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....

IBC Cases Weekly Round-Up: 26 December To 1 January 2023

NCLAT AA Empowered To Remove The Liquidator: NCLAT Chennai Case Title: CA V. Venkata Sivakumar v IDBI Bank Limited & Ors. Case No.: Company Appeal (AT) (CH) (Ins.) No. 269/2022 The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Chennai Bench, comprising of Justice M. Venugopal (Judicial Member) and Mr. Barun Mitra (Technical Member), has held that...

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 25 December to 31 December 2022

Delhi High CourtCompensation On Cancellation Of Leasehold Rights Over A Plot, Capital Receipt: Delhi High CourtCase Title: PCIT Versus Pawa Infrastructure (P) Ltd.Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1215The Delhi High Court has held that the leasehold rights held by the assessee in the plot were a capital asset and that the compensation received by the assessee from the Government of Goa on...

ADD Not Leviable In Period Between Expiry Of Provisional ADD Notification And Final Notification: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that imports made during the intervening period between the expiry of the Notification imposing Provisional Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD) and the Notification levying final Anti-Dumping Duty, would not attract Anti-Dumping Duty.The Court dismissed the contention made by the revenue department that since the final Anti-Dumping Duty Notification was issued...

Arbitration Cases Weekly Round-Up: 25 December To 31 December, 2022

Bombay High Court:Correspondence Between Parties Cannot Overrule Clear Intention Under Agreement Providing For Optional Arbitration: Bombay High CourtCase Title: GTL Infrastructure Ltd. versus Vodafone India Ltd. (VIL)The Bombay High Court has ruled that where a clause stipulated that the parties ‘may’ be referred to arbitration, the said clause does not constitute an arbitration...

Dispute Between Service Providers Can’t Be Referred to Arbitration: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (TRAI Act) is a self-contained Code, intended to deal with all disputes arising out of the Telecommunication Services provided in the country and therefore, the dispute between service providers which is likely to affect the consumers/subscribers, cannot be referred to arbitration. Thus, the Court...

JKL High Court Slams Authorities For Denying Passport To Mehbooba Mufti's Mother, Says Passport Authority Can't Act As Mouthpiece of CID

Directing the Passport Officer to consider former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's mother's application for re-issuance of passport afresh, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Saturday said that the authority has not to act as "mouthpiece of the CID". It ruled that the police verification report cannot override the statutory provisions of Section 6 of the Passport...

‘Dying Declaration Concocted Document, Ought To Have Been Discarded Outright’ By Trial Court: Bombay High Court Frees Man Convicted Of Wife’s Murder

Disbelieving a woman’s dying declaration due to circumstances surrounding it, the Bombay High Court recently set aside a man’s conviction for murdering his wife. The man was convicted in March 2015.The court noted that there was no explanation for impression of right thumb on the dying declaration instead of the usual left, and no information about whether any sedative was given to her...

Nationalised Banks Insensitive, Lackadaisical Attitude Putting Public Money At Grave Risk: Bombay High Court Pulls Up Bank Of India

The Bombay High Court recently pulled up Bank of India for its ‘lackadaisical attitude’ in dealing with public money, observing that nationalized banks should be made conscious of the fact that their negligence causes a great deal of loss to the public.A division bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Kamal Khata refused to condone a delay of 579 days in filing a commercial appeal...