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Are LIC Policy Holders Entitled To Dividend From Surplus Fund? Bombay High Court To Examine; Refuses To Stall LIC IPO
The Bombay High Court has refused ad-interim relief to stall the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the country's oldest and largest insurer – Life Insurance Corporation of India, with a rider that any IPO before the court finally decides the challenge would be subject to the outcome of the petition. Three LIC policy holders from Maharashtra's Nashik district have filed a...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: April 11 To April 17, 2022
CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 298 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 332NOMINAL INDEXCase Title: ANJANA GOSAIN v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT AND ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 298Case Title: HTC CORPORATION v. MR. LV DEGAO & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 299Case Title: Aarin through her next friend and natural father Sh. Pawan Kumar v. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan& Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 300Case Title: Red Bull AG v...
Allahabad HC Frowns Upon Law Students 'Flooding' Court With PILs Based On Internship Projects, Failure To Pursue Case Thereafter
Referring to the practice of law students filing Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleas in the High Court based on their internship projects and thereafter not pursuing the matters, the Allahabad High Court recently frowned upon such students as it remarked that the Court can't be made a dumping ground for pushing all such internship reports.The Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and...
Justice Kurian Joseph To Lead Mediation For Release Of Indian Woman Sentenced To Death In Yemen
In a significant development in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian woman who is facing death sentence in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni citizen, former Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has agreed to lead a mediation attempt for her release.As per Yemeni law, a convict in a murder case can be released if the family members of the victim pardon the crime.Speaking to LiveLaw,...
BCI Examining Proposal That Senior Advocates Should Compulsorily Induct 5 Newly Enrolled Advocates
On the recommendation of the Supreme Court to revisit the present mechanism of induction into the legal profession, to improve the quality of professionals joining the Bar, the Bar Council of India ("BCI") had submitted an affidavit indicating the changes it seeks to implement to achieve the same. On 15.03.2022, a Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh had...
"You Will Soon Get A Good News" : CJI Ramana To Judicial Officers On Pay Commission Issues
The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday said that the judicial officers will soon receive a "good news" on the issues related to the pay commission.The CJI was addressing the Telangana State Judicial Officers at at the inaugural event of Telangana State Judicial Officers Conference 2022 at Hyderabad. While stressing on the importance of taking care of one's physical and mental health,...
Hawker Can't Claim Right To Leave Goods & Wares Overnight At Hawking Place : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that any hawker can be permitted to hawk in the market only as per the hawking policy and not against the same. The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna also observed that a hawker has no right to insist that he may be permitted to keep his goods and wares at the place where he is hawking overnight."Any hawker can be permitted to hawk in the...
LIVE NOW -Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture By Dr. Justice S Muralidhar
Community for the Eradication of Discrimination in Education and Employment is organizing Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture On "Appearing In court: Challenges In Representing The Marginalized"The details of the event are as follows: Date: April 14, 2022Time: 05 PMSpeaker: Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Chief Justice, High Court of OrissaTopic: "Appearing in Court: Challenges in Representing...
"We Must Remain Ever Vigilant Against Divisiveness" : CJI Ramana After Visiting Partition Museum
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has made an appeal for eternal vigilance against divisiveness after visting the Partition Museum at Amritsar on Thursday."This museum reminds us of our tragic past and warns us against divisions of all kinds. It portrays vividly the losses suffered by mankind on an unprecedented scale due to the divide and rule policy of colonial powers. This dark chapter in...
Limitation Period U/S 468 CrPC Not Applicable To Application U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the limitation period prescribed under Section 468 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not applicable for the filing of an application by an aggrieved woman under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.The Supreme Court held as erroneous a judgment of the Madras High Court which held that the Section 12 application ought to...
BREAKING| Kerala High Court Grants Interim Relief To KSRTC, Directs Oil Companies To Supply High Speed Diesel At Retail Prices
A vacation bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief in the plea moved by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) challenging the decision of State-owned Oil Marketing Companies to increase the price of diesel sold to the Corporation, which is allegedly much higher than the market price.Justice N. Nagaresh directed the respondents to levy the price of...
"Lack Of Money Is Not An Answer": High Court Pulls Up Delhi Government Over Failure To Pay Salaries To Teachers
Pulling up the Delhi Government over its failure to pay salaries to the teachers, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that lack of money is not an answer for such non payment.Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with a bunch of contempt petitions filed by various teachers involving the issue of non payment of salaries to them in accordance with the 6th and 7th Central...