Chairperson And Member Vacancy At Child Welfare Committees In The National Capital Territory

Department of Women and Child Development, Government of NCT of Delhi invites online application for the post of Chairperson and Member.Name of the Post: Chairperson and Member No. of Post: Chairperson: 02 (Two) Member: 12 (Twelve) Essential Qualification and Experience • Candidate shall have a degree in child psychology or psychiatry or law or social work or sociology or human health or education or human development or special education for differently abled children and has been actively...

NCLAT Stays Insolvency Proceedings Against Aviation Company After It Offers To Deposit Double The Debt

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Delhi has recently stayed the corporate insolvency proceedings against an aviation services company after it's suspended director offered to deposit Rs 1.09 crore, double the claimed dues of Rs. 54.03 lakh (with 15% interest), which had been pending since 2019, to demonstrate its bona fide intentions.The bench, comprising Chairperson...

Kerala High Court Directs GST Department To Ensure No Tax Evasion In Frozen Chicken Sale

Disposing of a writ petition alleging that frozen chicken was being sold at 0% GST instead of the applicable 5%, the Kerala High Court recently directed the GST department to ensure that no tax evasion takes place. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. also noted that the State GST Department was already investigating the matter. Hence, the Court disposed of the writ petition filed by the...

Cash For Query Row: Delhi High Court To Hear Mahua Moitra's Plea Against Lokpal's Sanction For CBI Chargesheet On November 21

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed for hearing on November 21 the plea filed by Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra challenging an order passed by the Lokpal of India granting sanction to the CBI to file chargesheet against her in relation to the cash for query row.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that it will first read...

NCLAT Restores Promoters' Right To Bid In JC World Hospitality Resolution Process

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has recently overturned a July 2025 order of the National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi, that had declared the promoters of JC World Hospitality Pvt Ltd ineligible to submit resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The Bench of Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Barun Mitra restored the promoters' resolution plan...

'Democracy Should Win': Kerala High Court Asks Election Commission To Reconsider Deletion Of Youth Congress Candidate's Name From Voter List

The Kerala High Court on Monday (November 17) directed the State Election Commission to decide by Wednesday (November 19) the plea of Vyshna S.L., the 24-year-old Congress candidate of Muttada Division of Trivandrum Corporation, regarding deletion of her name from the voters list.According to the plea, the petitioner is an IT professional who was identified by the Indian National Congress...

Supreme Court Recalls 'Vanashakti' Judgment Which Barred Grant Of Post-Facto Environmental Clearances; Justice Bhuyan Dissents

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 18), by 2:1 majority, recalled its judgment in Vanashakti judgment, which barred the Union from granting post-facto environmental clearances.In Vanashakti v. Union of India, the bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, by judgment delivered on May 15, restrained the Central Government from granting "ex-post facto" Environmental Clearances...

MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Reporter Accused Of Manipulating Video Showing Head Constable Accepting Bribe

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (17 November), granted anticipatory bail to News Reporter Rafiq Khan, who is accused of editing and manipulating a video that went viral on Tej India YouTube channel, purportedly showing a Head Constable of Ratlam receiving a bribe from an autorikshaw driver. According to the case diary, the Head Constable of Ratlam Police Station submitted a...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To ED Officer In Bribery Case

The Supreme Court recently granted bail to Enforcement Directorate (ED) Assistant Director Vishal Deep, who was arrested by the CBI in a case for allegedly demanding bribes from two college administrators during an investigation into Himachal Pradesh scholarship scam.A Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma set aside the order passed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court...

Kerala High Court Rejects Plea To Temporarily Shift Courtroom To Ground Floor For Diabetic Advocate, Permits Cross-Examination Via VC

In a recent judgment, the Kerala High Court rejected a plea to temporarily shift courtroom from the 1st floor to the ground in order accommodate a diabetic advocate, who cannot climb stairs, to conduct cross-examination in trial.Justice C.S. Dias opined that courts must be sympathetic to the difficulties faced by advocates and practical alternatives can be devised so as not to disrupt...

Invention Requiring Destruction Of Human Embryos Not Patentable: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday upheld the Patent Office's rejection of a patent application on the grounds that the invention involved the destruction of human embryos and was therefore unethical and contrary to public order and morality.A single bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur, affirming the Patent Office's decision to reject the invention under Section 3(b) of the Patents Act,...

Order Merely Issuing Notice on Interim Injunction Not Appealable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently reaffirmed that an order merely issuing notice on an application for interim injunction under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) does not constitute an appealable order under Section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.The Division Bench, comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla, dismissed an appeal filed...