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Insolvency Law In Review – March 2021
The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (Code) has had significant ramifications on the corporate insolvency landscape. Over time, the Code has witnessed a manifold increase in litigation, and consequently in the number of decisions. This has made it difficult for insolvency practitioners to stay updated with developments in the field. The purpose of this column is to...
Alleged Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal: NHRC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance, Fact-Finding Team To Conduct Spot Enquiry
Taking note of several media reports published in various newspapers on May 4, 2021, regarding the death of some persons in the alleged Post-poll violence in West Bengal on May 3, 2021, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India today took Suo Moto Cognizance of the matter. In its press release, the NHRC has observed thus:"The political workers allegedly clashed with each other,...
Delhi High Court Says Centre Failed To Supply Oxygen As Per Orders; Issues Show-Cause Notice For Contempt
The Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for its failure to meet the assurance with regard to the supply of 700MT per day liquid medical oxygen to the Delhi Government in line with the directions passed by the Supreme Court.A division bench comprising Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli has directed the presence of Central Government officers Sumita Dawra and Piyush Goyal, who...
COVID 19 - 'We Are Pained, Orders Passed By Court Are Being Completely Ignored': Gujarat High Court Bats For Realtime Updates On Availability Of Hospital Beds
The Gujarat High Court today asked the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to come up with an online dashboard for providing real-time updates on the availability of different category of beds in different Covid-19 hospitals. "We are very pained at the State's approach and Corporation's approach. Orders passed by this Court are being completely ignored. For last three orders, we...
Can A Person Who Lost Election Be Appointed As Chief Minister?
All India Trinamool Congress won the election to the legislature of West Bengal, while its leader Mamata Banerjee lost in Nandigram, where she contested. She is reportedly going to swear in as the Chief Minister of the state.Is there any legal or constitutional bar in a person who lost election becoming Chief Minister? This column attempts to discuss the law and precedents in this...
Sharing Information Widely An Important Tool To Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media
The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during the COVID-19 crisis cannot be targeted through arrests or coercive actions by saying that such messages are false or are tarnishing the national image."We do not hesitate in saying that such targeting shall not be condoned, and the Central Government and...
Whether Centre's COVID Vaccine Procurement Prices Account For Aid Given To SII, Bharat Biotech? Supreme Court Asks
The Supreme Court has sought from the Central Government the details of public funding and aid given to COVID vaccine manufacturers Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India.The Court has also asked whether the current vaccine procurement prices for the Central Government account for the aid provided to the companies. If the vaccine prices account for such grant, on what basis the same...
My Friend Imtiaz Ahmed
My friend, Imtiaz Ahmed, left us all on 29 April after struggling with Covid-19 for several days. One does not imagine the death of any living person easily or indeed be pushed to do so. As I look back, his special presence, the self-assured demeanor, the gentle cynicism, not easily persuaded about bird-brained schemes that people bring, devoted to Aligarh Muslim University and its...
'If Procedure To Do Good Is Illegal, It Doesn't Make Purpose Good' : Bombay High Court To BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil On Remdesivir Procurement
On Monday, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) remarked that BJP MP from Ahmednagar Dr Sujay Vikhe Patil needs to introspect while referring to his social media videos glorifying his efforts to procure Remdesivir vials. A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and BU Debadwar remarked while hearing the petition seeking an FIR against Patil for allegedly unauthorisedly...
BREAKING - Media Cannot Be Stopped From Reporting Oral Remarks Of Judges; Court Discussions Are Of Public Interest : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said that media cannot be stopped from reporting the oral observations made by the judges during the hearing of a case.The Court observed that the discussions in the court are of public interest, and that the people are entitled to know how the judicial process is unfolding in the Court through the dialogue between the bar and the bench.The Court also added that...
'Centre's Vaccine Policy Prima Facie Detrimental To Right To Health, Centre Should Consider Revisiting It To Withstand The Scrutiny Of Articles 14,21': Supreme Court
The manner in which Centre's current vaccine policy has been framed would prima facie result in a detriment to the right to public health which is an integral element of Article 21 of the Constitution, said the Supreme Court in the suo moto case In Re Distribution of Essential Services and Supplies During Pandemic A Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud, L. Nageswara Rao...
