Entertainment City Ltd an ‘affiliate’ of United Group; NCLAT grants Moratorium Benefits
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: The Bench of Ashok Kumar Bhushan, J., Chairperson, M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J., Judicial
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SEBI issues circular extending the timeline for Nomination/ Opting out for Mutual Fund Unit Holders
On 29-07-2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI') has extended the timeline for Nomination for Mutual Fund (‘MF')
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Allahabad High Court | Section 3 (2) (v) of SC and ST Act, 1989 only attracts by way of documentary evidence to prove that the injured belongs to SC or ST; Conviction and sentence, modified
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajai Tyagi, JJ. while deciding an appeal which was
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Kerala High Court| Diplomatic officers empowered to apostille affidavits and do notarial acts; Indo-Canadian couple allowed to get married “online”
Kerala High Court: In a case where an Indian man and a Canadian woman were unable to marry due to
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When does a Will becomes a suspicious document? Madhya Pradesh High Court answers
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Dwarka Dhish Bansal, J., while dismissing a second appeal held that in presence of prior execution
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Whether the delay in filing complaints against unregistered sub-brokers, can be condoned? SEBI Special Court answers
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Special Court, Maharashtra: In the instant case dealing with unregistered brokerage, Vishal Sadashivrao
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NCLAT| Right to payment cannot be accrued when a corporate guarantee is not invoked before CIRP initiation
National Company Law Appellant Tribunal, New Delhi: The Bench of Ashok Bhushan, J., Chairperson, and Shreesha Merla, Technical Member, while
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‘S.I.R cannot be generated at the drop of a hat’; Karnataka High Court quashes corruption proceedings initiated by ACB under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J. quashed the proceedings initiated against a public servant working as an Executive Engineer in
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Madras High Court directs State Government to include photographs of PM and President in print/electronic media for International Chess Olympiad
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ and S. Ananthi, J. directed the State Government to
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Jharkhand High Court| Date of application or Date of death – From when is the monetary compensation on account of death of an employee to be paid?
Jharkhand High Court: S.N. Pathak, J., allowed the writ petition directing Central Coalfields Limited (‘CCL') to modify the monetary compensation
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Madras High Court directs State Police to alter FIR and add Ss. 417 and 420 IPC on alleged concealment of impotency by husband pre-marriage
Madras High Court: V Sivagnanam J. directed the State police to add the offences under Sections 417 and 420 Penal
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SEBI inserts definition of Social Impact Fund vide SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022
On 25-07-2022, the Securities Exchange Board of India(‘SEBI') has issued SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022 to amend
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Punjab and Haryana High Court | Co-owners of the joint property cannot prevent each other from using the property; appeal dismissed
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., while dismissing the appeal preferred by the plaintiff against the judgments passed
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Rajasthan High Court |Alleged illegal termination from Kotak Mahindra Bank pending for relief due to vacancy of competent authority; State appoints Deputy Labour Commissioner
Rajasthan High Court: In a case of an illegal termination of a Manager of Kotak Mahindra Bank being pending for
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Whether S. 5 Limitation Act, 1963 apply to appeals under S. 18 of POSH Act, 2013? Delhi High Court answers
Delhi High Court: C Hari Shankar, J. opined that Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 will apply in respect
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Madhya Pradesh High Court | Major District Road (MDR) not subjected to 300 metres guidelines, since it is not a National or a State Highway; NOC for petrol pump granted
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. allowed the request of the petitioner granting NOC to establish a petrol retail outlet and
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Gems or James Bond; Delhi High Court directs compensation to Cadbury against trademark infringement by Neeraj Food Products
Delhi High Court: Prathiba Singh, J. permanently injuncts Neeraj Food Products (‘defendants’) for trading JAMES BOND a chocolate product in pillow packs
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Sexual assault on minors traumatic, destroys personality: Patna High Courts upholds father’s conviction for raping his minor daughters for 6 years
Patna High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Badar and Rakesh Kumar Verma, JJ., while dismissing an appeal observed that a sexual
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Freedom fighters’ pension cannot be taken as ‘income’ to deny family pension; Objective of Freedom Fighter Pension Scheme is to honour the sacrifices of the fighters: Madras High Court
Madras High Court: B Pugalendhi J. allowed the family pension to be given to the daughter ‘petitioner’ arising out of the employment
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