Month: September 2020

Delhi High Court, hearing Kalanithi Maran plea, orders SpiceJet to deposit Rs 243 crore within six weeks

Source:-moneycontrol The Delhi High Court, which is hearing a lawsuit filed by SpiceJet’s former promoter, Kalanithi Maran of Sun Group, and his KAL Airways, against the low-cost airline, has ordered it to deposit nearly Rs 243 crore within six weeks. The amount is essentially an interest payout of the sum Maran and KAL Airways won

Webinar Alert: Post Covid Mediation – Charting the Path of the Future (Sept 12)

Source:-barandbench The webinar is hosted by Supreme Court of India Mediators, Commonwealth Lawyers Association and Youth Bar Association of India. The event is to be graced by Justice Indira Banerjee of the Supreme Court of India along with other esteemed mediators from across the globe and Justice Hima Kohli of the Delhi High Court. The

J&K HC CJ Gita Mittal e-inaugurates three citizen facilities

Source:-indialegallive New Delhi: Justice Gita Mittal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, yesterday e-inaugurated three different facilities of the Ahata-e-Waqar, a daycare and recreation centre for senior citizens, a vulnerable witnesses deposition complex and a crèche facility at district court complex, Samba. Also in the e-inauguration with Justice Mittal, who is

Calcutta HC seeks centre response on plea to rename Kolkata Port Trust

Source:-siasat Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Central government on public interest litigation (PIL) against the decision to change the name of Calcutta Port Trust to Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust A bench of Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee directed the Centre to file an affidavit

Bombay HC directs MMRDA to stop work on elevated corridor on Santacruz-Chembur Link Road

Source:-hindustantimes The Bombay high court (HC) on Tuesday directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to forthwith stop the work on the elevated corridor from CST Bridge at Kurla to Vakola along the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR). The division bench of justice SJ Kathawalla and justice Riyaz Chagla issued the order after finding that

Similar issue pending before SC: Delhi HC allows withdrawal of petition for financial help for lawyers

Source:-indialegallive New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today allowed a petitioner to withdraw his petition seeking financial assistance to the advocates enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi without discrimination on the ground of residential address or voter ID. A divisional bench comprising Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad noted: “Petitioner seeks to withdraw

LRS will give rise to illegal layouts: PIL in Telangana HC

Source:-newindianexpress HYDERABAD: A public interest litigation has been filed in the Telangana High Court challenging the GO 131 issued by the State Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Department on August 31 this year for regularisation of unapproved and illegal layouts under the Land Regularisation Scheme (LRS) in both rural and urban areas in the

Raj HC temporarily stays Adani’s 1500 MW solar power project near Pokhran

Source:-standard The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday temporarily stayed an Adani group’s joint venture project with the state government for building a 1500 MW solar energy park near Pokhran in Jaisalmer.A Jodhpur bench of the high court, while staying the project, also sought the Rajasthan government’s stand on a petition by local farmers challenging the

CSOs put forward recommendations for inclusion in draft Manipur State Policy on Substance Use

Source:-pao Imphal, September 07 2020: Altogether 18 civil society organisations based in Manipur put forward comments and recommendations to be included in the present draft Manipur State Policy on Substance Use, 2019 . In a letter addressed to the Principal Secretary (Social Welfare), Government of Manipur, the CSOs said that Manipur Government should frame clear

Contempt proceedings against Telugu University Registrar

Source:-telanganatoday Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court, comprising Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice Amarnath Goud, initiated contempt proceedings against Bhattu Ramesh, Registrar of Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad. The panel was dealing with a contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of court orders in a writ petition filed by daily wage workers