Right To Be Forgotten Can't Be Used As Tool To 'Erase History': Google Tells Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court this week continued hearing a batch of petitions seeking enforcement of 'Right to be Forgotten' and consequent removal of identifiable information from judgments or orders published in various online portals and the High Court Website.A Division Bench consisting of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen heard the case of a dentist who is aggrieved by...

LoA Not Issued, But Bid Documents Establish Contractual Relationship - Arbitration Clause Can Be Invoked : Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has ruled that where a tenderer/bidder is declared as a 'Preferred Bidder', the arbitration clause incorporated in the tender document can be invoked by the bidder, even if no tender is awarded to it and no formal contract is concluded between the parties. The Court held that the arbitration clause contained in the tender document, which provided for referring...

Prompt Listing, Live Streaming: CJI UU Lalit Completes One Month Tenure, CJAR Lauds Efforts

The NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has issued a statement lauding the "positive and constructive steps" taken by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit to enable a more efficient and transparent functioning of the Supreme Court. On the occasion of his completing one month tenure as the 49th CJI, the organization congratulated Justice Lalit for onsetting...

Reliance On Evidence Filed After Conclusion Of Hearing; Award Is Patently Illegal: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that where the only documentary material relied upon by the claimant in the arbitral proceedings, is introduced on record surreptitiously and after the conclusion of hearing, the arbitral award is vitiated on account of patent illegality. The Single Bench of Justice Rohit B. Deo held that the power of the court under Section 34 (4) of the Arbitration...

Advocates Act Confers No Right To Park Vehicle Inside Court Premises: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that Section 30 of the Advocates' Act only confers the right on the Advocates to practice and it does not confer any right on any advocate to park his/her vehicle inside Court premises. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty dismissed a public interest litigation filed by advocate N.S.Vijayanth Babu,...

NDPS Act | Charges Framed Solely Based On Statement Of Co-Accused U/S 27 Evidence Act Untenable: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed the order of the lower court whereby charges were framed against the accused under the provisions of the NDPS Act solely based on the testimony of a co-accused recorded under Section 27 Evidence Act. Setting aside the impugned order, Justice Nandita Dubey noted that while framing the charges, the trial court ought to rely on documents that...

Cancellation Of Provisional Admission Of Research Scholars In NIT Jalandhar Due To COVID: HC Seeks Explanation Of Director/Registrar

In a plea challenging the cancelation of the provisional admission granted to some research scholars in the Ph. D. Program at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar on account of the third wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought the explanation of the Institute's director/registrar.Hearing the matter on September 27, the bench of...

[MACP Scheme] Claimant Cannot Be Denied Benefit Based On Clause Quashed By Tribunal Once Decision Is Upheld By HC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that once a clause of a scheme is quashed by a tribunal and the decision is upheld by a High Court, the said clause ceases to exist in the scheme particularly when the government has decided to accept the ruling and implemented the same.The division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observation while dismissing Centre's...

"Everyone Has Bad Days": Bombay HC Full Bench Accepts Apology From Adv Mathews Nedumpara, Discharges Contempt Notice

The Bombay High Court on Monday discharged a 2017 contempt notice against Advocate Mathews Nedumpara after accepting his "bona fide, unconditional and unqualified" apology. "We do so because it is within our power and remit to accept an apology in these terms, and also because we believe that the contempt powers of this Court must be exercised sparingly. Where there is an apology...

Air India Employees' Accommodation: Bombay HC Directs Centre To Take 'Fresh Decision' On Reference Of Dispute To Industrial Tribunal

The Bombay High Court recently held that if the Government declines reference of a dispute to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal, it must do so based on a final, and not prima facie satisfaction that no industrial dispute arises in the case. The court held that the decision of the Central Government not to refer a dispute between Air India employees and Air India Ltd. regarding vacation...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Sharjeel Imam In 2019 Sedition Case

A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to former JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case which accuses him of delivering a "provocative speech" that allegedly led to violence in the Jamia Nagar area in 2019. However, Imam will continue to remain in custody as he is yet to get bail in other cases pending against him.Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal granted bail to Sharjeel in FIR...

Madras High Court Judge Asks Registry To Deduct 'Professional Tax' From HC Staff Salary

No public servant is entitled to have unjust gain over public money, the judge observed