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Supreme Court Extends Term Of BSV Prakash Kumar As NCLT Delhi Acting President Till Regular Appointment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the appointment of Mr.B.S.V.Prakash Kumar,Member (Judicial) as acting President of NCLT, New Delhi till regular appointment is made to the post of President, NCLT Delhi.The direction was passed by a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi on a writ petition filed by National Company Law Tribunal and...
Tax Audit Limit For Chartered Accountants: Supreme Court Transfers To Itself Pleas Challenging Constitutional Validity Of ICAI Guidelines
The Supreme Court has transferred to itself the writ petitions pending before Kerala, Madras and Calcutta High Courts which challenge the constitutional validity of guidelines issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) limiting the number of Tax Audits of Chartered Accountants.The Chapter VI of the Council General Guidelines, 2008 stipulates that a member of the Institute...
Supreme Court Directs IIT Bombay To Grant Interim Admission To Student Who Lost Admission After Clicking Wrong Link
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came to the relief of an 18 year old student who lost his admission to IIT-Bombay after he inadvertently clicked a wrong link during the online admission process.A bench of Justices S K Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy passed an interim order directing IIT Bombay to grant provisional admission to Siddhant Batra, a student hailing from Agra, who had...
Centre Has Power To Notify Any Land For Acquisition For A New National Highway : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while upholding the notifications for land acquisition for the Chennai-Salem eight lane expressway, held that the Parliament has legislative competence to make a law for acquisition of "any land" for building or construction of a new highway.One of the issues raised in these cases was about the legislative competence of the Parliament to enact a law for declaring open ...
Election Petition Not Maintainable If Petitioner Faces Disqualification Due To Conviction: Supreme Court Dismisses Saritha Nair's Challenge Against Hibi Eden's Election
Dismissing the special leave petition filed by Saritha S. Nair against the rejection of election petition by the Kerala High Court, the Supreme Court observed that the election petition filed by her was not maintainable as she faced disqualification due to conviction.The bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian held that mere suspension of the execution of...
Environmental Clearance Necessary Before Making Declaration Of Land Acquisition Under Section 3D Of National Highways Act : Supreme Court
In its judgment upholding notifications for land acquisition for the Chennai-Salem eight lane expressway, the Supreme Court has observed that the declaration under Section 3D of the National Highways Act 1956 regarding acquisition of notified land, can be made only after environmental/forest clearance qua the specific land is granted.After a declaration is made...
Maratha Quota : Supreme Court Constitution Bench To Start Final Hearing From Jan 25; Stay Order Continues
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to hear from January 25 the challenge against the the constitutionality of the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, which provided for a quota to Marathas in jobs and education. The bench refused to pass any order to lift the stay put by a three-judge bench in September this year on...
Franklin Templeton : Supreme Court Asks SEBI To Appoint Observer For E-Voting; Stay On Redemption Continues
The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued its interim order of December 3 staying the redemption requests from investors in the Franklin Templeton matter till the next date of hearing in the third week of January. A bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna was hearing the plea by Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Pvt Ltd challenging a Karnataka HC order which restrained winding up of...
Fire At COVID-19 Hospitals : Supreme Court Calls For Fire Safety Audit Report From States
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the State of Gujarat to file the report of the inquiry into the fire incidents in COVID-19 hospitals by December 11.Today, the Solicitor General appeared for the Centre and informed a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy & MR Shah that the report with regard to the fire safety audit of states is under preparation. "Many states were...
Tata Sons v Cyrus Mistry : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing -Day 2
Senior Advocate Harish Salve is continuing his submissions for Tata Sons Private Ltd on the day 2 of the hearing of the appeal against the NCLAT direction to reinstate Cyrus Mistry as the Executive Chairman of the company.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justice V Ramasubramanian and AS Bopanna is hearing the case.Live Updates from the hearing available here(For updates...
No COVID-19 Posters Outside Patients Homes Without Direction From Competent Authority Under DMA : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that affixing of COVID-19 posters outside the homes of patients can be done only if there is a direction from the competent authority under the National Disaster Management Act.The order was passed in the case Kush Kalra v Union of India.The Court noted that the Centra has already clarified this stand on the issue and directed the States and Union...