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The Apex Court allowed Cyrus Mistry's cross-action appeal against NCLAT's decision on May 29, 2020. Explicitly, the judgement had reinstated Mistry to his post of Executive Chairman of Tata Group. Via this appeal, Mistry sought expansive relief against the...
On May 28, the Supreme Court of Singapore dismissed the appeal of former promoters of Ranbaxy - Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh; against the judgment of the High Court of Singapore. The Supreme Court refused to set aside Rs...
Supreme Court heard the petition related to the Congregation of Tablighi Jamaat on May 27, 2020. The Bench comprised of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy. Prior to this, the court had...
Hon'ble Supreme Court heard the case of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindra Choubey. The Court by a majority of 2:1 observed that disciplinary inquiry against an employee can continue even after his retirement. Moreover, if the...
Earlier today, the Delhi High Court directed Central Government to deal with a petition; seeking installation of CCTV cameras in the kitchen of all restaurants that are delivering food to control the transmission of coronavirus. Explicitly, the petition stated...
On May 26, 2020, the Supreme Court consented 30 employees from LG Polymers to assess the chemical plant in Vizag, where the horrific Gas Leak incident took place on May 7, 2020. The incident left several people dead and...
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu (on its own) action of the problems of the migrant labourers. “We take suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers; who were stranded in different parts of the country,” held the Supreme...
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Air India filed petitions against the impugned order dated May 22, 2020, of the Bombay High Court. Thereafter, a special meeting took place on May 25, 2020. Subsequently, the Supreme Court allowed Air India...
Dushyant Dave opined that the Judges chose to sit silently in their ivory towers; when great misery befell on the citizens of India; after the government announced a nation-wide lockdown at only a four-hour notice. Dave made the statements,...
The Supreme Court observed that an arbitral award can be set aside if it is patently illegal or perverse; under Section 34 of the arbitration and Conciliation Act. The 2015 Amendment which gave statutory force to Section 34(2A), inserted...
The Supreme Court has issued guidelines for entrants to all the Lawyers' Chamber Block in the Supreme Court premises; taking into account the suggestions made by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA); and the Supreme Court Adovcate-on-Record Association (SCAORA).
After...
Advocate Deepak Kansal sought compensation for the families of persons who died or suffered injuries while walking back to their homes amid lockdown; vide a petition filed before the Supreme court. Furthermore, the petition seeks directions to ensure that...
The Supreme Court allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to attach assets of JP Morgan and its directors; this is to the extent of amounts of homebuyers allegedly siphoned off by the defunct Amrapali group. Moreover, it is in violation of...
The Supreme Court heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL); which sought the establishment of the permanent bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mr. Arjun Garg filed the petition. Senior Advocate, Ravindra Shrivastava appeared for the petitioner....
A petition challenged the Constitutional validity of the notifications issued by various State Governments; suspending the operation of certain labour laws with respect to working hours, wages, health and safety conditions before the Supreme Court. Nandini Praveen, a law...
The Supreme Court on May 19 refused to issue notice in a plea filed by LG Polymers. The petition challenged the order of the NGT on the Vizag Gas Leak. The National Green Tribunal had ordered the company to...
The Supreme Court, on May 19, 2020, declined to transfer the investigation into the First Information Reports (FIRs); filed against journalist Arnab Goswami to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Complaints Against Arnab Goswami
Goswami approached the Court for quashing of...
The Bar Council of India issued a show-cause notice against the Supreme Court Bar Association President Dushyant Dave and other officers. The notice is to initiate disciplinary action against them under Section 35 and 36 of the Advocates Act....
The Hon'ble Chief Justice of India declared the five-week summer vacation period to be a period of functioning of the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The said summer vacation was from 18th May to 19th June (both days inclusive). The requests...
Earlier today, the Supreme Court stayed the Gujarat High Court order; allowing the election of former state law minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama as void. A Bench comprising of Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar issued a notice in the petition filed by...
Advocate on record Nirmal Kumar Ambastha moved a petition in the Supreme Court. The petition sought directions to quash the notifications issued by the state of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat; concerning the dilution of labour laws. The...
In view of the nationwide lockdown, the Supreme Court exempted lawyers and petitioners-in-persons from filing petitions and documents on A4 size papers; until June 15, 2020. Earlier, the Supreme Court made it mandatory to file all the documents on...
The National Company Law Tribunal issued an order mandating that any application filed by a financial creditor under Section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has to be accompanied by a default record from an information utility. Moreover, the...
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court notified relaxation in the dress code; for lawyers appearing before the court via video conferencing. Earlier today Chief Justice of India hinted at Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal that instructions would...
While being subjected to criticism, former Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave the Keynote Address on “Ensuring an Independent Judiciary under our Constitution: Confronting the Contemporary Challenges” in a Webinar; the Confederation for Alumni for National Law...
WhatsApp Inc. has assured the Supreme Court that it would not start its payment services in India without fulfilling all the regulations in India. It submitted an undertaking with regard to this; During the hearing of a petition seeking a...
The Supreme Court will hear the bail plea filed by Sajjan Kumar on May 13, 2020. Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader is serving a life sentence in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. He is an Indian...
The National Informatics Centre developed the Aarogya Setu App amid COVID-19 pandemic. It collects the personal details of the users to alert them. Being that, the Kerala High Court heard public interest litigation filed by John Dayal. The petition...
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation; on a bail plea of DP Yadav, on medical grounds. Yadav is a former cabinet minister, Uttar Pradesh. The CBI Court convicted DP Yadav in a murder case...
In a first for the Supreme Court, the single-judge benches will be hearing certain kinds of petitions from May 13, 2020. The purpose of introducing a new system is to dispose of piled up pending cases. The number of...