Juxtaposing Seat of Arbitration vis-à-vis Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses: Judicial Trend Thus Far
by Jeevan Ballav Panda† and Satish Padhi††
Continue readingRaj HC | Study leave can be granted if the course of study is in the interest of the working of government or to service which govt. servant belongs; Court allows petition
Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J., allowed a writ petition which was filed seeking a direction to grant them study leave
Continue readingJhar HC | “Look into the security measures of the court premises of each and every Judgeship of the State of Jharkhand”; Suo motu cognizance taken in Judge Uttam Anand Death case
Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., took suo motu cognizance to monitor
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Electronic based offering of securities not to be construed as electronic mode under Rule 2(1)(h) of Companies (Specification of definitions details) Third Amendment Rules, 2014
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified Companies (Specification of definitions details) Third Amendment Rules, 2021 on August 5, 2021. The
Continue readingP&H HC | Can an employee who has foregone his promotion claim seniority over his juniors promoted earlier than him? HC answers
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J., held that length of service in the cadre in which the seniority is
Continue readingAmazon-Flipkart Plea: Kar HC dismisses prayer that sought to restrain CCI from investigating into deep discounting practices and biased treatment of select sellers
Karnataka High Court: P. S. Dinesh Kumar, J., dismissed the petitions and did not interfere with the impugned order. The facts of
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Mani HC | Comply with WHO guidelines, ensure water supply in the containment zones; Court issues directions
Manipur High Court: The Division Bench of KH. Nobin Singh and A. Bimol Singh, JJ., issued certain directions in response to a
Continue readingMP HC | Entry time of admit card of utmost importance; Court dismisses petition praying reconduction of IPMAT
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sujoy Paul and Anil Verma, JJ., dismissed a petition which was filed by 12th
Continue readingJ&K and Ladakh HC | Is there any law requiring registration of News portals? Which authority is examining content of News before it is circulated? HC asks J&K government
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, CJ, and Sanjay Dhar, J., asked Jammu and Kashmir
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No bar to amendment of S. 7 IBC petition until final order; Money decree, recovery certificate in financial creditor’s favour gives fresh cause of action to initiate corporate insolvency resolution process: SC
Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Indira Banerjee and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. held that there is no bar in law to amendment
Continue readingSEBI | Jammu & Kashmir government exempted from Takeover regulations for the proposed acquisition of equity shares of Jammu and Kashmir Bank
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member, exempted the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, from complying with
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[Hate Speech] Court grants bail to Ram Bhagat a.k.a Jamia shooter in a hate speech case
Sessions Court, Gurugram: D.N.Bhardwaj, Additional Sessions Judge, granted bail to the Ram bhagat identified as Jamia shooter in a hate speech case.
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CESTAT | Does Rule 4(5)(a) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2002 cover the return of waste and scraps and is it subject to Central Excise duty? Tribunal answers
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Rachna Gupta (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed aggrieved by the order-in-original
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Premature release of convicts who have undergone imprisonment of more than 14 yrs, and less than 14 yrs: With whom lies the power? SC discusses
Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and A.S. Bopanna, JJ. disposed of a criminal appeal holding, inter alia, that if
Continue readingKar HC takes up suo motu cognizance over incident of Monkey Deaths; Art. 21 protects ‘animal life’ which is necessary for human life
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay Sreenivas Oka CJ and N S Sanjay Gowda J. remarked that it is necessary
Continue readingTri HC | Court rejects post-retiral benefits of pension and gratuity on false claim of being a reserved category candidate; however, salary already paid not a subject of recovery
Tripura High Court: Akil Kureshi, CJ., dismissed a writ petition which was filed aggrieved about non-payment of gratuity and pension after retirement.
Continue readingChh HC | Can Human Rights Commission pass an order directing payment of compensation? HC answers in light of instant facts
Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., dismissed the petition and sets aside the impugned order. The petitioner in the instant petition
Continue readingSEBI | Specious Portfolio, Spurious Manager -Deceptive Portfolio Manager with a real-looking-fake website caught and handled suitably
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member while exercising the powers under Sections 11, 11(4),11B (1) and
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