When Writ Petition Dismissed In Default Is Restored, All Orders Passed Therein Are Automatically Revived: JKL High Court Reiterates

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently reiterated that as corollary to the restoration of a writ petition, dismissed in default, all orders passed would automatically get revived and restored to the original position. The remarks were made by Justice Javed Iqbal wani while hearing an application in terms if which the petitioner sought stay of an...

Companies Act, 2013 | Civil Court Has Jurisdiction To Determine Title Of Shares Issued 'Fraudulently': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has clarified that under the Companies Act, 2013, Civil Courts have jurisdiction to enquire into allegations of fraud pertaining to the title of issued shares. The Court clarified that the NCLT is not competent to enquire into such allegations of fraud made in respect of refusal to transfer and/or record the names of shareholders in the shareholders' registry in...

Bombay HC Restrains State From Issuing Appointment Orders To Engineers Selected Under EWS Quota Until Final Decision On SEBC Reservation

The Bombay High Court has restrained the Maharashtra Public Services Commission (MPSC) from issuing appointment letters for engineers under the reserved Economically Weaker Section Category (EWS) till the issue of diverting SEBC candidates to EWS is settled. The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja noted that a petition challenging MPSC's...

"Attempt To Defraud The Bank": Bombay HC Upholds Dismissal Of Employee For Claiming Reimbursement Through Fake Medical Bills

Observing that dismissal is proportionate punishment for his attempt to defraud the bank, the Bombay High Court upheld a peon's dismissal from Central Bank of India for claiming and receiving over 6 lakhs as reimbursement for medical bills from a non-operational medical shop. Justice Sandeep V. Marne of the Aurangabad bench in a writ petition challenging the dismissal...

Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Telegram Users After Messaging App Discloses Identity Details In Copyright Infringement Case

Days after the messaging app disclosed their identity details, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued summons to the Telegram users accused by India Today Group of infringing its trademarks and copyrights."In light of the details of the defendants no.2 to 15 being made available in the aforementioned affidavit filed on behalf of the defendant no.1, subject to the plaintiffs taking steps,...

"Institutional Lethargy Has Crept Into Police Stations": Orissa High Court Issues Guidelines For Compulsory Registration Of FIRs

The Orissa High Court on Monday issued a slew of instructions/guidelines to the Director General of Police, Odisha (DGP) for compulsory registration of First Information Reports (FIRs), requiring him to forward the same to all the police stations of the State. Expressing disappointment over frequent cases of non-registration of FIRs by police officers, the Single Judge Bench of...

Shireen Abu Aqla: Al Jazeera Files Case At ICC Over Journalist's Killing

Al Jazeera television network has filed a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli forces over the killing of veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, a television correspondent with Al Jazeera for 25 years, was shot in the head during an Israeli raid in a refugee camp on the outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin back in May. She was wearing...

High Court Directs State To Revamp "Archaic" Madras Medical Registration Act, Defers TN Medical Council Polls By 3 Months

The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the state to revamp the "archaic" Madras Medical Registration Act, 1914 after it was brought to the court's notice that the old Act was still being used by the Tamil Nadu Medical Council to conduct its elections and appoint office bearers. Justice R Subramaniam directed the State government to revamp the old act within a period of three months...

CJI Chandrachud Inaugurates New 'S' Block Building At Delhi High Court

Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday inaugurated the new 'S Block' building of the Delhi High Court. The inauguration ceremony, which was held in the auditorium of new building, was also attended by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and...

['Fake' Tweet On PM Modi] TMC's Saket Gokhale Remanded To Two-Day Police Custody By Gujarat Court

A court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district today remanded Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Saket Gokhale to two-day police custody in connection with a complaint filed against him for allegedly endorsing a fake news report on Twitter pertaining to Prime Minister Modi's visit to the Morbi last month, reported PTI.The allegations against Gokhale are that he claimed in a tweet that as per an...

Pushed Out Of Running Train Upon Sudden Quarrel, Not Attempt To Murder: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently set aside a 22-year-old man's attempt to murder conviction observing that there was no premeditation as he pushed the victim from a running train in a sudden quarrel. The court convicted him under section 308 of the IPC (attempt to commit culpable homicide) instead. "There was no premeditation and no preparation for commission of offence. The incident...

No Case Should Remain Pending For More Than 6 Months: CM Arvind Kejriwal Proposes Pilot Project For Delhi

Emphasising that judiciary is the top most priority for Delhi Government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today proposed a pilot project for the national capital wherein he suggested that no case, either civil or criminal, should remain pending for more than six months.Speaking at the inauguration of Delhi High Court's new S Block building, Kejriwal said that the Delhi Government will...