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Senior Advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi Appointed As The New AG Of Karnataka
Governor of Karnataka, Vajuhai Vala on Saturday appointed Senior advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi to be the Advocate General for the state of Karnataka, with immediate effect, in place of Senior Advocate Udaya Holla, who had tendered his resignation, on Friday. The notification issued states "In exercise of powers conferred on me by clause (1) of Article 165 of the Constitution of India....
Make Household Wastage Of Water Penal Offence: NGT Seeks Factual Report From Centre [Read Order]
With every Indian household, on an average, wasting 5 liters of water every minute and 48420000 cubic metres of water every single day, the National Green Tribunal has called for a factual and action take report from the Centre on a plea for making household wastage of water a penal offence. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel called for a factual and action is taken a report...
Will Moratorium Under Section 14 IBC Always Bar Trial Of Counter-Claim In Suit By Corporate Debtor ? Delhi HC Answers [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court has held that moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code will not bar trial of suit by the corporate debtor and a counter-claim in such suit if issues and facts in both are intertwined.The plaintiff company SSMP Industries had instituted the suit against Perkan Food Industries Pvt Ltd for recovery of Rs.1,61,47,336.44. The defendant made a...
No Property Right To Son Who Beats Parents: Gujarat HC [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court has refused to grant any relief to an ungrateful son, who claimed right in her mother's property, a bungalow at Vadodra after he was excluded by the mother in her 'Will' as he would beat the parents. Justice Paresh Upadhyaya while turning down the appeal filed by Jayeshbhai Patel who had challenged orders of the lower court said "The conjoint reading thereof makes...
Dishonour Of Cheque: Complaint Against Partnership Firm Not Maintainable Without Making The Firm An Accused: Madras HC
Quashing the proceedings against the Petitioners, the High Court of Madras held that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the Act), cannot be maintained against the partners of a firm, without making the firm as an accused person. The Respondent had filed a complaint against the Petitioners before a Judicial Magistrate, for an offence under the said...
Punjab & Haryana HC Bans Use Of Loudspeakers Without Permission [Read Judgment]
Disposing off various Writ Petitions filed to curb excessive noise pollution in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh, the High Court of Punjab & Haryana prohibited the use of loudspeakers in the territory without prior permission from the authorities. An ad-hoc Committee, headed by Advocate M. L. Sarin, was appointed by the court to make suggestions for...
Bombay HC reserves order on Gautam Navlakha's plea for quashing of FIR against him in Bhima Koregaon case
The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its order in Gautam Navlakha's writ seeking to quash the FIR filed against him by the Pune police following the Bhima Koregaon violence that took place on January 1, 2018. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre extended the relief of protection from arrest granted to the 65-year-old activist until an order is pronounced in...
Lawyer's Collective Case- There Is No New Material In The FIR: Bombay HC [Read Order]
In the July 25th order granting relief to Lawyer's Collective, the Bombay High Court noted that there was no new material on the basis of which a FIR has been registered against Lawyers Collective, the NGO working in the field of human rights. The bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre accepted the submissions put forth by Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy who appeared on behalf of...
Delhi HC Dismisses Plea to Legalise Cannabis For Medical Use, Imposes Rs 10K cost
The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed with a cost of Rs 10,000 a petition seeking to legalise cannabis, a banned drug which attracts criminal prosecution, for medical purpose. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said there was no substance in the petition and it was not inclined to grant the prayer. "It appears this petition is seeking direction to...
Categorize Areas As Per Noise Pollution Rules: Karnataka HC To Govt.
The Karnataka High Court has directed State government to by August 13 spell out time limit in which it would categorize areas, in Bengaluru city and State under the Noise Pollution rules. As per the act areas can be segregated under Industrial, Commercial, Residential and Silence zones. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad said "Noise pollution...
Lok Sabha Passes Companies Amendment Bill [Read Bill]
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Companies (Amendment ) Bill 2019, which seeks to amend the Companies Act 2013.Speaking about the Bill, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Bill containing 44 clauses is being brought in to "ensure more accountability and better enforcement to strengthen the corporate governance norms and compliance management...