Absence Of Charge Defeats Income Tax Department's Secured Creditor Status: NCLAT New Delhi

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), New Delhi, comprising Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain (Member-Judicial) and Mr. Naresh Salecha (Member-Technical), has held that in the absence of the charge, the income tax department cannot be considered as a secured creditor. The financial creditor, M/s Prutha Enterprises, filed a section 7 application before the adjudicating...

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Deloitte South Asia LLP invites application for the post of Assistant Manager.Name of the Post: Assistant Manager Location: Mumbai Essential Qualification and Experience • Bachelor's degree in law. • 6+ years of experience in contract management or related fields. • Domain expertise in commercial contracting principles in civil and common law. Strong understanding of contracting lifecycle management, procure-to-pay cycle with emphasis on technology applications. • Deep understanding of...

MP High Court Temporarily Suspends Live-Streaming Of Benches Hearing Criminal Cases After PIL Claims Misuse Via Reels & Memes

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (September 12), directed its Registry to stop the live streaming of all Benches hearing criminal matters until the next date of hearing in a PIL claiming misuse of live-streamed court proceedings via reels and memes. The order has been directed to be implemented w.e.f. September 15 (Monday). The court was hearing a PIL wherein the petitioner argued...

BSF Act Empowers General Security Force Court To Try POCSO Offences: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that the BSF Act empowers the General Security Force Court (GSFC) to try an offence under the POCSO Act.“Clearly, therefore, the BSF Act empowers the GSFC to try offences under the POCSO Act. These provisions, seen in conjunction with Section 42A of the POCSO Act, which saves the jurisdiction vested in other authorities under other statutes, defeats...

DGP Has Asked Investigating Agencies To Be 'Careful' While Issuing Letters To Banks For Freezing Accounts: State To Rajasthan High Court

While hearing arguments on seizure of bank accounts on a letter from the Police, the Rajasthan Government informed the High Court that guidelines have been framed by DGP directed senior officials to instruct Investigating Agencies to remain careful while issuing letters to banks for freezing bank accounts. The court was hearing a matter on the question 'Whether the bank account of account...

NALSA To Conduct 3rd National Lok Adalat Of 2025 On 13th September Across India

The 3rd National Lok Adalat of the year 2025 will be conducted across the country on 13th September 2025 by the legal services authorities under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the esteemed stewardship of Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Chief Justice of India and Patron-in-Chief, NALSA, and Justice Surya Kant, Judge, Supreme Court of India...

SFLC.in Wins EFF Award 2025 For Defending Digital Freedoms

Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in), India's non-profit working at the intersection of law, technology, and digital rights, has been awarded the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Award 2025 for Defending Digital Freedoms. The recognition, announced at the annual EFF Awards Ceremony in San Francisco on September 10, 2025, celebrates SFLC.in's advocacy for online civil liberties, privacy, and open access to knowledge. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a global...

Substitution of Parties in Partition Suits: When Heirs Are Untraceable

Partition suits are filed to divide property among co-owners or heirs, and they often involve many parties whose rights need to be carefully protected. A common difficulty arises when one of the parties to such a suit dies during the proceedings. In the normal course, their legal heirs or representatives are brought on record so that the case can move forward. This substitution is done under Order XXII Rule 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.[1] But situations become complex when the legal...

Retired Class-IV Employee Not Expected To Understand Terms Like 'Acquiescence' Or 'Delay': HP High Court Quashes Pension Rejection Order

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed the pension rejection order of a daily wage beldar worker, holding that pension cannot be denied on the ground that of delay in filing claim as a class IV cannot be expected to understand technical legal concepts like acquiescence or laches, and pension is a recurring right that cannot be defeated by delay.Rejecting the State's contention,...

UPSC Officials Not Under Lokpal's Jurisdiction: Lokpal Of India

While deciding a complaint lodged against Secretary and Additional Secretaries of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Lokpal of India held that Group A, B, C and D officers or those equivalent serving in connection with the affairs of UPSC are not amenable to Lokpal's jurisdiction.The Anti-corruption Ombudsman had earlier asked the complainant to explain as to how UPSC officials...

Wife Can Be Denied Maintenance Upon Failure To Produce Latest Salary Slips: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that Courts can draw adverse inference of a wife's failure to produce her latest salary slips, in order to show insufficiency of income or financial hardship, to claim maintenance from husband.Justice Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma observed,“As the primary ingredient for grant of maintenance to a wife under Section 125 Cr.P.C. – i.e. her inability to maintain...

Arbitration Monthly Digest: August 2025

Supreme Court Mere Pendency Of Criminal Cases Alleging Simple Fraud No Bar To Arbitration : Supreme Court Cause Title: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR BIHAR STATE FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLY CORPORATION LIMITED & ANR. VERSUS SANJAY KUMAR Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 778 The Supreme Court has allowed the arbitration proceedings to continue in multi-crore Bihar Public Distribution...