Delhi High Court grants interim exemption from mandatory registration to entities operating LNG terminals
Section 15 of the PNGRB Act mandates registration of entities that are establishing or operating LNG terminals after the ‘appointed date’.
Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
‘Every degree awarded after graduation cannot be termed as post-graduation’; Delhi High Court quashes appointment of NCISM, Chairperson
The Ph.D. degree which was awarded to Respondent 5 did not presuppose acquisition of lower qualification, i.e. master’s degree in Ayurveda. Respondent 5 was admitted to Ph.D. course without undergoing the master’s degree course immediately after obtaining his graduation degree in Ayurveda.
Letters Patent Appeal will not lie against judgment passed by Single Judge in appellate jurisdiction or against order by Court subject to superintendence of this Court: Delhi HC
The jurisdiction available to this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution is primarily in the nature of superintendence and accordingly the Letters Patent Appeal will not lie in the instant matter.
‘Supplying products with altered local content amounts to breach of contract’; Bombay HC upholds BPCL’s order banning dealings with Mukand Poly Products
Once petitioner-Mukand Poly Products expressed its inability to supply pipes with 82.36% Local Content and that it will cater the supplies pursuant to the procurement order with its product having 51.45% Local Content, it will amount to abandoning the contract.
SIAC Annual India Conferences 2024| New Developments and Reforms in International Arbitration: The Best Path Forward
The Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) organised its Annual India Conferences 2024 in Mumbai and Delhi on September 6th and 7th respectively
Bombay HC dismisses PIL filed by firm ‘Crimeophobia’ to constitute Transnational Sanatan Commission; imposes Rs 10,000 cost
The prayers made in the present PIL are not only omnibus in nature but also are multiple in number, covering diverse subjects and have no factual or legal basis for it.
‘No one can be a judge in their own cause’; Bombay HC reiterates principle of natural justice in petition against BPCL
The Court noted that the appellate authority formed under BPCL’s Policy remedy would have comprised of their officers, and the same could not be permitted as BPCL could not be a judge in their own cause.
[Rights of Disabled Persons] | Bombay HC directs State Govt. to constitute Advisory Board in 30 days
The Court reiterated the observations of the Supreme Court in the case of Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in State of Tamil Nadu v. Union of India, (2017) 5 SCC 578, that it would be extremely unfortunate if the Governments voluntarily and knowingly flouted the provisions of law solemnly enacted by Parliament.
A Will must be the product of free volition; Conscience of the Court must be satisfied when genuineness of Will is questioned, says Bombay High Court
“When the genuineness of a Will is called into question, the conscience of the Court has to be satisfied that the Will is not only executed and attested in the manner required, but also that the same was the product of free volition of the executant.”
Bombay HC dismisses PIL filed by Auto Rickshaw and Bus Unions against levy of additional fee under MV Rules, 1989
The petitioners questioned the levy of additional fee for renewal of driving license and renewal of registration certificate in case of motorcycles and other classes of non- transport vehicles under Rules 32 and 81 of Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 and termed the same to be as a penalty in disguise.