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Senior Advocate & Former Advocate General Of Kerala K.P. Dandapani Passes Away
Senior Advocate and former Advocate General of Kerala K.P. Dandapani passed away on Tuesday.He served as the Advocate General of Kerala from 2011 to 2016, during the tenure of the UDF Government. An alumnus of St. Albert's College and Government Law College, Ernakulam, the senior lawyer had enrolled as an Advocate and joined the Bar in the year 1968. He had been appointed as an Additional...
Arbitral Tribunal Erred In Fixing Fees Separately For Claims And Counter-Claims, Contrary To The Agreement Between Parties: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Apex Court’s decision in Oil and Natural Gas (ONGC) vs Afcons Gunanusa JV (2022), where it had interpreted the Fourth Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), clearly requires party autonomy to be given paramount importance. The bench of Justice Prateek Jalan remarked that though in ONGC (2022), it was held that...
No Forest Rights Merely Because Ancestors Resided In Forest, Must Establish Sole Dependency On Forest For "Bonafide Livelihood Needs": Madras High Court
While refusing relief to a group of persons claiming benefit under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, the Madras High Court noted that rights under the Act cannot be claimed merely on the ground that the ancestors originally resided in the forests. For claiming rights under the Act, it was necessary to establish that the...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Dismisses Plea Against Minimum Age Condition In NEET
The division bench of Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice R. Raghunandan Rao of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the fixation of a minimum age of 17 years for appearing in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).The bench said that the High Court has already decided on the constitutional validity of the...
Delhi High Court Grants Relief To PSU Law Officer, Directs Inclusion Of Name In Final List Of DHJS 2022
The Delhi High Court has directed that the name of a Law Officer working with a public sector undertaking be included in the final list of Delhi Higher Judicial Services, 2022 examination after ruling that he fulfils the mandatory requirement of "continuously practicing as an advocate for not less than seven years.”A division bench of Justice Najmi Waziri and Justice Vikas Mahajan...
[Jayalalithaa’s Death] Madras High Court Seeks Details Of Steps Taken By Govt On Arumugasamy Report
The Madras High Court has sought details from the State regarding the steps taken based on the report of Justice Arumugasamy Inquiry Commission which probed into the circumstances that led to the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy made the inquiry in a plea filed by RR Gopaljee, publisher of...
Madras High Court Orders Police Action Against Unqualified Alternative Medicine Practitioners, Says State Must Act Against Unrecognised Institutes
Refusing relief to 61 persons claiming to be practicing alternative medicine, the Madras High Court said that unqualified persons cannot claim any right to practice alternate medicines. The court was also critical of unrecognised institutions conducting six months medical courses and issuing diploma certificate and noted that the same would bring disastrous consequences for the society.Justice...
Allotment Of Law Chambers Should Be As Per Procedure, Not Favouritism: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has observed that favouritism while allotting law chambers should not be encouraged and the allotments should be made as per the established procedure. The court added that even if certain adjustments were to be made, they should not be unilateral decisions and the consent of the Lawyers concerned was necessary. Lawyers are performing noble profession and they...
Bombay High Court Seeks Report After Rape Accused Threatens Victim From Prison, Gets Address From Police Station Through RTI
The Bombay High Court has called for a report from Taloja prison Superintendent after it was informed that an alleged rapist with over 14 different matrimonial profiles, lodged in prison, was pressurising victims not to depose against him.The complainant, a lawyer from Solapur submitted that prison officials forwarded the accused’s RTI applications to the police department through which...
Why Did They Sign Off Resolution To Strike Work? Calcutta High Court Seeks Explanation From Office Bearers Of Berhampore Bar Association
The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought explanation from the President, Vice-President and Secretary of Berhampore Bar Association as to why they were signatories to a resolution to strike work which paralysed the courts at Berhampore and denied access to justice to innumerable litigants. The division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta observed:“It appears the...
Section 9 Application Must Stand The Test Laid Down By SC In M/s S.S. Engineers Vs HPCL: NCLT Jaipur
The National Company Law Tribunal, Jaipur Bench, comprising Shri Deep Chandra Joshi (Judicial Member) and Shri Prasanta Kumar Mohanty (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application under Section 9 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) in Narayan Organics Private Limited Vs Prayag Polytech Private Limited has held that an application under Section 9 of IBC must stand...
PIL Challenging Conduct Of Election Rules Listed On 27th March Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala decided to list the petition filed by the NGO Lok Prahari, challenging the Conduct Of Election Rules, 1961 on 27 March 2023. The petition challenged the Rules to the effect that as per the rules if an MLA did not show his marked ballot paper to the polling agent of the party, his vote would...