S. 21 A&C Act notice arbitral tribunal implead
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Section 21 does not expressly mandate the claimant to send a notice invoking arbitration to the respondents. However, the provision necessarily mandates such notice, as its receipt by the respondent is required to commence arbitral proceedings”.

Protection of POSH’s ICC members
Hot Off The PressNews

The PIL raised concerns that members of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) [constituted under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013] do not have protection from arbitrary and retaliatory actions such as arbitrary termination at private workplaces.

Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Case BriefsDistrict Court

The plaintiff, Hindu Sena chief cited historical records of a Shiva Linga beneath the site and sought direction to the ASI to conduct a survey of the Dargah premises to confirm the existence of remnants of the Shiva temple.

Rajasthan High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The petitioner has challenged the amendment to the Rajasthan State Litigation Policy, 2018, which allowed the appropriate authority to appoint any counsel to any post based on their expertise, effectively bypassing the 10-year experience requirement.

1990 custodial death case
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The victim’s family alleged that was in police custody for nine days but after being released on bail, he had died of renal failure.

Telangana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The taxpayer is nowhere distinguished between NRIs and Indian Citizens. The notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 must comply with the requirement of the Scheme whether or not the taxpayer is NRI/Indian Citizen.

S. 400 of KMC Act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court initially took up this matter on 6-08-2024 and stayed the demolition of the subject premises of petitioner till 9-08-2024.

Karnataka High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Giving the Government 8 weeks’ time to frame such guidelines, the Court laid down certain steps that must be followed whenever a person is to be summoned under S. 35, BNSS.

contempt of court
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on contempt of court.

CCI
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Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Commissioner of the MP Rajya Rojgar Guarantee Commission confirmed the corruption allegations after investigation and submitted a report instructing the Collector to act.

Supreme Court
Hot Off The PressNews

Sukesh Chandrasekhar is accused of cheating and extortion by Aditi Singh, wife of former Religare Enterprises promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh.

Telangana High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court found the cause of action to be untenable as the petitioners were already accused in a similar case.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Debarment encompasses a broader scope than termination, as it can prohibit an entity from entering into any contracts with a company altogether, rather than just ending one specific contract, as is the case with termination.

Electoral Bond Case
Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

On 12-03-2024, SBI has furnished the electoral bonds details to the Election Commission of India in compliance with the court’s order. Subsequently, on 14-03-2024 ECI uploaded the electoral bonds data supplied by SBI on its official website.

Allahabad High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court said that the petitioner had 15 days’ period to make the payment from the date of receipt of notice, on 08-01-2020, and the said period expired on 23-01-2020. Therefore, the cause of action for filing the complaint arose on 23-01-2020, as per clause (c) of the proviso of Section 138.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The protection of moratorium will not be available to the directors/officers of Cinema Ventures (P) Ltd. and execution proceedings can be filed against them.”

National Company Law Tribunal
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

The NCLT issued a notice and sought BharatPe’s response and fixed the next date of hearing on 04-04-2024.

allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Whether the suit is barred by any law must be determined from the statements in the plaint and it is not open to decide the issue on the basis of any other material including the written statement in the case.”

allahabad high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

To afford an opportunity to the husband to present his case before the court below and to ensure the just decision of maintenance case filed under Section 125 CrPC, Allahabad High Court set aside the ex-parte maintenance order