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'Governments Can’t Shirk From Liability To Abide By Judgments, Decrees & Awards': Delhi High Court Lifts Corporate Veil In DAMEPL-DMRC Dispute
The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that the Union of India and Delhi Government are in complete control of affairs of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and must be commanded to take appropriate steps to enable the corporation to meet the obligation of making payment of dues to Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) under a 2017 arbitral award.Lifting...
Ernakulam Law College Students To Have Facility To Watch Live Stream Of Supreme Court & High Court Hearings On Campus
Kerala’s oldest institution of legal education which is about to celebrate 150 years of its inception, is paving the path for effectively incorporating technology into the education system. The Government Law College, Ernakulam will be inaugurating a dedicated facility for live streaming of Supreme Court and Kerala High Court proceedings at its campus on Saturday, 18th March, 2023. The...
Advocates' Associations Across Mumbai Abstain From Work After Lawyer Allegedly Assaulted By Police, Demands Passing Of Advocate’s Protection Act
Advocate Associations across Mumbai and Thane district abstained from work and protested between March 16 & 17 in solidarity with a lawyer from the Borivali Bar Association who was allegedly assaulted by a police inspector from Kandivali Police Station in Suburban Mumbai. The associations have sought action against API Hemant Gite who is said to have assaulted Advocate Prithviraj...
Antrix Devas Deal: Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge's Decision Of Setting Aside 2015 Arbitral Award, Says Fraud 'Serious And Complex'
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal against single judge’s order setting aside a 2015 arbitral award by which Antrix Corporation Limited, commercial and marketing arm of ISRO, was required to pay US$ 562.2 million to Devas Multimedia Private Limited over wrongful repudiation of a contract.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish and Justice Subramonium Prasad in its judgment...
Senior Citizen Offsprings Of 94-Yr-Old Who Died In Road Accident Entitled To Compensation For 'Loss Of Parental Consortium': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently considered the issue as to whether the children of a nonagenarian road accident victim, who are themselves senior citizens, would be entitled to compensation for 'Loss of Parental Consortium'. Noting that the Tribunal had awarded an amount of Rs. 40,000/- under the head 'Loss of Love and Affection', which was challenged by the counsels for the Insurance Company...
Mumbai Court Sends Designer Aniksha Jaisinghani To Police Custody Till March 21 In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis
A Special court in Mumbai remanded designer Aniksha Jaisinghani to police custody till March 21 in the case filed by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis. Fadnavis has alleged that the Jaisinghani, a designer, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 crore to seek her “intervention” in a criminal case involving Jaisinghani's father Anil Jaisinghani, who is...
Gauhati High Court Orders Centre To Pay ₹20 Lakh To Families Of Five Killed In 1994 Army Operations In Assam
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Union Government to pay ₹20 Lakhs compensation in the interest of justice to the families of five deceased persons who were killed in the 1994 army operation, Assam.The High Court held that the deaths of the five men took place during the army operation, and therefore, compensation must be awarded in the interest of justice.The bench of Justice...
'Infirm' Person Entitled To Seek Bail Under Proviso To Section 45(1) PMLA Even When Not 'Sick': Delhi High Court
While granting bail to Kewal Krishan Kumar, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Delhi-based Shakti Bhog Foods Limited, in a money laundering case, the Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that a person who is not 'sick' but only 'infirm' would still be entitled to seek the benefit of the exception in the proviso to Section 45 (1) PMLA Act.Justice Jasmeet Singh said since 'sick' and 'infirm'...
Breaking - Delhi Court Extends Manish Sisodia's ED Custody By 5 Days
A Delhi Court on Friday extended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister's Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for further five days in a money laundering registered in connection with national capital's excise policy of 2021-22.Special Judge MK Nagpal pronounced the order after hearing the ED counsel Zoheb Hossain and Senior Advocates Mohit Mathur and Siddharth...
2017 Airport Metro Arbitral Award: Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Centre, Delhi Govt For Payment Of Unpaid Dues To Reliance Infra By DMRC
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Union of India and Delhi government to forthwith attend to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)'s request for extension of sovereign guarantee or subordinate debt to enable it make payment of dues to Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) under the 2017 arbitral award.Justice Yashwant Varma said the decision shall...
Disciple Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Admits Self-Styled Godman Asaram's Appeal Against Conviction
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday admitted an appeal moved by Self Styled Godman Asaram challenging his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by a local court in a two-decade-old rape case.It may be recalled that in January this year, the Gandhinagar Court had found him guilty of committing offences under sections 376, 377, 342, 354, 357, and 506 of IPC for repeatedly raping...
CBSE Submits In Kerala High Court Suggestions To Prevent Sexual Abuse In Schools But Says Govt Agencies More Appropriate To Implement It
The committee of experts constituted by the CBSE on the direction of the Kerala High Court to create and implement a prevention-oriented programme on sexual abuse in schools submitted its report on ways to put mechanisms in place for the same. A single bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas on Wednesday took the report of the Committee of Experts of CBSE on record. CBSE prefaced its report...