SC/ST Students Of NLU Delhi Complain Of Facing 'Institutionalized Discrimination'

The University has not established an SC/ST Cell as mandated by the UGC, alleged the students.

Juvenility Claim After President's Mercy: Uttarakhand HC Dismisses Triple Murder Convict's Plea [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a 'Juvenility' plea of a triple murder convict whose death sentence affirmed by the Apex Court was later modified to life imprisonment by the President of India.Om Prakash @ Nazrul @ Raju Dass @ Raju Chaudhary @ Saiful Islam was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of triple murder. The death penalty was affirmed by the Supreme Court, finally on...

'He Left An Indelible Impression On The Nation, GST And IBC Major Achievements': BCI,SCBA Condole Death Of Arun Jaitely

Supreme Court Bar Association and Bar Council of India issued a statement mourning the death of the senior member of the Bar and the former Law Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley. BCI's press release states the many facets of his excellence - his oratory skills, excellent intellect and articulate nature. It also mentioned many achievements of his illustrious career, his stint as an Additional...

90 Years Old Freedom Fighter Harassed By Govt Of India: SC Slams Govt. For Filing SLP [Read Order]

"We are surprised that such a matter should have been found fit to be filed in this Court. It is a sheer waste of judicial time."

A Financial Creditor Cannot Challenge The Insolvency Proceedings Initiated By Another Financial Creditor On The Ground Of Superior Claim: NCLAT

The NCLAT while dismissing an appeal filed by L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. held that a Financial Creditor cannot challenge the order of admission of Insolvency petition by another financial creditor merely on the ground that it has a superior claim over the claim of the other Financial Creditors. In this case, an Agreement was executed between...

Corruption Is A Disease; Bombay HC Directs Registration Of FIR Against Ajit Pawar And Other Politicians In Co-operative Bank Scam [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Economic Offences Wing to register a FIR against former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar and other state politicians for their alleged involvement in the State Co-operative bank scam within 5 days. Division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice SK Shinde were hearing a PIL filed by one Surinder Mohan Arora alleging...

Copy Of Oath Taken By HC Judges Cannot Be Sought Under RTI, Says Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

Copy of oath taken and subscribed by High Court judges cannot be sought under RTI, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held.One Arun Kumar Gupta had made an application to the Public Information Officer of the High Court seeking copy of oath taken and subscribed by two High Court judges viz. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N.K. Agarwal. PIO and later the Appellate authority held that...

Meghalaya HC CJ Unveils Action Plan To Reduce Pendency Of Cases In Subordinate Courts

In a unique initiative by Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal, an action plan has been devised for reducing cases that have been pending in the subordinate courts of Meghalaya for five years or more. In Meghalaya, cases used to be tried by the Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrates before separation of subordinate Judiciary from the executive, which...

NCLT Has Inherent Power To Impose Moratorium Before Initiation Of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process : NCLAT [Read Judgment]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in a matter has recently held that once an application for initiating insolvency proceedings is filed, NCLT does not have to await hearing of the parties to impose moratorium. The NCLAT Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Kanthi Narahari, Member (Technical), while hearing the matter [NUI Pulp and...

Delhi HC Adjourns Hearing Of Plea Against Shah Faesal's Detention Till Sep 3

The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to issue a formal notice on the plea of former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who has alleged that he was illegally detained at the Delhi airport on August 14 and taken back to Srinagar, where he has been kept under house arrest, saying the Centre had already said it would file a reply.A bench of justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal told Faesal's...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Lawyers As Judges Of Telanagana HC [Read Notification]

The Centre on Friday notified the appointments of three advocates as judges of the Telanagana High Court. They are: T. Vinod Kumar A. Abhishek Reddy K. Lakshman All the three advocates are presently in the post of Assistant Solicitor General. They will assume office in the above order of seniority and will hold the position for two years. The SC Collegium had recommended the elevation...

PIL For Uniform Civil Code Not Maintainable: Muslim Personal Law Board Tells Delhi HC, Seeks Impleadment

An application has been filed by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board before the Delhi High Court seeking impleadment as a respondent party in a plea for Uniform Civil Code. It has also, in the alternative, sought dismissal of the said plea. A bench headed by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Rajendra Menon had earlier issued notice to the Law Commission of India in...