Supreme Court Dismisses As Withdrawn Subramanian Swamy’s Plea Against Jet-Etihad Airways Deal

On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed as withdrawn BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's petition seeking to quash an alliance between Jet Airways and the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.Swamy, before a Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar said,"I wish to withdraw this matter, the Jet-Etihad matter. Now there is no Jet, no Etihad now"."We do not know who is responsible for that", the Bench...

MLC Report Can’t Be Discarded For Non Examination Of Doctor Who Prepared It, Colleague Can Prove Record: Delhi High Court

Upholding life imprisonment of an accused convicted for committing rape upon a 2 year old minor girl, the Delhi High Court has ruled that MLC (medico-legal case) report can be relied upon by the courts even when the doctor who prepared it is not examined and the record is proved by any other doctor of the hospital. The division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar...

[Tender] Action Taken In Excess Of Show Cause Notice Violates Principles Of Natural Justice, Untenable: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that it would amount to violation of principle of natural justice if a tender authority passes an order upon which it did not seek to issue show cause notice. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna recently allowed in part the petition filed THE CAP A PIE, questioning the termination of its contract by South Western Railways performing work...

'Politician, Journalists on Hit List': Slain Leader Govind Pansare’s Kin Urges Bombay High Court To Continue Monitoring Investigation

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked a sessions court in Kolhapur to proceed with the trial in the case of communist leader Govind Pansare's murder. It also sought an investigation report from the ATS regarding the larger conspiracy behind his murder. While the bench initially questioned why the 2015 petition by Pansare’s kin should be kept pending, their counsel urged the court...

S.311 CrPC Meant To Ensure There Is No Failure Of Justice Due To Mistake Of Parties In Bringing Valuable Evidence On Record: JKL High Court

Observing that the legislative intent behind Section 540 of J&K CrPC (pari materia with Section 311 of CrPC) is to ensure there is no failure of justice due to the mistake of either party in bringing the valuable evidence on record, the J&K&L High court recently set aside an order of the trial court in terms of which it had disallowed the petitioner to examine certain...

Order Of Emergency Arbitrator In Foreign Seated Arbitration, Can Be Considered While Dealing With Section 9 Application: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has allowed the application filed under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), seeking interim measures granted by the Emergency Arbitrator under the ICC Arbitration Rules. The bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur noted that the A&C Act does not provide for enforcement of orders passed by an Emergency Arbitrator in cases of...

No Evidence Of Any Speech, Mere Presence At A Meeting Not Culpable: Gulfisha Fatima To High Court In Delhi Riots UAPA Case

Gulfisha Fatima, accused in the case alleging larger conspiracy in 2020 North-East Delhi riots, told the Delhi High Court on Friday that there is no evidence to show that she gave any speech or used chilly powder or encouraged women to collect the same, as alleged by the Delhi Police. A special bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar was hearing Gulfisha’s appeal...

Determination Of Debt/ Adjudication Of Liability, Under SARFAESI, No Need To Refer To Arbitration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the provisions of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (RDB Act) or the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) do not lay down an omnibus bar to arbitration. In each case, the Court would have to consider the nature of the dispute and...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Ex-BJP Leader K Naganna Gowda's Appointment As Chairman Of State Child Rights Panel

The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation questioning the appointment of K Naganna Gowda as the Chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi directed the state government to file its statement of objections to...

Bombay High Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Compensate Man Booked Wrongly Under Official Secrets Act, Says Costs Be Recovered From Cops

Photography Can Be Prohibited Inside Police Stations But If A Photo Or Video Is Taken, Official Secrets Act Can't Be Invoked: High Court

Kerala Administrative Tribunal Sets Aside Appointments Of Principals Of Three Government Law Colleges For Being Contrary To UGC Norms

The Kerala Administrative Tribunal at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday set aside the appointments of three Government Law College Principals for being contrary to UGC Regulations. It thereby directed the constitution of a selection committee for conducting the selection for appointment of Principals in the Government Law Colleges in accordance with the UGC Regulations, 2010 as against all...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Sameer Wankhede’s Plea Seeking Protection From Search and Seizure In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea moved by former Mumbai zonal director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede seeking protection in a case accusing him of owning disproportionate assets.Wankhede had sought a direction that he must be given time to submit relevant documentary evidence before any action in terms of search or seizure is initiated against...