Student’s Murder: Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief To Founders Of Ryan International Till Wednesday

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted one-day interim relief to the founders of Ryan International School after they moved for transit anticipatory bail on Monday after two senior officials of the school were arrested in connection with the murder of a 7-year-old on the school premises in Gurugram.Justice AS Gadkari granted protection from arrest to Augustine Pinto, Grace Pinto and their...

Escorting Sri Sri Ravi Shankar By Chief Justice: Gauhati HC Bar Association Expresses Its Displeasure [Read Resolution]

Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh has landed himself in controversy after being seen escorting Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar from the airport to his official residence by driving the car himself, when the latter visited Guwahati on September 5 to attend North-East Indigenous People's conference.Expressing its disapproval of the Chief...

Former Kerala HC Judge Justice KA Nair Passes Away

Justice K A Nayar (87), Former Judge  of High Court of Kerala passed away on 12.9.2017 at his residence in Diwans Road. He was ailing for some time due to age related complications. Justice Nayar hails from the Karimbil Family of Nileswaram, Kasargod District.Justice Nayar was an alumnus of Oxford University and thereafter qualified as a Barrister of the Inner Temple in 1953. Till his...

Defacing Delhi For DUSU Polls: HC Issues Notices To Candidates

A day before the Delhi University goes to poll for its students union, the Delhi High Court has issued show cause notice to all candidates in the fray over a PIL showing how the campaign had left Delhi and its public property defaced, some with permanent scars, so to speak.A bench headed by Chief Justice Gita Mittal issued show cause notices to NSUI's presidential candidate Rocky Tuseer, his...

Prof. (Dr.) Tahir Mahmood Bags N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award 2017

Eminent jurist Prof. (Dr.) Tahir Mahmood has been awarded the prestigious Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award – 2017.Honouring law teachers and law schools in India, Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT) have been observing Law Teachers’ Day in September since 2009. Celebrating Law Teachers’ Day this year, SILF and MILAT announced the recipients of this year’s awards last week.Professor Dr Tahir Mahmood is currently the...

Sensitize Judicial Officers On Maximum Length Of Police Custody Under Prevention Of Money Laundering Act: Delhi HC To District And Sessions Judges [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently requested District & Sessions Judges to sensitize judicial officers posted under their jurisdiction regarding the maximum period for which an accused can be kept in custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).“It is trite that the Special Judge under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (in short “PMLA”)/Magistrate is not a wing...

NUJS IDIA Volunteers Brutally Assaulted While Trying To Save A Slum

Six students of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences were assaulted on Sunday, when they were trying to resist demolition and eviction of settlers in Kolkata’s Subhas Sarovar area.Last month, Increasing Diversity By Increasing Access (IDIA) had secured a stay on the proposed demolition of the slum, in furtherance of a Petition filed before the Calcutta High Court. Despite this order, the authorities had decided to proceed with the demolition.According to Ms. Gatha G....

GST Council Revises Schedule To Facilitate Filing Of Returns

In order to facilitate taxpayers in filing returns, the Goods and Service Tax Council, in its 21st meeting held recently in Hyderabad has recommended the following measures:In view of the difficulties being faced by taxpayers in filing returns, the following revised schedule has been approved: Further, GSTR-3B will continue to be filed for the months of August to December 2017. A...

Delhi HC Upholds Invalidation Of Exclusion Of Categories From Quota For Disabled Soldiers By DU [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court recently upheld an order passed by a single Judge invalidating exclusion of certain categories from the quota set apart for wards of soldiers and defense personnel who suffered in combat, or were disabled during active service.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravinder Bhat and Justice Sunil Gaur was hearing a batch of Petitions challenging an order passed by...

High Courts Weekly Round- Up

Bombay High CourtIn a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court held that the Federation of Labour Law Practitioners cannot be registered as a trade union under the Trade Unions Act, 1926.The High Court granted interim stay on an order passed by the State Information Commissioner (Greater Mumbai), Ajit Kumar Jain, wherein the Deputy Registrar of the High Court was directed to...

Ex-Parte Decree On Being Set Aside Becomes Non-Est And Cannot Be Regarded As Decree Passed By Court Of First Instance [Read Judgment]

Answering the issue as to whether, in a suit for pre-emption, an ex parte decree which is later set aside, can be termed to be the decree of the court of first instance, the Supreme Court has said that ex-parte decree, once set aside, will cease to exist and cannot be regarded as decree of the court of first instance.The suit in question was filed by a co-sharer of property seeking to set...

Can A PSU Be A "Corporate Person" Under Bankruptcy Code? NCLT Chennai Reserves Order

The National Company Law Tribunal, Chennai, on Saturday, reserved an order that would clarify whether a PSU would fall within the ambit of a "corporate person" under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.The matter before the Tribunal pertains to Petitions filed by power producers Ind. Bharath Power Gencom Ltd, Ind. Bharath Thermal Limited and Aarkay Energy (Rameshwaram) Limited against Tamil...