Madhya Pradesh Bar Seeks Transfer of Justice Sanjay Yadav Out Of The State [Read Letter]

In a letter addressed to the CJI Ranjan Gogoi, the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has requested the transfer of Justice Sanjay Yadav out of the State, owing to his consistent misbehavior. Justice Sanjay Yadav is presently the third senior most judge of the MP High Court. Since the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of the two senior-most judges of the...

Non-Payment Of Dues : Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea By Construction Company To Wind Up BDA [Read Order]

Karnataka High Court junks plea filed by IL&FS construction company seeking directions to wind up Bangalore Development Authority for non-payment of dues. Observing that "The word company cannot be imported from any other statute in order to bring in the purview of BDA Act, (Bengaluru Development Authority)," the Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a...

"As Usual, It Is Always Someone Else's Fault, Never His"; Bombay HC Dismisses Petition By US National Who Violated Visa Conditions

Joshua Sadagursky, 29-year-old resident of Massachusetts, USA filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a writ of certiorari to quash and set aside a notice issued to him by the Bureau of Immigration wherein, he was declared an "inadmissible passenger" and asked to go back to the United States.Sadagursky's contention was that he had a five-year multiple-entry business visa...

Karnataka Directs Govt. To Consider Forming Expert Committee To Study Conditions At Elephant Camps

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to consider forming an experts committee to study the conditions prevalent at elephant camps in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while hearing a petition filed by advocate N P Amrutesh said the conditions may not be satisfactory. As per an earlier affidavit filed by the...

Diocese Of Delhi Not An Industry Under Industrial Disputes Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Wednesday held that Diocese of Delhi is not an industry under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (ID Act) and consequently, the employees therein are not workmen. Diocese is a unit of the territorial organization of Church whose duty is to spread the knowledge of the Gospel throughout its territory and to provide the spiritual needs of the members of...

IBC Proceedings Maintainable Even If Company's Name Struck Off From The Register Of Companies: NCLAT

The NCLAT has reiterated that an application under Sections 7 and 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('I&B Code') for the initiation of 'Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process' (CIRP) is maintainable even if the name of the Company has been struck-off by the Registrar of Companies. The Appellate Bench was hearing an appeal filed by Elektrans Shipping Pvt....

Special Judge Convicts Wildlife Offenders For Money Laundering: Marks The First-Ever Conviction In Delhi Under PMLA [Read Judgment]

Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann has convicted two persons of committed an offence under sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. This case marks the first ever conviction under the aforementioned anti-money laundering legislation in the state of Delhi. In the present case, the three accused persons were apprehended by a joint team of the Delhi Police Crime...

A Party To An Agreement Cannot Be An Arbiter In His Own Cause, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court reiterated that a party to an agreement cannot be an arbiter in his own cause.In this case, the general manager of the M.P. Road Development Authority quantified the liquidated damages. This was assailed by the contractor and that has been the subject matter of challenge raised in the reference petitions filed before the Arbitral Tribunal under Section 7 of the Madhya...

How Can They Lead 'Proof Of Income'? SC Enhances Compensation To Family Of Carpenter Who Died In Accident [Read Order]

What proof they can lead except to lead oral evidence, remarked Supreme Court while enhancing the compensation awarded to the family of a carpenter who died in an accident.The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal assessed the income of the deceased at Rs.1,250 per month but since no positive proof of income was led, the income of Rs.15,000 per annum was taken as notional income. In appeal, the...

Education Tribunal: Allahabad HC Bar Association Called off the Strike

After having agitated against the establishment of Education Service Tribunal at Lucknow for about a fortnight, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association has finally called off the strike. In a general meeting convened at the Bar Association Library in the presence of HCBA President Rakesh Pandey and General Secretary J. B. Singh on September 9, the Association resolved to resume work....

S. 96(3) CPC- Bar On Appeal Against Compromise Decree Not Applicable Where Court Declines To Record Some Part Of Compromise: Allahabad HC

Dismissing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution on account of availability of an alternate remedy, the Allahabad High Court has held that the bar against appeal from a compromise decree shall not apply in cases where the court records some part of the compromise while declines to record the remaining part. The petition was filed by Sri Ram Krishna Vivekanand Shishu...

Delhi HC Dismisses PlL Seeking Mandatory Requirement Of OTP For Transactions On International Websites

Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking directions to be issued to the central government to make requirement of One Time Password (OTP) mandatory for transactions made on international websites. The Petitioner Amit Sahni had submitted in his petition that mandating the requirement of OTP for transactions made on international websites would prevent instances of...