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Unilateral Constitution Of A Narrow Panel Of Arbitrators Violates Impartiality : Delhi High Court
The High Court of Delhi has held that the power conferred on one party to unilaterally choose names from a panel of arbitrators and forwarding it to the other party to select its arbitrator from those names is violative of principle of impartiality in arbitration. The Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna held that such a unilateral exercise of power creates space for suspicion...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Ragpicker Accused In Jahangirpuri Riots Case
In a first, the Delhi High Court has granted bail to one Jahid, a rag picker, arrested in connection with the clashes that broke out in city's Jahangirpuri area during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.Jahid, an 18 to 19 year old man, was in custody since April 17, 2022. Justice Yogesh Khanna was of the view that Jahid was not identified in any of the CCTV footages. The Court also observed...
UP 'Cow Slaughter Act' | No Permit Required For Transportation Of Cow, Its Progeny Within Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that mere transportation of a cow and its progeny within the state of Uttar Pradesh is not a violation of any of the provisions of the UP Cow Slaughter Act.The Bench of Justice Mohd. Aslam further held that no permit is required to transport the cow and its progeny within the state of Uttar Pradesh.With this, the court set aside an order passed by...
Reinstatement A Normal Course When S.25(F) ID Act Is Violated, Not Compensation: Gujarat HC Grants Relief To State-Employed Sweeper
In a recent order, the Gujarat High Court has held that the benefits of reinstatement would be a 'normal course' that ought to follow once there is a violative of Section 25(F) under the Industrial Disputes Act. Keeping in view this principle, the High Court reinstated, without backwages, the Petitioner who working as a 'sweeper' under the State for 6 years. The Labour Court's award...
Bonafide Disciplinary Proceedings By Bar Council Have Statutory Indemnity Against Legal Action: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently emphasized on "statutory indemnity" available to the Bar Councils with respect to bonafide disciplinary proceedings initiated against Advocates. The court was hearing a criminal revision petition moved by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry against the order of a lower court dismissing the Bar Council's application to reject a plaint filed by...
[S.14 SARFAESI Act] Jurisdiction Of DM Purely Ministerial In Nature; Not Empowered To Hear Borrower/ Third Parties: Bombay High Court
Observing that the jurisdiction of the District Magistrate (DM) is limited only to assisting secured creditors in taking possession of secured assets under the SARFAESI Act, the Bombay High Court held that the DM isn't empowered to hear the borrower or third parties while deciding application filed by secured creditor. "The jurisdiction of the CMM/DM under Section 14 of the SARFAESI...
"IO Literally Slept Over Forensic Reports": MP High Court Reverses Rape & Murder Conviction After 10 Yrs, Orders Enquiry Against Errant Officers
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently chided the investigating agency for not utilizing the scientific evidence available to them so as to make a watertight case against an accused in a murder and rape case, thereby leaving the Court with no choice but to acquit him.The division bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice S.K. Singh further held that the negligent...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: August 15 To August 21, 2022
NOMINAL INDEX Triyugi Nath Tiwari v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 371 Dr. Vijay Kumar v. State Of U.P. Thru Prin.Secy.Home 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 372 Nirbhay Singh and others v. State of U.P. and others along with connected pleas 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 373 Ajay Kumar Yadav And Another v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others along with connected matters 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 374 SR...
High Court Directs Punjab Police To Decide Representation Against Alleged Misuse Of 'Guru Granth Sahib' For Land Grabbing
Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed Punjab's Inspector General of Police and Senior Superintendent of Police to decide a representation to stop the accused with immediate effect from committing sacrilege of Holy Guru Granth Sahib Ji.The bench comprising Justice Sandeep Moudgil was dealing with a petition wherein it was alleged that the private respondents unauthorisedly entered...
Appointment Of SSB Exam Candidates With Religious Tattoos | Allahabad HC Directs Centre To Comply With Its Order In 2 Months
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Government to comply with its March 7, 2022 order wherein it had directed the UOI and SSB to consider the candidature of 3 SSB Exam Candidates who were denied employment on account of certain tattoos on a certain part of their hands (forearm), in case they remove such tattoo.On March 7, 2022, the Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma had directed...
Bombay High Court Directs Demolition Over 100-Year-Old Dilapidated Widows Hostel Building In Mumbai
Bombay High Court has upheld the demolition order of an over 100-year-old dilapidated C-1 category building in Mumbai that was home to widows from the Parsi community. The court ruled that the seven tests to check the building's strength under BMC's 2018 guidelines were not mandatory for load bearing structures like the present one and the guidelines would apply only to cement...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Batch Of Pleas Concerning Agnipath Scheme
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from the Central Government in a bunch of pleas challenging its Agnipath Scheme and seeking resumption and enrolment as per previous recruitment scheme in defence services.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted four weeks time to the Centre for filing reply in the pleas, while...