Arbitration Act - Dispose Sec 11(5) & 11(6) Applications Pending For Over 1 Year Within 6 Months : Supreme Court To High Courts

All endeavour shall be made by High Courts to decide the applications under Sections 11(5) and 11(6) of the Arbitration Act at the earliest, preferably within a period of six months from the date of filing of the applications.

Supreme Court Stays NGT Order Imposing Rs 15 Lakh Fine On Coca Cola Bottling Unit For Ground Water Extraction

The Supreme Court recently stayed NGT's order of imposing a penalty of approximately 15 lakhs on Moon Beverages Limited ("MBL"), bottling unit of Coca Cola, guilty of exploiting groundwater for bottling plants in Uttar Pradesh. The bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna in their order said, "There shall be stay of operation of the impugned judgment and order dated...

BREAKING| Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Varanasi Court To Hear Order 7 Rule 11 CPC Application Of Masjid Committee On May 26

A Varanasi Court today decided to hear on May 26, the Order 7 Rule 11 application filed by the defendants (including the Anjuman Islamia committee) questioning the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women (plaintiffs).The Court has also invited objections from both parties to the Commission Report. The objections have to be filed within 7 days. This order is in consonance with...

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Live Updates From Varanasi District Court- Day 2

The Varanasi District Court will pronounce orders today on whether to hear the Order 7 Rule 11 application of Masjid Committee in isolation or together with the Commission report. The Court is expected to lay down the schedule of hearing & order of hearing applications.Yesterday, District Judge Dr.Ajay Kumar Vishvesha had heard preliminary arguments in the case. The Hindu plaintiffs...

Qutub Minar-'How Can You Claim A Legal Right For Restoration For Some Thing Happened 800 Years Ago?' Asks Court, Reserves Judgement

The Saket District Court in Delhi has reserved its order on the appeals preferred against a Civil Judge order dismissing the suit which alleged that the Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid situated within Qutub Minar Complex was built in place of a temple complex and sought restoration of the same.Additional District Judge Nikhil Chopra has kept the matter for pronouncement on june 9."Arguments...

"Misadventurism" : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 50K Cost On Lawyers For Filing Petition To Allow Vehicles To Run Till End Of Registered Life

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition filed by two lawyers seeking to allow the vehicles to run till the end of their registered life in both diesel and petrol variants. Saddling the petitioners with a cost of Rs 50,000/- to be paid to Supreme Court Legal Services Authority, the bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and AS Bopanna in their order said, "We find...

Supreme Court Seeks Response Of National Institute Of Open Schooling On Plea To Lay Down Distance Criteria While Determining Exam Centres

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) to lay down the distance criteria while determining the Examination centre for NIOS Public Examinations.A bench comprising Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice PS Narasimha on Tuesday orally asked for a response from NIOS with regard to the relief sought.Without issuing notice,...

Separate IGST On Indian Importers For Ocean Freight Against Concept Of "Composite Supply", Violates Section 8 CGST Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held when the Indian importer is liable to pay Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on the 'composite supply', which includes supply of goods and supply of services of transportation, insurance, etc. in a CIF contract, a separate levy on them for the 'supply of services' by the shipping line would be in violation of Section 8 of the CGST Act(Union of India...

Compassionate Appointments Must Be Decided Within Six Months Of Applications : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Friday, opined that the applications for appointment on compassionate ground ought to be decided in a time bound manner and not beyond a period of six months from the date of submission of the completed applications. The Apex Court was apprehensive that if the applications are not decided expeditiously, then the whole purpose of such appointments would...

"We Don't Know Much About Cricket": Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Change BCCI Cut-Off Date For Domestic Tournaments

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition filed seeking directions to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to fix the cut-off date for eligibility in the 'domestic tournaments', as 1st April/May of every year, instead of 1st September.A bench comprising Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice PS Narasimha however granted liberty to the petitioner to withdraw and...

Supreme Court Directs Jharkhand High Court To Decide First Maintainability Issue Of PILs Seeking CBI/ED Probe Against CM Hemant Soren

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Jharkhand High Court to decide first the maintainability of three PILs seeking CBI/ED investigation against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in relation to grant of mining lease, allegations of MNREGA scam and transfer of money into shell companiesA vacation bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi passed the order passed by the State...

Breaking: Qutab Minar Is Not A Place Of Worship, Existing Status Can't Be Altered: ASI Opposes Plea For Restoration Of Alleged Temples

In response to an appeal preferred before the Saket District Court in Delhi seeking restoration of 27 temples that were allegedly destructed to construct the Qutub Minar complex, the Archaeological Survey of India has stated that the existing status of the monument cannot be altered. While admitting that there are a number of sculptures existing within the Qutab Minar Complex,...