the recommendations made by the High Court Collegium for the appointment of judges in the HC. The letter sent on January 17, 2023, and received by the Supreme Court the next day, states that the members of the Bar Association have received complaints...

Claim Of Electricity Board Not Barred By Limitation Where Unauthorised Usage Is Continuous: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that Electricity Board's claim for additional amount on the basis of alleged unauthorised usage of electricity is not barred by law of limitation when the violation is a continuous and recurring one. The Court observed that this is in addition to the factors provided under Section 126 (5) of the Electricity Act 2003.Justice Shaji P Chaly observed that, I...

Uttarakhand Consumer Forum Refuses Compensation To Couple That Conceived After Free Sterilization Operation At Govt Hospital

The Uttarakhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at Dehradun has quashed the order of District Consumer forum granting Rs. 6 lakh compensation to a couple that birthed a girl child two years after the woman underwent free sterilisation procedure at a government hospital.A division bench of Justice D.S. Tripathi and Member Udai Singh Tolia referred to several precedents to...

RTI | Personal Info Not Serving Public Interest Can't Be Disclosed: Gujarat HC Tells Judicial Officer Who Sought Transfer Communications Of Other Officers

Allowing a petition preferred by the Gujarat High Court administration, a single bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav quashed the order of the State Information Commission requiring the administration to disclose certain third party, personal information sought by a judicial officer under Right to Information Act.The bench reiterated that information which is “personal" in nature and which does...

CBDT Circulars Can’t Prescribe Limitation To Decide Application For Compounding Of Offence: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that orders, instructions or directions issued by the CBDT under Section 119 or under the Explanation to Section 279 (6) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, cannot put fetters on the power of income tax authorities under Section 279(2) to consider an application for compounding of offence, by prescribing a period of limitation. The bench of Justices Dhiraj...

Conducting Periodic Checks Throughout City To Ensure No Barricade Remains Unmanned: Delhi Police To High Court

The Delhi Police has informed the High Court that it is carrying out periodic checks throughout the national capital to ensure that no barricade remains unmanned and that it will make all possible endeavours to keep all the barricades manned.Taking noting of the submission, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad disposed of a suo moto...