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Section 32A's Clean Slate: A Promise That Rarely Materializes
Section 32A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, was introduced through the IBC (Amendment) Act, 2019, to assure resolution applicants that, once a compliant plan is approved and control shifts to a new management, the corporate debtor and its property would begin on a clean slate, being free from liability for offences committed before the commencement of CIRP. The constitutional validity of this provision was upheld by the Supreme Court in Manish Kumar v. Union of India, which...
Certified Copy Of Decree Sufficient For Sub-Registrar To Record Cancellation Of Registered Documents: Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines
The Karnataka High Court has recently held that if a party produces a certified copy of the jurisdictional court's decree and judgment before the registering authority, the latter would be duty-bound to act upon it for cancelling registered deeds even without a formal communication of the order [contemplated under Section 31(2) of the Specific Relief Act] from the court.The single-judge bench...
Plea Filed In Supreme Court Against S.44(3) Of DPDP Act, Seeks Interim Relief Against Masking/Deletion Of Available Data; Notice Issued
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court against Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which substituted Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act and exempted disclosure of any sort of "personal information" of a person.The petitioners have also sought an interim relief against deletion/masking of data already made available on...
Being A Student Doesn't Absolve Husband From Maintaining Wife: P&H High Court Denies Relief To 22 Y/O Engineering Student
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that a husband has a legal duty to maintain his wife and he can't be absolved of this responsibility merely on the ground that he is a student. "(husband) cannot be permitted to plead that he is unable to maintain his wife due to financial constraints as long as he is capable of earning. Nor can he be absolved on the ground that he is...
Mere Non-Wearing Of Helmet Doesn't Enable Plea Of Contributory Negligence Without Direct Nexus To Accident: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently upheld an order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, fixing a contributory negligence of 7% on a deceased man who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Though the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation argued that it was the percentage of contributory negligence should have been enhanced on account of non-wearing of helmet, the bench...
Follow Temple Norms Barring Foreign-Returned Priests From Worshipping At Sringeri Sharada Peetham: AP High Court To State
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State to follow endowment departments 2010 Circular and directions issued by Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham in 2024 wherein priests who have travelled abroad cannot enter the temple's sanctum sanctorum and worship the deity. The petitioner, a priest, alleged that the State was not following a 2010 notification issued by the...
Appeal Moved Before Kerala High Court To Stall Release Of Movie Inspired By Venjaramoodu Mass Murder Case
An appeal has been moved before the Kerala High Court challenging a judgment of the Single Bench, which had dismissed a plea to stall the movie 'Kaalam Paranja Kadha' that is allegedly inspired by the Venjaramoodu Mass Murder case.Last week, the Single Judge had dismissed the writ petition filed by the father of the accused, who had stated that the movie would prejudicially affect the trial...
'State Govts Failed' : Supreme Court Slams Rajasthan, MP Over Sand Mafia Rampage In Chambal Sanctuary
The Supreme Court came down heavily upon the state of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over the illegal digging near a bridge by the 'sand mining mafia' in the Chambal Sanctuary. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was dealing with the suo motu case taken up over illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and the threat to endangered aquatic wildlife,...
Tender Lapses Automatically If Not Extended; Repeated Representations Can't Cure Delay: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has held that mere filing of repeated representations cannot cure delay or extend limitation, and that once a tender period lapses without extension, the contract stands naturally terminated, allowing the State to issue a fresh tender in public interest.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar was hearing a Letters Patent...
Why Lawttorney.ai is Beginning to Be Spoken of Alongside Global AI Leaders in the Legal Domain.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future-facing concept in the legal industry; it is a present-day competitive advantage. Across jurisdictions, lawyers, law firms, in-house counsel, compliance teams, and legal researchers are integrating AI into their daily workflows to improve speed, precision, and decision-making. In this rapidly evolving landscape, a new category of focused legal AI platforms is gaining traction. Among them, Lawttorney.ai is steadily being discussed alongside global AI...