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NCLT Initiates Insolvency Proceedings Against Builder On Homebuyers' Plea
The NCLT Delhi has admitted an insolvency petition filed by a group of 'homebuyers' against the builder Today Homes Noida India Ltd. The allottees of the flat (homebuyers) had entered into a Flat Buyers Agreement for allotment of flats in a residential project at Noida, with Today Homes during 2011-13, and had paid almost 90% of the purchase value. As per the agreement,...
Trainee/Probationer Not A Workman Within S. 2(s) Of ID Act; Termination Doesn't Amount To Retrenchment: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
"…a probationer is not a workman within the meaning of Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act and the service of a probationer can be terminated during the period of probation in terms of the appointment and such termination does not amount to retrenchment within the meaning of Section 2 (oo) of the Industrial Disputes Act", held the Delhi High Court while allowing a petition filed by...
Do Some Real Social Work, Go Clean A Beach; Bombay HC Directs 'Habitual Litigant' To Work For Afroz Shah
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed a litigant Rakesh Chavan to work for lawyer and environmentalist Afroz Shah and "do some real social work" to prove his bona fides. Division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing the PIL filed by Chavan wherein it was alleged that respondent company NESCO had filled a lake in Goregaon and was...
Delhi HC Restores Certification For "Kaum De Heere", Featuring Assassinators Of Former PM Indira Gandhi [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restored screening Certificate for Punjabi movie "Kaum De Heere", featuring assassinators of former PM Indira Gandhi. The petition titled "Sai Cine Productions v. CBFC & Ors." was filed challenging the order of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), withdrawing the film's certificate...
Security Concern: P&H HC Directs State To Raze Illegal Constructions Near Chandigarh Airport Within 4 Months [Read Order]
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday directed the state government to demolish 98 illegal structures built within 100 meters of the Chandigarh International Airport, in a petition filed by Mohali Industries Association in 2015 on infrastructure related issues of the airport. Demolition Order Structures built in immediate vicinity of the airport pose serious threats to the...
P&H HC Directs Railway To Give Rs. 8 lakh To Kin Of Man Killed After Falling From Train [Read Judgment]
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana directed the Railway to pay Rs. 8,00,000/- to the heirs of the victim of an 'Untoward Railway Incident', as compensation along with interest @ 9% per annum, despite non-recovery of a valid ticket. The appeal was filed by sons of the deceased one Somnath through Advocate Somesh Gupta aggrieved by order of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh...
Shah Faesal Was Detained Under a Valid Law and By a Competent Authority: J&K Govt Tells Delhi HC
The government of Jammu & Kashmir has filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by the politician, Shah Faesal. The government submitted that the present habeas corpus petition is not maintainable as the Petitioner has been detained under a valid law and under the orders of competent authority. It is mentioned that the Petitioner...
In A Century Where Chandrayaan-2 Has Been Launched, The Plea That There Is No Toilet In A Govt Office Is Obsolete: P&H HC [Read Judgment]
An argument raised by Treasury Officer of Punjab Government to resist the regularization of the services of a full time sweeper took the Punjab and Haryana High Court by surprise.The Officer argued that there was no toilet or a bathroom in the office so as to require the services of a full time sweeper. The Court reprimanded the government for raising this frivolous plea that a government...
Bhima Koregaon: No Material Against Vernon Gonsalves; Sr. Adv Mihir Desai Tells Bombay HC In Bail Hearing
Senior Advocate Mihir Desai submitted before the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that the police had no evidence against his client former academic Vernon Gonsalves to prove that he was involved in inciting the violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018. Justice SV Kotwal started hearing the bail applications filed by Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Arun Ferreira...
Convenience Of Lawyer No Ground For Transferring Petition To Another Jurisdiction: P&H HC [Read Order]
"The Court is not to see the convenience of the attorney. If the attorney has got difficulty in attending the dates of hearing, the applicant can very well appoint some other person as her attorney, who can put in appearance in the Court conveniently",said Justice H.S. Madaan of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, while declining a request for transfer of the divorce petition.In the backdrop,...