MSME Council Has Power To Decide Issue Of Its Own Jurisdiction Under MSMED Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has observed that the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council has the authority to determine its jurisdiction over disputes under Section 18 of the Micro, Small Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED).A Single Judge Bench of Bharat P. Deshpande was considering the petitioner's challenge to a notice issued by the Nodal Officer for Micro and Small...

Alleged Construction In Buffer Zone By Randeep Hooda: Madhya Pradesh HC Directs SDO To Supply Actor With Enquiry Report, Conduct Spot Inspection

Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash a show cause notice issued against Bollywood Actor Randeep Hooda on allegations regarding construction in a buffer zone and instructed the revenue authorities to supply the actor with a copy of the enquiry report and conduct a joint spot inspection in the disputed property. The single-judge bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia...

Victim's Mother Would Not Risk Minor Daughter's Future By Concocting Story Of Molestation Due To Enmity With Accused: Bombay High Court

In the conservative Indian society, a mother may concoct a story of her own molestation but would not jeopardize the future of her daughter by falsely implicating someone in a sexual harassment case, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held. Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap while rejecting the argument of a man, convicted for sexually assaulting a girl, said that even...

Newly Elected MP Amritpal Singh Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeking To Quash NSA Proceedings Against Him

Amritpal Singh, a recently elected Member of Parliament who is detained under stringent National Security Act (NSA), has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the entire proceedings as well as his preventive detention.Amritpal, since his arrest in April 2023 is lodged in Dibrugarh Jail. He won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Punjab's Sri Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency...

Rajasthan High Court Quashes FIR Lodged In Bengaluru Citing Settlement Between Parties

The Rajasthan High Court recently quashed a FIR lodged beyond its territorial jurisdiction- in Karnataka's Bengaluru, citing settlement between the married couple.Counsel appearing for the parties had relied upon Navinchandra N. Majithia Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. (2000) to argue that even if one of the impugned FIRs is registered out of the territorial jurisdiction of the Court,...

FIR Lodged Under IPC But Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed After Enforcement Of New Criminal Laws, Delhi High Court Says BNSS Should Apply

The Delhi High Court has observed that procedure with respect to anticipatory bail pleas filed in relation to FIRs lodged prior to enforcement of new criminal laws should be governed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, if the date of filing such application is on or after July 1, 2024.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani reasoned that Section 531(2)(a) BNSS prescribes that proceedings...

Arbitrator's Findings As Per Evidence And Testimony Is Not Perverse, No Need To Interfere: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held that findings made by an arbitrator which are consistent with the documentary evidence and admissions made during cross-examination are reasonable and not perverse. The High Court referred to the decision of the Supreme Court in Associate Builders v. DDA (2015) 3 SCC 49 where the Supreme Court held that the grounds...

Degree Holder Can't Claim Post Reserved For Diploma, If Higher Qualification Is Not Equalised: Patna High Court

A division bench of the Patna High Court comprising the Chief Justice and Justice Harish Kumar, while deciding Letters Patent Appeal, held that an applicant with a higher qualification is not eligible for job requiring lower qualifications if there are no specific provisions where higher qualifications are explicitly recognized or equated with lower qualifications. Background...

Kerala High Court Invites Applications From Eligible Lawyers For Senior Advocate Designation

The Kerala High Court issued a notification inviting applications from eligible advocates for designation as Senior Advocates.The notification states that Senior Advocates can also recommend the names of advocates for designation. As per the notification dated July 18, the last date to submit applications is on or before August 12, 2024, by 4.30 PM. It is stated that applications...

Moin Qureshi Case: Delhi High Court Upholds PMLA Proceedings Initiated Against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the money laundering proceedings initiated against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana in relation to the PMLA case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi and other persons.A division bench comprising of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the appeal moved by Sana challenging the summons issued to him on July 19 and 25, 2019....

Karnataka High Court Directs Actor Darshan To Approach Trial Court With His Plea Seeking Home Food, Books In Prison

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed Kannada actor Darshan Thoogdeep Srinivas to approach the Magistrate court, where the murder case in which he is allegedly involved is pending, with his plea seeking home cooked food, clothing, cutlery, bedding and books in prison.A single judge bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar granted liberty to the actor to file an application in this regard...

Dozens Of Masala Bonds In Other States, FEMA Probe Launched Only In Kerala? KIIFB Submits Before Kerala High Court

The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) submitted before the High Court that the ED cannot target and carry inquiry against KIIFB in the State of Kerala alone when there are dozens of other masala bonds issued in other StatesJustice T R Ravi was considering two separate writ petitions filed by KIIFB and Dr Thomas Isaac challenging the summons issued against them by the ED...