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High Court Shouldn't Have Stayed Investigation & Granted Blanket Protection From Arrest : Supreme Court Sets Aside Relief To Indiabulls Officers
The Supreme Court (on February 13) set aside the interim protection granted to Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. officers in an FIR registered against on a complaint by the Director of Shipra Estate and the consequent investigation by the Enforcement Directorate. Last year, the Allahabad High Court stayed the criminal proceedings, thus protecting the officers from arrest.The Division Bench...
Majority Of SCBA Executive Members Express Disagreement With SCBA President's Letter To CJI Against Farmers Protest
In a dramatic development, the majority of members of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association have disagreed with an earlier letter sent by SCBA President Senior Advocate Adish C Aggarwala to the Chief Justice of India seeking suo motu action against "erring farmers" in the context of the farmers protest.The 13 members of the Executive Committee of the SCBA, have in...
Bilkis Bano Case : Gujarat Govt Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Adverse Remarks
In a latest development in the Bilkis Bano case, the Gujarat government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking certain critical remarks made by it regarding the conduct of the state government with respect to the premature release of the 11 convicts, to be expunged.The state government has insisted that it was acting as per the Supreme Court's May 2022 judgment which directed...
NCLT Has Inherent Power To Recall Order Approving Resolution Plan Which Is Not Submitted As Per IBC : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12) observed that the Adjudicating Authority (“AA”) i.e., NCLT under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) has the power to recall its order approving the resolution plan if the resolution plan is not submitted as per the mandate of the Code. The Resolution Applicant (“RA”) had preferred a recall application before the AA seeking recall...
Grossly Disappointed: Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Reports On Alleged Sexual Harassment Of Women, Illegal Land Grabbing In Sandeshkhali
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday took suo moto cognizance of newspaper reports on alleged sexual harassment of women living in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, and tribal lands that had been forcibly taken over.A single bench of Justice Apurba Sinha Ray took cognizance of the matter, appointed an amicus curiae, and issued notice to the authorities. It said:I have been grossly disappointed after...
'How Can Political Party Occupy Land Allotted To High Court? : Supreme Court Shocked At AAP Party Office In Delhi HC's Land
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 13) expressed shock and surprise that a "political party" has encroached upon a land in Delhi which was allocated for the Delhi High Court.Last year, the Court had issued directions to the Delhi Government to take steps to develop the infrastructure for the Delhi Judiciary. Today, Senior Advocate K Parameshwar, the amicus curiae in the case, informed a...
Adani-Hindenburg Row | Plea Filed In Supreme Court Seeking Review Of Verdict Endorsing SEBI Investigation
In the latest development in the Adani-Hindenburg row, a review petition has been filed challenging the recent Supreme Court verdict that dismissed pleas for a probe into allegations of stock price manipulations by the Adani group of companies.The plea, filed by petitioner Anamika Jaiswal, seeks a review of the January 3 judgment, which rejected calls for a Special Investigation Team (SIT)...
Farmers Protest | "Efforts Should Be Made To Solve The Problem, States Should Identify Areas To Protest": Punjab & Haryana High Court
Amid the ongoing protest by farmers who are statedly marching towards Delhi in demand of a law guaranteeing MSP, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today called for an amicable settlement between the parties.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji also asked the State governments to determine protest sites until then. Notices have been issued to...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Law Dropping CJI From Panel To Select Election Commissioners, Posts Matter To April 2024
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 13) refused to stay the operation of Section 7 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 in a fresh petition challenging the Constitutionality of the provision.While issuing notice on the plea moved by the Association for Democratic Reforms, the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta noted that a similar...
Centre Open To Talks With Kerala On Issue Of Borrowing Limits : AG Tells Supreme Court
Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on Tuesday (February 13) told the Supreme Court that the Central Government was open to talks with the Kerala government on the issue of the limits placed by the Centre on the State's borrowing limits. In turn, the state government has also agreed to send a delegation tomorrow to Delhi to conduct a dialogue with representatives of the central...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Shiv Sena (UBT) Member Sadanand Kadam In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 12) granted bail to Sadanand Kadam, a close associate of Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab, accused in a money laundering case in connection with the construction of an allegedly illegal resort named 'Sai Resort' in Dapoli, situated in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district. Kadam was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement on 10th March 2023 in connection...