'Jana Gana Mana' And 'Vande Mataram' Stand On Same Level, Every Citizen Should Show Equal Respect To Both: Centre To Delhi High Court

The Centre has told Delhi High Court that both Jana Gana Mana and Vande Mataram stand on the same level and that every citizen of the country should show equal respect to both. "National song occupies a unique and special place in the emotions and psyche of the people of India," the Ministry of Home Affairs said in its response to a PIL moved by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar...

Use Of Word 'Mediation' In Arbitration Clause Is Immaterial, Clause Does Not Lose Its Character : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that nomenclature of an arbitration clause is immaterial when all the elements are present. The bench of Justice Prateek Jalan held that an arbitration clause would not loose its character merely because the word 'mediation' has been used as its nomenclature. It held that, in construction of a contractual clause, the Court should be guided by the...

Lodha Committee Recommendations On BCCI Reforms Not Applicable To District Cricket Association Elections: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has said that Justice R.M. Lodha Committee recommendations do not apply to the district cricket association elections. Justice N. Nagaresh in a judgement delivered on Monday said the Committee and the apex court in Board of Control for Cricket v. Cricket Association of Bihar and others intended to make reforms in the governance of BCCI and bring the state...

Delhi High Court Condones Delay In Payments Under VSV Due To Covid and Death Of Managing Director

The Delhi High Court, while exercising its extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, has condoned the delay in payments under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas (VSV) due to COVID and the death of the managing director of the company.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has observed that the power to condone the delay...

IBBI Amends Model Bye-Laws Regulations For Insolvency Professional Agencies

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India ("IBBI") has amended the IBBI (Model Bye-Laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) Regulations, 2016 ("Model Bye laws Regulations") for a second time vide Gazette notification dated 31.10.2022. The Model Bye Laws Regulations lay down the governance structure and provides for model bye laws of the Insolvency...

Application For Appointment Of Arbitrator Can't Be Rejected Due To Vague Notice Invoking Arbitration: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that the contention that the notice issued under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), invoking the arbitration clause, is vague or bereft of material particulars, cannot be a ground to reject the application under Section 11(6) of the A&C Act, seeking appointment of an arbitrator.The Single Bench of Chief Justice...

Parking Services Of Cycle, Scooters Doesn't Attract Service Tax: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the service tax is not payable on the parking services for cycles and scooters.The single bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj has directed the department to release the security amount along with the interest within four weeks.The petitioner/assessee had taken vacant land on lease at Bus Stand, Karnal, for parking of cycles/scooters during the...

Consumers Must Know Whether Fruit Or Vegetable Ripened Artificially: Delhi High Court Asks FSSAI To Frame Guidelines

The Delhi High Court has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to consider framing a regime whereby fruits and vegetables which are ripened artificially by using ethylene gas or other artificial ripeners should have a "necessary indication" placed on it.A division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju asked the FSSAI to draw up a broad...

[Gyanvapi] Varanasi Court's Order Refusing Scientific Probe Into 'Shiva Linga' Challenged Before Allahabad HC, ASI Gets Notice

The Allahabad High Court today issued a notice to the Archaeological Survey Of India(ASI) on a plea moved before it challenging Varanasi Court's October 14 order wherein it had rejected Hindu worshippers' plea for a scientific probe into 'Shiva Linga' reportedly found inside Gyanvapi Mosque premises.It may be noted that last month, the Varanasi Court had rejected Hindu worshippers' plea seeking...

MS Dhoni Files Criminal Contempt Plea Against IPS Officer In Madras HC Over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Judiciary

Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has approached the Madras High Court seeking to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against G Sampath Kumar IPS for his alleged remarks against the Supreme Court and the Madras High Court in a pleading filed in connection with the IPL scandal. Though the case was listed before a bench of Justice PN Prakash and Justice RMT Teeka Raman today, it could not come...

Patent Infringement: Delhi High Court Says Garbage Bins Installed In Gujarat's Gandhinagar In Violation Of Interim Injunction

The Delhi High Court has said that a Mumbai-based company is prima facie guilty of contempt for continuing to supply garbage bins to Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, in violation of an interim injunction granted by it last year in favour of Sotkon, an international waste management company.Hearing a patent infringement suit filed by Sotkon last year, the court in the interim order...

Plea Seeks Removal Of Illegal Majars, Mosques From Public Places In State: Allahabad HC Seeks UOI, UP Govt's Reply

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday has sought the responses of the Union of India and the Uttar Pradesh Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking the removal of unauthorized Majars and Mosques from public places [like railway stations, roads, parks, etc]The PIL plea, moved by Jan Udghosh Sewa Sansthan and others, shall be heard next on December 15 by the bench of...