Dandiya And Garba Can Be Performed Without Loudspeakers And DJ Sound, Celebrate Navratri In Traditional Way: Bombay High Court To RWA

Granting permission to Ramdaspeth Plot Owners and Residents Association to organize its Navratri festival including dandiya and garba performances in a silence zone, the The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court recently said the religious celebration can still be performed in a purely traditional and religious way."Dandiya and Garba performances being intrinsic part of a religious celebration...

SC Collegium Recommends Transfer of 3 Judges to Bombay, Jharkhand & Tripura High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 28th September, 2022 has recommended transfer of three Judges in the following manner:Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra from Uttarakhand High Court to Jharkhand High Court;Justice K. Vinod Chandran from Kerala High Court to Bombay High Court; andJustice Aparesh Kumar Singh from Jharkhand High Court to Tripura High Court.About Justice MishraBorn...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of J&K HC CJ Justice Pankaj Mithal As Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh Justice Pankaj Mithal as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.Justice Mithal took the oath as the CJ of J&K&L High Court on January 1, 2021. His parent High Court is Allahabad High Court.The post of Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court fell vacant...

Mere Issuance of Notice Does Not Attract Doctrine of 'Stare Decisis': MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that mere issuance of notice on a plea does not create a 'binding precedent' on courts, as it does not lay down any proposition of law to be followed in future.Justice Vivek Agarwal explained that 'Precedent' refers to a decision that is considered as an "authority" for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or...

J&K Evacuees Property Act | Tribunal Competent To Exercise Powers Of Revision Against Orders Of Custodian General U/S 30-A: J&K&L HC

Determining several important legal questions pertaining to the cases under the Evacuees Property Act, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently held that J&K Special Tribunal can exercise powers of revision against the orders passed by the Custodian General, Evacuee Property. These observations were made in a writ petition filed by the Custodian General,...

Voluntary Initiation Of CIRP By Bihar State Construction Corp., NCLAT Delhi Approves

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), Principal Bench, comprising of Shri Anant Bijay Singh (Judicial Member) and Ms. Shreesha Merla (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Bihar State Construction Corporation Ltd. Employee Union v Bihar State Construction Corporation Ltd., has upheld the Adjudicating Authority's decision to initiate Corporate...

ED's Probe On Masala Bonds Affecting Infrastructure Development Plans In Kerala: KIIFB To High Court

The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has told the High Court that the Enforcement Directorate's protracted investigation into the issuance of Masala bonds is detrimentally affecting infrastructure development plans in the state.The submission is part of a rejoinder filed by the KIIFB in response to a counter affidavit of the central agency. ED is probing the alleged...

GST Not Payable On Renting Of A Residential Dwelling For Personal Use: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Goods and Service Tax is not payable on renting a residential dwelling for personal use.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh has observed that the rental of a residential dwelling to a proprietor of a registered proprietorship firm who rents it in his personal capacity for use as his own residence and not for use in the...

[GAIL Service Rules] Provision On Notice Period Only Applicable In Case Of Employees, Not Probationers: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently observed that once the employer has a right to terminate the probationer without issuing any notice and without granting any salary in lieu of notice, the same has to be made applicable to the probationer - when he wants to leave the job.The court made the observation in an judgement allowing an appeal of a probationer. In the decision, the court referred to the...

Punishment Of Dismissal Proportionate For Bank Employees For Failure To Discharge Duty: Andhra Pradesh HC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently held that Bank employees are required to exercise higher standards of honesty and integrity and if any such employee is found guilty of failure to discharge his duty with diligence, he can be meted with the dismissal from service as a proportionate punishment. In Chairman & Managing Director, United Commercial Bank v. P.C. Kakkar (2003),...

Possession Of Higher Qualification Presupposes Acquisition Of Lower Qualification Unless Recruiter Stipulates Otherwise: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that possession of higher qualifications by a candidate in a selection process presupposes the acquisition of the lower qualification for the said post. The Division Bench comprising Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar and Justice C.S. Sudha while holding so, observed that where the candidate does not hold the essential qualification, i.e., a Diploma, but...

DTC Cannot Unleash Untrained And Incompetent Drivers On Public, Must Check Antecedents Of Employees: Delhi High Court

Observing that Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is not expected to unleash "untrained and unlicensed drivers" on "unsuspecting innocent public", the Delhi High Court has observed that the public transport undertaking is required to check the antecedents of its prospective employees, particularly whether they possess a valid driving license. Justice Gaurang Kanth said that having such license...