Mere Issuance Of Notice Under Indian Forest Act Won't Vest Private Forests Under Maharashtra Act : Supreme Court

In a major relief to Maharashtra's private forest land owners, the Supreme Court overturned a Bombay High Court ruling that had vested ownership of private forest land in the State Government based solely on the issuance of a notice under the Indian Forest Act. The Court restored ownership of the private forest land to its owners. The Court held that the High Court's view was contrary to...

Rajasthan High Court Transfers Matrimonial & Criminal Cases After Lawyer-Wife Influenced Local Bar To Act Against Husband's Counsel

The Rajasthan High Court granted relief to the accused-petitioner by directing transfer of his matrimonial and maintenance cases from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur after finding out that owing to his advocate wife's influence on the Bar Association, no lawyer was ready to represent him before the courts situated at Sawai Madhopur.While underscoring the significance of the fundamental right to...

Company Secretary Vacancy At Troop Comforts Limited (TCL)

Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) invites online application for the post of Company Secretary.Name of the Post: Company Secretary No. of Post: 01 (One) Age Limit: 25-50 Years Essential Qualification and Experience • Registered Company Secretary (C.S.) Member of the Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI). Candidates with background of M.Com /CA Inter/ CMA Intern/LLB will be preferred. • Minimum of 2 years as Company Secretary in Manufacturing company - Listed or with Turnover of Rs. 100...

NCLT Mumbai Clears Reliance Retail's Consumer Brands Restructuring Plan

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai has approved Reliance Retail's plan to reorganize its consumer products business. The move will shift the group's fast-moving consumer goods and brands division into a new arm called Reliance Consumer Products Limited, giving the business its own management and focus. In an order passed on November 6, a coram of Judicial Member Sushil...

Complainant/ Legal Heirs Must Be Informed When Probe Against Accused Named In FIR Is Dropped: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has directed the State Police Chief to issue necessary instructions to investigating authorities in criminal cases to issue notices to the de facto complainants or their legal heirs when a person named as an accused in the FIR is removed from the list of accused during the course of investigation.The division bench comprising Dr. Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and...

Consumer Cases Monthly Digest: October 2025

Bombay High Court Bombay High Court Upholds Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal's Decision To Impose Interest On Keyana Estate For Delayed Possession Case – Keyana Estate LLP (Earlier Known as Kiyana Ventures LLP) Versus Paresh Parihar & Anr Citation - Second Appeal No. 537 of 2025 With Interim Application No. 11757 Of 2025 The Bombay High Court bench,...

'Insurance Is A Safety Net, Not Hurdle': Kerala Consumer Forum Raps Insurer For Denying Valid Claim, Imposes Cost

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ernakulam recently ordered Future Generali India Insurance Company Ltd. and Future General Health (FGH) to pay the balance hospital bill and a compensation of Rs. 30,000 to a policy holder for denying a valid health insurance claim.The Bench of D.B. Binu (President), V. Ramachandran and Sreevidhia T.N. ordered that the opposite parties would...

Personal Guarantors Cannot Misuse Insolvency Process To Defeat Creditor Recovery: NCLT Chennai

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai, has recently ruled that personal guarantors cannot misuse the insolvency process to delay or obstruct legitimate recovery actions by creditors. In an order passed on October 10 by a coram of Judicial Member Jyoti Kumar Tripathi and Technical Member Ravichandran Ramasamy, the tribunal noted that the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP)...

State Financial Enterprise Transferring Funds From Borrower's Frozen Bank Account Without Authority Violates Article 300A: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has restrained the Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE) and its Recovery Officers from transferring amounts from a borrower's frozen bank account to third party accounts, holding that such a move would violate the constitutional protection against deprivation of property without authority of law under Article 300A of the Constitution of India.Justice V.G. Arun...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 03 To November 09, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 701 - 719]Madathil Pakruti v. T.P. Kunjanandan and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 701Angels Nair v. Union of India and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 702Shahabeen Hameed v. Muhammed Ajnas A.B., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 703Sivadasan Nair K.G. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 704Treasa K.J. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 705S. Jayasree. v. State of...

Disclosure Of Income & Payment Of Income Tax Do Not Bar Proceedings Under Benami Transactions Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that disclosure of income and payment of tax under the Income Tax Act, 1961, does not preclude initiation of proceedings under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. agreed with the department that the fact that the assessees have disclosed the income in the return and the same was proceeded against under...

'Callous': NCLAT Pulls Up NCLT For Ignoring MCA Communication On Removal Of Promoter's Disqualification

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench set aside an order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) by which it had declared promoters of JC World Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. ineligible under section 29A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) and quashed their resolution plan. The Bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Mr. Barun...