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Madras High Court Calls For Centre's Response On Plea Seeking Mandatory Climate Change Assessment Before Granting Clearance To Industrial Projects
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking mandatory assessment of climate change while preparing the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report for industrial projects and constructions. Calling the plea one for a just cause, the bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq asked the Centre to respond to it in two...
Aggrieved By Judges' 'Insulting' Behaviour With Lawyers, Allahabad HC Bar Association To Abstain From Work Today
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has resolved to abstain from work today (Wednesday, July 10), citing its dissatisfaction with the High Court Administration to address a range of pressing issues affecting the advocates, specifically the conduct of certain judges towards bar members. A decision in this regard was taken in an emergent meeting of the governing council of...
Liquor Policy: Delhi High Court To Hear ED's Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Arvind Kejriwal's Bail On July 15
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned to July 15 the plea moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking cancellation of bail granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged liquor policy scam. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna adjourned the matter after ASG SV Raju appearing for ED requested time for filing counter affidavit to Kejriwal's responseRaju said that the reply was...
Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Moto Proceedings To Prevent Unauthorized Use Of National And State Emblems, Govt Boards On Motor Vehicles
The Kerala High Court yesterday directed the Registry to initiate suo moto proceedings after obtaining orders from the Acting Chief Justice to consider the issue of unauthorized use of national and state emblems as well as government boards on vehicles.The Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Harisankar V. Menon ordered the suo moto case to be numbered as 'Writ...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Permanent Appointment Of 3 Additional Judges Of Delhi High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium has passed a resolution recommending to make 3 Additional Judges of Delhi High Court as Permanent Judges.The collegium comprising CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B R Gavai passed the resolution on July 09.The Collegium recommended the following Additional Judges to made Permanent Judges of Delhi High Court: (i) Shri Justice...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Permanent Appointment Of 7 Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court, Fresh 1-Yr Term For 2 Addl Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium, comprising CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B R Gavai has recommended to make 7 Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court as Permanent Judges.Additionally, two other Additional Judges were recommended for a fresh term of one year with effect from October 07.The collegium recommended the following Additional Judges to be made...
[Doctrine Of Impossibility] Law Doesn't Permit Denial Of An Individual's Rights For Failure To Perform An Impossible Task: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has held that denial of opportunity to seek public employment forever to a particular class of students because they were unable to obtain an equivalency certificate due to being compelled to complete an impossible task is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. In this case, petitioners were denied an equivalency certificate by the Kerala Agricultural University...
Vadodara Boat Capsize: Gujarat High Court Orders Disciplinary Action Against Two Former Municipal Commissioners
The Gujarat High Court has ordered disciplinary action against two former municipal commissioners of Vadodara in connection with a tragic boat capsizing incident that claimed 14 lives. The court found the officials guilty of dereliction of duty and misuse of office.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi, stated, "Taking note of the above, we...
Assessment Based On Best Judgement Basis , Non-Filing Of Returns After Receipt Of Order, Fatal For Assessee: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the non-filing of returns even after receipt of the assessment order is fatal for the assessee.The bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. has observed that it may be true that the respondents did not issue a formal notice as required under Section 62(1) of the Income Tax Act before completing the assessment on a best...
Time From Filing Section 34 Petition To 2015 Amendment Excluded From Limitation Period For Enforcing Arbitral Awards: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held the time period starting from the filing of the petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act till the amendment to the Arbitration Act in 2015, stands excluded from the counting of the limitation period for the enforcement of the arbitral award. It held that the period from the filing of the Section 34 application until...
Bombay High Court Directs Patanjali Ayurved To Deposit Rs 50 Lakh For Breach Of Injunction Order In Trademark Infringement Case
The Bombay High Court has directed Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. to deposit Rs. 50,00,000 to the court as it violated an injunction/ad-interim order of the Court that had restrained the company from selling its camphor products, in relation to a trademark infringement case filed by Mangalam Organics Ltd.Mangalam Organics (applicant) had filed a commercial IPR suit against Patanjali Ayurved...
Cancer Marker Test: Calcutta High Court Holds Accuhealth Solutions Liable For Negligence & Lack Of Expertise
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that Accuhealth Solutions Private Limited indicated carelessness, lack of expertise and negligence in conducting the cancer marker test for the patient. The bench held that the diagnostic centre did not possess the necessary capability to perform the test independently and had instead outsourced it to AI...