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NCLT Mumbai Approves Arcelormittal Promoted AM Mining's Resolution Plan For Uttam Galva Steels
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P. N. Deshmukh (Retd.) (Judicial Member) and Mr. Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in State Bank of India v Uttam Galva Steels Limited, has approved the resolution plan submitted by ArcelorMittal promoted AM Mining Pvt. Ltd. for Uttam Galva Steels...
"Convict's Wife, Children Dependent Upon Him": Allahabad HC Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term In Minor's Rape-Murder Case
The Allahabad High Court recently commuted the death penalty awarded to a rape and murder convict by the trial court to life imprisonment as it noted that the convict was of 20 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime in 2013 and now when he is around 29 year old, he has dependents in the form of wife and children."Convict/appellant was of 20 years of age at the time of...
S.54 TPA | Unregistered Sale Deed Cannot Defy Title By Delivery Of Possession Of Immovable Property Valued Below ₹100: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that if there is alienation of immovable property, whose value is less than Rs.100 and possession is given, then a transfer under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, takes place. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum sitting at Kalaburagi held the same while dismissing an appeal filed by one Gangappa, questioning the...
Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court's 10 Reasons For Denying Bail To Umar Khalid In UAPA Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to activist Umar Khalid, who has been in custody since September 2020 in the larger conspiracy case of 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The FIR 59/2020 being probed by Delhi Police's Special Cell invokes various charges under different provisions of Indian Penal Code as well as the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 against the...
Citizen's Arrest Compromises Right To Life And Personal Liberty, Adherence To Procedure Must Be Strict And Scrupulous: Delhi High Court
Observing that the arrest of any citizen compromises his right to life and personal liberty, the Delhi High Court has said that the adherence to any procedure, which affects the liberty of the citizen, has to be strict and scrupulous."The arrest of any citizen compromises his right to life and personal liberty, which are the most sanctified of the fundamental rights under Part III of...
IIT Admissions: Bombay HC Asks Institutes To Consider Allotting Vacant Seats To Aspirants Who Cleared 1st Counselling Round But Couldn't Deposit Fees
In a plea by two candidates who were allotted seats in IITs in the first round of counselling but didn't pay fees due to technical glitch, the Bombay High Court asked the IITs to consider giving admission to the petitioners if seats are vacant in the 6th round. The bench of Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice R. N. Laddha considered that the petitioners are bright students who...
Gyanvapi ASI Survey Stay | Allahabad High Court Grants Last Opportunity To ASI's DG To File Affidavit, Imposes ₹10K Cost
In the ongoing hearing before the Allahabad High Court in connection with the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute, the High Court today granted a last opportunity to the Director General, Archaeological Survey of India to file a personal affidavit sought by the HC in 10 days.Taking note of the fact that the Civil Suit is pending before the Civil Court Varanasi since 1991, the Bench...
'Ego' Is A Small Three Letter Word That Spoils Relationships: Madras High Court
While dismissing a wife's habeas corpus petition claiming that her husband had kept their four year old son in illegal custody, the Madras High Court stressed that parents must keep aside their 'ego' for the welfare of the child.Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice C Saravanan dismissed the petition observing that the child was not in the illegal custody of the husband. The court, however,...
Person Not Prosecuted For Predicate Offence Can Be Prosecuted For Money Laundering Under PMLA: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has made it clear that Supreme Court's decision in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary and others v. Union of India and others does not preclude the Enforcement Directorate from prosecuting a person for offence of money laundering under PMLA, merely because such person was not prosecuted for the predicate offence.The bench of Justices PN Prakash and Teeka Raman found force in...
'String Of Commonality': Delhi High Court Rejects Argument On Ideological Differences Between Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam
Rejecting an argument that there was no ideological meeting of minds between Umar Khalid and co-accused Sharjeel Imam in the case of alleged larger conspiracy behind Northeast riots, the Delhi High Court Tuesday said it finds "it a little difficult" to accept the contention as there exists a string of commonality among all the accused.The observation has been made in response to Senior...
Online Marketplaces Exempted From Liability U/S 79 IT Act: Allahabad HC Grants Relief To Flipkart In Product Discrepancy Case
Taking into account the mandate of Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000, the Allahabad High Court recently granted relief to online Marketplace Flipkart in connection with a case wherein a laptop with a different company processor was delivered to the customer by the seller listed on the Flipkart.For context, Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 exempts the liability of intermediaries (like...
[Delhi Riots] Attack on Police Personnel by 'Women Protestors In Front', Area Engulfed In Riot is Epitome Of Premeditated Plan: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that the attack on police personnel during the 2020 North East Delhi riots by "women protestors in front only followed by other ordinary people and engulfing the area into a riot" is the "epitome of a pre-mediated plan" and would prima facie be covered by the definition of 'terrorist act' under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Denying bail to...