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SAT | Objective of SEBI Act is to regulate healthy growth of securities market: No action to be taken without following principles of natural justice

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): The Coram of Tarun Agarwala, J. (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G Nair (Member) and M.T. Joshi, J. (Judicial Member)

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APTEL | Maintenance of Judicial discipline is part of judicial process; Tribunal directs implementation of order

Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL): A Division Bench of Manjula Chellur, J. (Member) and S.D. Dubey, (Technical Member) passed an order for

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NGT | Even if pollution is contributed by others, entity violating environmental norms cannot avoid responsibility

National Green Tribunal (NGT): A Coram of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), K. Ramakrishnan (Judicial Member), JJ.,

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NCLAT | Rejection of application under S. 9 IBC upheld where CIRP initiated with ‘fraudulent and malicious’ intent

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Bench of S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice A.I.S Cheema, Member (Judicial) and Kanthi Narahari, Member

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CIC | “Notice of motion” by a member is covered under “proceedings in Parliament”; exempted from disclosure under S. 8(1)(c) of RTI Act

Central Information Commission (CIC): The Chief Information Commissioner, Sudhir Bhargava, while addressing an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 held that,

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HP SCDRC | No bar under Consumer Protection Act prohibiting filing of consumer complaint in the presence of an alternative remedy

Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Shimla: Coram of Justice P.S. Rana (President), Vijay Pal Khachi (Member) and Sunita Sharma (Member),

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PMLA Appellate Tribunal | Properties seized must be defrozen after lapse of statutorily prescribed time period of 90 days

Appellate Tribunal for Prevention of Money Laundering: A Coram of Justice Manmohan Singh (Chairperson) and G.C Mishra (Member) allowed an appeal against

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NCLAT | AIOVA’s appeal against CCI Order exonerating Flipkart and Amazon of antitrust violation allegations to be heard on 30th July

National Company Appellate Tribunal: A Bench of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Chairperson and Justice A.I.S Cheema, Member (Judicial) and Kanthi Narahari, Member (Technical) admitted

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CIC | Intelligence & Security organizations ought to share information on corruption and human rights violation cases under its scanner

Central Information Commission (CIC): Mr Divya Prakash Sinha, Information Commissioner directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to disclose and share information

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NGT | CPCB and SPCBs statutorily authorized to look into issues of air and water pollution and take remedial steps for the same

National Green Tribunal: A Coram of Adarsh Kumar Goel, J. (Chairperson) and S.P. Wangdi, Judicial Member, K. Ramakrishnan, Judicial Member and Dr

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SAT | An order without reasons is violative of Article 14 of Constitution; appeal allowed in light of Clause 17 of the NSE Rules

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Mumbai : The Bench of Tarun Agarwala, J. (Presiding Officer) and C.K.G. Nair (Member) and M.T. Joshi, J.,

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AFT | Grant of pension is a recurring cause of action but prolonged delay might kill the purpose

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Lucknow: A Bench of V.K. Shali, J. (Member) and Air Marshall B.B.P. Sinha [Member (A)] disposed of a petition

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CESTAT | No malafide intention found by revenue raises assumption that revenue satisfied with the ‘sufficient clause’

Custom, Excise and Service Tax Appellant Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai: These appeals were preferred by the assessee before a Coram of P. Dinesha

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CIC | Information sought in the form of query held did not qualify as ‘information’ under RTI Act

Central Information Commission (CIC): Information Commissioner, Suresh Chandra, partly allowed a second appeal filed before him in an issue related to non-receipt

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AFT | Continuing wrong is the basis for claim for pension which can be sought for if the wrong creates a continuing source of injury

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Lucknow: The Bench of V.K. Shali, J. and Air Marshall B.B.P. Sinha (Member) disposed of a petition in

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CERC | Application for determination of tariff can be filed by a generating company, 60 days before anticipated date of commercial operation

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC): The Coram of P.K Pujari (Chairperson), and Dr M.K. Iyer and I.S. Jha (Members) disposed of a

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FEMA | Onus to prove non-filing of SDF lies on Enforcement Directorate, if letter of credit opened by overseas buyer is negotiated by Authorised Dealer against a shipping bill

Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: Manmohan Singh, J. set aside Enforcement Directorate’s order imposing a penalty on

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NCDRC | Inordinate delay by builder in delivery of flats’ possession amounts to deficiency of service – allottee granted complete refund along with compensation

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: Justice V.K. Jain (Presiding Member), allowed a consumer complaint seeking a refund of money paid to book

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TDSAT | Disconnection notices upheld against Reliance Communications in case of wrongful routing of calls

Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): This matter was brought before Justice S.K. Singh (Chairperson) and A.K. Bhargava (Member). Facts of

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CESTAT | Clandestine removal sustainable in respect of duplicate invoices maintained by the assessee

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): This appeal was filed by Revenue before a Coram of Madhu Mohan Damodhar (Technical