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Accused Cannot Be Said To Be Delaying Trial By Legally Challenging Trial Court Orders : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally commented that an accused cannot be said to be delaying trial by taking steps to legally challenge an order passed by the trial court.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi was hearing the petition filed former Chhattisgarh Excise Minister Kawasi Lakhma in relation to the liquor scam...
Supreme Court Asks NCLAT To Take Fresh Decision On Whether Probe Needed Against Flipkart Under Competition Act
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the order passed by the National Company Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in 2020 directing a probe by the Director General on whether there was any violation of the Competition Act 2000 by Flipkart.The Court remanded the matter to the NCLAT for fresh consideration, after considering Flipkart's argument that the NCLAT passed the order relying on the...
Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Former Chhattisgarh Excise Minister Kawasi Lakhma In Liquor Scam Cases
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to former Chhattisgarh excise minister and present Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma in two cases connected with the Chhattisgarh liquor scam.The Court granted him relief in the case under the Prevention of Corruption Act being handled by the Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau as well as the connected money laundering case being...
Sr Adv Vivek Tankha Agrees To Withdraw Defamation Case Against Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The Supreme Court today disposed of Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's plea seeking quashing of the criminal defamation case filed against him by Congress MP and senior advocate Vivek Tankha in view of a settlement between the parties.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh recorded the withdrawal of the proceedings by Tankha and closed the case pending before...
Armed Forces Tribunal Can Hear Appeal Against Findings Of ICC Under POSH Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently ruled that an army personnel aggrieved by the findings of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the POSH Act can file an appeal before the Armed Forces Tribunal. “Section 14 of the AFT Act, 2007 when read in juxtaposition with Section 18 of the POSH Act, we find that the appellant herein had rightly approached the Tribunal so as to assail the report as...
Temple Trust Not An 'Industry' As Per Industrial Disputes Act : Supreme Court
Holding that a temple trust does not qualify as an “industry”, the Supreme Court recently upheld the termination of an accountant employed by the trust, despite the absence of a formal inquiry and after more than twelve years of service. “the respondent-Trust is a temple and as such, it would not fall within the four corners of the expression “industry”.”, observed a bench...
ED v. Mamata Banerjee : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court to hear today ED's plea against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and certain state police officers, for allegedly obstructing its search of the office of IPAC, the political consultant of All India Trinamool CongressBench: Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul M PancholiOn the last date, the bench issued notice on the plea and stayed further proceedings in 3 FIRs lodged by...