Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Appeal Against Acquittal Order

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its Judgment on the maintainability of a criminal appeal filed against the order of the Special CBI Court at Lucknow that acquitted all 32 persons (including prominent BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh, etc) accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque on December...

Man Who Set Himself Ablaze In Madras HC Over Denial Of Tribal Certificate To Son Actually Belonged To SC Community: State Claims

Additional Advocate General J Ravindran on Monday told the Madras High Court that the man who set himself ablaze in the court premises over non issuance of community certificate to his son actually belonged to the Scheduled Caste (Hindu Kuravan) community and not the Scheduled Tribe community (as he had claimed in his application). The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja...

Delhi High Court Allows Depreciation Claim To Daikin For Goodwill On Exclusive Business Rights

The Delhi High Court while ruling in favour of the Daikin Shri Ram Aircon Pvt. Ltd. has held that the business rights acquired for valuable consideration constitute an intangible asset within the meaning of Section 32(1)(ii) of the Income Tax Act and depreciation is allowable.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has observed that the department has...

Gujarat High Court Quashes State's First FIR Filed Under 'Anti-Love Jihad' Law

The Gujarat High Court recently quashed the first FIR registered by the Gujarat Police under the state's 'anti-love jihad' law after the husband and wife settled the matter among themselves."...this Court is of the considered view that further continuation of the criminal proceedings in relation to the impugned FIR would be nothing but unnecessary harassment to the parties and trial thereon...

No Notice Is Required For Personal Guarantor At The Stage Of Appointment Of IRP: NCLT Amravati

The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Amravati Bench, comprising of Justice Telaprolu Rajani (Judicial Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in Central Bank of India v Mr. Kothapatti Raju, has held that in terms of Section 97 and Section 100 of IBC, no notice or right of audience can be given to the Personal Guarantor at a stage before appointing the...

Once Registered As MSME, The Nature Of Activity Cannot Be A Bar To Any Relief Under The Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that once an enterprise is registered with the local MSME Council, it is entitled to all the benefits of the Act and the nature of activity between the parties cannot stand as a bar to any relief provided under the act. The bench of Justice R. Ragunandan Rao held that MSME Council cannot dismiss an application under Section 18 of the Act on...

'Lack Of Speed' Not Sufficient To Initiate Contempt Action On Ground Of Deliberate & Wilful Disobedience Of Judicial Order: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the "lack of speed" in implementing a judicial order would not be sufficient for a court to take contempt action against the authorities on the ground of "deliberate and wilful disobedience" under Contempt of Courts Act.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad made the observation while dismissing a plea filed...

"Best Face Of Police Force" : Kerala HC Judge Appreciates Officer Who Breastfed Infant Separated From Mother

Civil Police Officer, M.R. Ramya, who breastfed an infant who had been separated from its mother and found in a hapless state, was felicitated with a certificate issued by Kerala High Court Judge, Justice Devan Ramachandran. The certificate was handed over by State Police Chief, R. Anil Kant. Justice Devan termed Ramya's good deed as the "best face of the police force". The Certificate...

IBC Cases Weekly Round-Up: 24th To 30th October, 2022

NCLAT NCLAT Issues Directions For Computation Of Limitation In Filing Of Appeals F.No.10/37/2018-NCLAT The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT") vide an Order dated 21.10.2022 has issued directions for computation of limitation for filing of appeals before NCLAT. The period of limitation shall be computed from the date of presentation of Appeal as per Rule 22 of the...

Death Is The Greatest Equalizer, State Bound To Provide Reasonable Facilities For Burial & Cremation, There Must Be No Discrimination: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court recently directed the Public Works Department, the Margao Municipal Council and Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) to construct a burial ground for the Muslim community in Sonsodo locality, within 6 months. This order was passed in a PIL highlighting that the land was acquired for the purpose of constructing the kabristan 11 years ago but there has been...

Kerala High Court To Introduce 'Unique Neutral Citation Number' System From November 1

Just days after Delhi High Court introduced its own 'neutral citation system' for all the judgments on its official website, the Kerala High Court is also set to implement a 'Unique Neutral Citation Number' for all Judgments and 'CR' marked interim orders issued since the year 1949, from November 1.According to a notice issued by Kerala High Court's Registrar General P. Krishna Kumar,...

Delhi High Court Vacates Stay on Vistara's 'Fly Higher' Campaign, Says Term Common To Aviation Sector

Vacating its ex parte ad interim injunction against Tata Sia Airlines-owned Vistara's promotional campaign 'Fly Higher', the Delhi High Court has said the term 'Fly High' is common to the aviation sector.The airline had introduced the advertising campaign in 2018 as an extension of its tagline 'Fly The New Feeling'. On January 21 this year, the court granted an ad interim injunction in favour...