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Debenture Trustees Are Financial Service Providers, Insolvency Plea Not Maintainable: NCLT Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal at Mumbai has recently reiterated that debenture trustees are Financial Service Providers, and therefore insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code are not maintainable against them, dismissing a plea filed against Centbank Financial Services Ltd. A coram of Judicial Member Nilesh Sharma and Technical Member Sameer Kakar, in an order...
Individual Firms Can Claim Proportionate JV Experience For Future Work Contracts When Applying Solo : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 18) observed that an experience gained as a partner in a Joint Venture contractual works can be claimed proportionately by an individual entity bidding separately in future tenders. A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan set aside the Chhattisgarh High Court's decision which refused to consider the Appellant's proportionate...
'State Can't Dilute NEET Eligibility For Dental Courses': Supreme Court In Rajasthan BDS Case; Imposes ₹10 Crores On Erring Colleges
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the State of Rajasthan had no authority to lower the minimum qualifying percentile in the NEET-UG examination for admissions to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course for the academic year 2016–17, and that the decision to do so was manifestly illegal. At the same time, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution,...
Stray Dog Case | 'We'll Play A Video & Ask What Is Humanity' : Supreme Court On Claim That MCD's Treatment Of Dogs Was 'Inhuman'
The Supreme Court today said it would play a video in the next hearing in the stray dogs case and ask what constitutes “humanity”, after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal objected to implementation of rules framed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, describing the treatment of dogs as per the MCD rules as inhuman.The matter was scheduled today before a three-judge bench of Justice Vikram...
Supreme Court Extends 30% Women Reservation To Bar Councils Of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh
The Supreme Court today extended its order directing 30% reservations for women in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Bar Council Elections The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing applications seeking directions for extending its earlier order for earmarking 30% reservation for women in State Bar Council elections to the Bar Council of Telangana. Previously, the...
Bareilly Violence | 'Sar Tan Se Juda' Slogan Against India's Sovereignty, Incites Armed Rebellion; No Quranic Basis : Allahabad HC Denies Bail
Rejecting the bail application of an accused involved in the Bareilly violence of September 2025, the Allahabad High Court has observed that the raising of the slogan "gustakh-e-nabi ki ek saja, sar tan se juda, sar tan se juda" (the only punishment for disrespecting the Prophet is beheading) by a crowd constitutes a direct challenge to the authority of the law and the sovereignty...
CCI Takes Cognisance Of Complaint Against IndiGo Over Mass Flight Disruptions
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has taken cognisance of a complaint filed against budget airline IndiGo over the widespread flight disruptions that affected passengers across multiple routes in recent weeks. In a press release issued on Thursday, the competition watchdog said it had carried out a preliminary assessment of the information placed before it and decided to proceed...