Direct Payments Made By City Corporation Establishes Employer-Employee Relationship: Karnataka HC Regularizes 250 Pourakarmikas In Tumakuru

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the order passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Bangalore, directing the Tumakuru City Corporation to regularise services of 250 daily wage workmen (pourakarmikas), by paying equal pay for equal work from the date of their joining and extend all statutory benefits, emoluments and facilities as available under law to permanent workmen in the...

Ensure Compliance Of Law Prohibiting Manufacture, Sale Of E-Cigarettes; Conduct Periodic Checks: High Court Directs Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Government to ensure compliance of Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage, and Advertisement) Act, 2019.Ordering the authorities to conduct periodic checks in the localities, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad...

Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable If Accused Is Already In Custody In Another Criminal Case: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that the anticipatory bail application of an accused is not maintainable if he is in jail in connection with another criminal case for similar or different offences. The bench of Justice Samit Gopal concluded thus while relying upon the Rajasthan High Court's ruling in the case of Sunil Kallani vs. State of Rajasthan Through Public...

'Evidence Against Khalid Saifi Is Dubious, No Provocative Speech Given': Sr. Adv. Rebecca John Tells Delhi High Court In Bail Hearing, Order Reserved

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved order in the bail plea moved by United Against Hate (UAH) member Khalid Saifi in a case alleging larger conspiracy in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Senior Advocate Rebecca M. John appearing on behalf of Saifi made rebuttal submissions before a special bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar and argued that the evidence against...

25 Member Vacancies In NCLTs, 12.8K Cases Pending, Average Resolution Time Almost Tripled In 5 Yrs

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Rao Inderjit Singh, on Monday, while tabling written answers to two unstarred questions tendered in the Lok Sabha, informed that the Central Government was not considering to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in order to tackle the issue of pendency of cases. The questions, unstarred ones, came from Congress...

BREAKING: Delhi Court Grants Interim Bail To Umar Khalid For One Week

A Delhi Court on Monday granted interim bail to student activist Umar Khalid for a period of one week in the larger conspiracy case of 2020 Northeast Delhi riots. Khalid had sought the interim bail to attend his sister's marriage ceremony.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat passed the order but made it clear that the interim bail will remain subject to conditions. The interim bail will...

Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Gautam Navlakha's Bail Appeal In Bhima Koregaon case

Journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha, who is an accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case, has approached the Bombay High Court in appeal against rejection of his bail application by the trial court. The division bench of Justice AS Gadkari and Justice P. D. Naik on Monday issued notice to the NIA in the case. Navlakha is currently under house arrest after...

Parliament Passes Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill To Promote Use Of Non-Fossil Energy

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Bill to amend the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, to reduce fossil fuel-based energy consumption and resultant carbon emissions to the atmosphere.The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha in August 2022. It empowers the central government to specify energy consumption standards and require designated consumers to meet a minimum share of energy consumption from...

Falling Of Signboard A Foreseeable Event Given Delhi's Geographical Location, Defence Of Act Of God Can't Be Sustained: High Court

The Delhi High Court has ordered release of compensation of over Rs 18 Lakh in favour of the kin of a man, who died as a result of the injuries suffered due to falling of a signboard on his head in 2011.The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju in the ruling considered the question regarding applicability of the defence of vis major or act of God and principle...

Application Before Commercial Division Cannot Be Rejected Merely For Mentioning Wrong Provision Under Which It Has Been Preferred: Calcutta HC

The Commercial Division of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday reiterated that an interlocutory application cannot be rejected merely on the ground that it mentions a wrong provision of law under which it has been preferred. The Court was hearing an application for final judgment and decree filed under the provisions of Chapter XIIIA of the Calcutta High Court Original Side Rules. The...

'Illegal Mining Has Irreparable Effect On Environment, No Leniency Can Be Shown': P&H HC Rejects Tractor-Owner's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently rejected an anticipatory bail plea of a tractor-owner who apprehended arrest in a case of illegal sand mining in Punjab's Hoshiarpur, citing the adverse and irreversible impacts which such activities were causing to the environment. Noting the seriousness of the matter, Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill said: "The adverse effects of...

AIBE-XVII To Be Conducted On February 5; Online Registration To Begin On December 13, Closes On January 16

The Bar Council of India has decided to conduct the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVII on February 5. Online registrations for the same will begin on December 13 and the registrations can be done till January 16.#JustIN | All India Bar Exam-XVII To Be Conducted on February 5, 2023.Last date of online registration: January 16, 2023 pic.twitter.com/sjLogl578T— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia)...