Congress MLAs' Mass Resignation: Rajasthan High Court Asks Speaker CP Joshi To Clear His Stand/Decision In 10 Days

The Rajasthan High Court today granted 10 days’ time to the Rajasthan assembly Speaker, CP Joshi to clear his stand/decision on the resignation submitted by 91 congress MLAs before him in September 2022. The bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Shubha Mehta asked the Advocate General to obtain instructions from the speaker and make his stand clear in the court. The...

Arbitration Cases Monthly Round-Up: December 2022

High courts Allahabad High Court: Section 9 Application, Against Cashing Unconditional BG; Court To Consider Only Terms Of BG: Allahabad High CourtCase Title: U.P. Expressways Industrial Development Authority versus M/s. Sahakar Global Ltd.The Allahabad High Court has ruled that while dealing with an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996...

Dharavi Project | When Development Plan Shows It As Nature Park, No Other Activity Permitted: Bombay High Court On Mahim Nature Park

The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that the Mahim Nature Park (MNP) cannot be exploited for development so long as it is reserved as a "Nature Park" in the Development Plan."So long as the Development Plan shows it as a Nature Park, no other activity can be carried out," the court said.The division bench headed by ACJ SV Gangapurwala disposed of a PIL filed by NGO Vanashakti and...

Important Decisions Of Orissa High Court In 2022

The year 2022 has come to an end. The preceding 365 days were quite significant for the Orissa High Court in terms of the jurisprudence it developed on manifold aspects of law, starting from important questions touching upon constitutional provisions to several facets of criminal, civil, election and family laws. Live Law has reported as many as 167 judgments and orders delivered by the...

Order Extending Employee's Suspension After Filing Of Charge-Sheet Must Record Reasons: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore bench recently reiterated that once the charge-sheet in a departmental inquiry against the suspended delinquent employee is filed, the suspension can be extended only on the basis of a well-reasoned order. The bench comprising Justice Subodh Abhyankar made the observation by placing reliance on the decision of the Apex Court in the case of Ajay...

When A Private Entity Is Amenable To Writ Jurisdiction, Judicial Review Restricted To Public Functions: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that in cases where a private body is amenable to writ jurisdiction, the powers of judicial review are confined to actions which have an element of public duty involved.The observations were made by Justice Sanjay Dhar while hearing a plea in terms of which the petitioner was praying for directions upon respondent Jammu &...

'Causing Bomb Blast Not An Official Duty': Bombay High Court Dismisses Lt Col Prasad Purohit's Plea For Discharge In Malegaon Blast Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, a prime accused, seeking discharge in the case of 2008 Malegaon blast that killed six people and injured over 101. A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Prakash Naik pronounced the order. "Even otherwise indulging into an activity of a bomb explosion causing the death of...

MP High Court Restrains Authorities From Demolishing Property By Giving Less Than A Day’s Notice

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently came to the rescue of a litigant whose property was ordered to be demolished by giving him less than a day’s notice by the authorities concerned. After hearing the parties, Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh held that it would only be fair if the Petitioner was given reasonable time to file his objections before the...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 26 To December 31, 2022

Nominal Index [Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (667- 671)]Arun v. Reshma 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 667 M/S Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Senior Inspector & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 668Devna Sumesh v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 669Vimala Jose v. Aboobacker & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 670Ali Akbar @ Ramasimhan v. Union of India & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 671Judgments/Orders...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 26 to December 31, 2022

Nominal Index [Citation 518 – 527]ABC v. XYZ 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 518M/s. Mallak Specialities Pvt Ltd. v. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 519Deccan Paper Mills Co. Ltd. v. M/s. Regency Mahavir Properties & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 520Altaf Babru Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 521GTL Infrastructure Ltd. v. Vodafone India Ltd. (VIL) 2022...

J&K&L High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 26 To December 31, 2022

Nominal Index1. Case Title: Dr. RK Vs UT of J&K 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 2652. Case Title : M/S Construction Engineers 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 2663. Case Title : M/S Rashmi Metaliks Ltd. & Anr Vs M/S Jindal Saw Ltd. & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 2674. Case Title : Prof. S. K. Bhalla Vs UT of J&K 2022 LiveLaw (JKL) 2685. Case Title : Pooja Sharma & Ors Vs State of J&K & Ors...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 26 to December 31, 2022

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court and its subordinate courts. Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 519 To 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 525 NOMINAL INDEX S Lawrence Vimalraj v. The Registrar (Judicial) and others, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 519 The Dean, Government Medical College Hospital and another v. Vijayalakshmi, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 520 P Vedachalam v....