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Supreme Court Bar Association To Hold Elections In A Hybrid Manner, Requests CJI To Resume Physical Hearings From 1st February
In a recent meeting conducted by the Supreme Court Bar Association, the members with a majority resolved to conduct the Supreme Court Bar Association elections in a hybrid form including both physical and virtual system of voting. The development came after the Executive Committee reconsidered its earlier resolution of conducting the SCBA elections for 2020-21 in an online...
"Covaxin Has Not Completed Phase 3 Trials": Saket Gokhale Moves Bomaby High Court Seeks Publication Of Safety & Efficacy Trial Results
Activist Saket S Gokhale has moved the Bombay High Court against the Drugs Controller General of India, urging that the safety and efficacy trial results of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine "Covaxin" be made public. The petition states that whereas vaccinations in India are to begin from January 16, and it is being claimed that Covaxin is safe and provides a robust immune response,...
Bombay High Court Stays Demand Notice Seeking Service Tax From Advocate For Granting Legal Services
The Bombay High Court has stayed a demand notice issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), seeking to levy service tax upon an Advocate. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Milind N. Jadhav issued notice to the Assistant Commissioner, and in the meanwhile granted interim relief to the Petitioner-Advocate. "Respondents may...
Are WhatsApp Chats Admissible In Evidence?
The social media is abuzz with the details from alleged Whatsapp chats between Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami and former BARC CEO Partho Das Gupta. The 500-page long Whatsapp conversations between Goswami and Das Gupta found their way into social media after Mumbai Police annexed it in its supplementary charge filed in the TRP rigging case.In this backdrop, several users raised...
Builder's Demand For Extra Money On Account Of Alleged Increase In Sale Area Illegal: SC Affirms NCDRC Order By Dismissing Builder's Appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed as illegal the builders' demand of extra money beyond the contractual sale consideration on account of alleged excess sale area.The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud was hearing the builder's appeal against an August, 2020 decision of the NCDRC by which the builder, citing a contractual clause which permitted them to raise additional demand if...
Supreme Court Appoints Ranjan Gogoi As Sole Arbitrator In A Case
The Supreme Court has appointed Ranjan Gogoi, Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Justice of India, as the sole arbitrator in a case.A division bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi appointed Gogoi as the arbitrator in the case MCM Service Private Limited v. Ithalia Thai Development Public Company Limited based on the consent of the parties.The arbitral proceedings will be conducted...
Is Appointment Of Arbitrator By Ineligible Person Valid?Supreme Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench
The Supreme Court has referred to larger bench the issue whether the appointment of an arbitrator by a person, who is disqualified to be an arbitrator as per Section 12(5) of the Arbitration Act, is valid.A bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, Navin Sinha and KM Joseph doubted the correctness of the decision in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification vs.M/s ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV)...
'Why Is Your Enthusiasm More Apparent?' : Mumbai Police Objects To ED Appearing In TRP Case Against Republic TV
The hearing of the TRP case in the Bombay High Court witnessed dramatic scenes on Friday with Senior Advocates Harish Salve and Kapil Sibal exchanging words over the appearance of Enforcement Directorate in the matter.The Court was hearing the writ petitions filed by ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd (the company which runs Republic TV channels) challenging the investigation of Mumbai police in the...
Arnab Goswami And Republic TV's Plea Against TRP Scam Case; Live -Updates From Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court is considering today Republic TV's and Arnab Goswami's challenge against the #TRPScam case taken by Mumbai Police.On last hearing date, Mumbai police told the HC that its undertaking to not take coercive action against the accused cannot continue beyond Jan...
Whether Motor Accident Compensation Under Head "Love And Affection" Can Be Granted? Supreme Court To Examine
The Supreme Court has issued notice in a batch of special leave petitions which raised the issue whether Motor Accident Compensation under head "Love and Affection" can be granted?The bench comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi noted that the Constitution Bench decision in National Insurance Company Ltd Vs Pranay Sethi and Ors. 2017 (16 ) SCC 680 does not provide for such a head....
Justice Prathiba Singh Recuses From Hearing Plea Against WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy
The Single Judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh today refused herself from hearing a petition challenging WhatsApp's new privacy policy, taking strong objection to an email which was sent to the court master in this regard. While ASG Chetan Sharma stated that there was no better bench to hear the case, Sr. Adv. Mukul Rohatgi appearing for WhatsApp asked for the matter to be listed before...