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Union Ministry Of Corporate Affairs Should Be A Party In All IBC Proceedings : NCLT [Read Order]
As per the latest orders made by the Principal Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), it will be mandatory to make Ministry of Corporate Affairs a party to all the cases under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code as well as all Company petitions. The order was passed while adjudicating upon an application for Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process, initiated by the...
Law Day Celebrations: SC To Launch Multilingual Mobile App; Present Annual Report Of Judiciary
A programme to celebrate the Constitution Day will be organized in the Supreme Court Auditorium tomorrow evening, i.e., November 26, 2019. The occasion will be graced by President Ram Nath Kovind, CJI SA Bobde, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Justice NV Ramana, Justice Arun Mishra, Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, Office bearers of SCBA and SCAORA and...
No Legal Bar To Base Conviction Upon Corroborated Testimonies Of Hostile Witnesses: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that evidence of a hostile witness, if corroborated by other material evidence, may form the basis of conviction of an accused. In an appeal filed against the order of acquittal passed by the Trial Court, the division bench of Justice GS Sistani and Justice Chander Shekhar ruled, "The law on it is well settled that such portion of the evidence of...
Direct BJP And Shiv Sena To Form Government As Per 'Public Mandate': Petition In Bombay HC
A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court by Thane resident Priya Chavan seeking directions to both the BJP and Shiv Sena to form government as per the "public mandate" and a perpetual injunction against both parties from forming an alliance with any other party like the Congress or Nationalist Congress Party.The said petition was filed by petitioner's counsel Advocate Nitin...
Bar Elections May Be Held Prior To Notification Of Rules On Mandatory Requirements For Candidates: BCI [Read Press Release]
In partial modification of its earlier decision, the Bar Council of India has issued a press release, clarifying that Bar elections may be held, notwithstanding that the rules stipulating mandatory requirements for contesting candidates have not been notified. "The proposed rules of Bar Council of India to provide eligibility norms for candidates to participate in elections of Bar...
'Exorbitant Enrolment Fee' : Kerala HC Seeks BCI, BCK Response On Law Students' Plea [Read Petition]
The High Court of Kerala on Monday sought the responses of Bar Council of India (BCI) and Bar Council of Kerala (BCK) on a writ petition which challenges the amounts collected by them for enrolment as 'exorbitant and illegal'.A division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice A M Shaffique has posted the case next on December 3.The petition filed by five law students of NUALS...
Religare Fraud: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Malvinder Singh, Sunil Godhwani, In ED's Plea Seeking Custodial Interrogation
Delhi High Court has issued notice to Malvinder Singh and Sunil Godhwani, in ED's application seeking custodial interrogation of the duo in the Religare Fraud case. Appearing for ED, Amit Mahajan submitted before the court that the custodial interrogation is required to confront, both Singh and Godhwani, with voluminous documents that have been recovered during investigation....
Courts Have No Jurisdiction To Invade/Replace Policy Decisions: Tripura HC [Read Order]
The Tripura High Court on Wednesday reiterated that courts do not have the jurisdiction to interfere in policy decisions of the government. While adjudicating upon a petition filed by one Sachindra Chandra Das, a dealer of Fair Price Shop, the single judge bench of Justice Arindam Lodh said, "The decision of the government was not to allow any person to run the Fair Price Shop...
Delhi Court Agrees To Transfer Execution Plea In Nirbhaya's Case To Another Judge
District Judge Yashwant Kumar, at Patiala House Court Complex, has said that he will transfer the case to another Additional Sessions Judge as soon as he gets the file from the court where the case is pending.The case has been transferred to ASJ Satish Kumar Arora. He also went on to say that the order is likely to be passed in a matter of few days; can be either today or tomorrow...
Jessica Lal Case: Delhi HC Asks Jail Authority To Take A Decision On Manu Sharma's Furlough Plea Within A Week
Delhi High Court has asked jail authorities in Tihar prison to decide upon Manu Sharma's furlough application within one week. Manu Sharma, who was convicted of murdering model Jessica Lal, and consequently serving a life sentence, had moved a furlough application before the Delhi High Court on the ground on maintaining the family ties. Arguing against the application, GNCTD's...
Allahabad HC Asks National Political Parties To File Reply In Plea Challenging Use Of Election Symbols Post Elections [Read Order]
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has issued notices on petition challenging the use of "reserved election symbols" by political parties as their party logos. A reserved election symbol is a symbol that is reserved for a recognized political party for "exclusive allotment to contesting candidates", under para 5 of the Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968....
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High Court The Lucknow Bench of the High Court directed the Centre and the UP State government to decide whether or not the existing Shia and Sunni Wakf Boards in UP should be set aside to establish a Single Wakf Board instead.In the backdrop of Delhi-NCR gasping for fresh air due to severe pollution, the High Court pulled up Uttar Pradesh administration for failure to stop...