Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution

Supreme Court stays bull taming game Jallikattu; Jaya asks PM for an ordinance [Read Order]

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A_bull_being_tamed_in_Jallikattu_held_in_palamedu Supreme Court of India has stayed the notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India which had allowed the use of bull for the traditional Tamil festive event ‘Jallikattu’ and bullock cart races in states like Maha...
deli-pollution-car Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the Odd-Even policy for alternate plying of non-commercial four-wheelers in the NCT of Delhi. Court said that it’s outside its scope of judicial review. It observed: The implementation of the Odd-Even scheme may have caused hardship t...

The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 notified

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President of India has notified the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 on January 7, 2016. The ordinance amends the Enemy Property Act, 1968 and the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. The amendments through the Ordinance include that once an enemy ...
Supreme_Court_of_India The Supreme Court of India will hear a PIL filed by Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) seeking castration of those convicted of rape of children and other child sex offences on January 11. The PIL filed on December 12, 2015 for SCWLA by Anita Bafna, Advocate of Re...

What does the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 do?

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INTRODUCTION The Indian Government has been quite vocal and serious in their program of ‘Make in India’ and boosting the ‘ease of doing business in India’. The speedy and efficacious enforcement of contracts, recovery of monetary claims and award of just compensation for damages suffered are absolut...

Ministry of Environment and Forest allows use of bulls in Jallikattu in Tamilnadu

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Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India has issued a notification declaring that bulls may be continue to be exhibited or trained as a performing animal, at events such as Jal likattu in Tamil Nadu. In 2011, MoEF has issued a notification which had banned the use of bulls as performi...

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015

by Abhay Nevagi & Associates on in Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution
Preface: Arbitration has increasingly become a preferred option to settle commercial disputes globally as well as in India. Provisions relating to settlement of dispute by way of arbitration in India are contained in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”). It was high time that urgent st...

PIL before Supreme Court for online mode of filing RTI requests and appeals

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RTI-Online A public interest litigation petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking a direction to the States and Union Territories to provide an online mode for carrying out the various processes under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The PIL petition which was filed on Nov...

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 comes into force

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download-pdf The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 has come into force on January 1, 2016 after the President of India gave his assent to the bill on December 31, 2015. The 2015 Act repeals and replaces the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. It p...

Supreme Court upholds Kerala law which allows liquor bars only in 5-star hotels [Read Judgment]

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download-judgment IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4157 OF 2015THE KERALA BAR HOTELS ASSOCIATION & ANR. .. APPELLANTS VERSUSSTATE OF KERALA & ORS. .. RESPONDENTS WITH[C.A. NO. 4119/2015, C.A. NO. 4120/2015,C.A. NO. 4121/2015, C.A. NO. 4122/2015,C....

Delhi lawyer drags Air India and DGCA to Delhi High Court over its overbooking policy

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18757151369_e7fe4e2a10_z A Delhi lawyer has dragged the public-sector carrier Air India, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation over the policy which allows airlines to ‘overbook’ flights. This policy permits airlines to deny boarding to certain passengers if ov...

Read what Supreme Court has directed to help Delhi residents breath cleaner air

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Supreme_Court_of_India Around two months after the imposition of Environment Compensation Charges (ECC) on vehicles entering Delhi, Supreme Court of India has issued fresh directions to help the residents of Delhi cope with the menace of pollution. The directions were issued by a bench comprising of...

Read Order of Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court to improve working of ‘collegium system’

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download-order IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 13 OF 2015Supreme Court Advocates-on-RecordAssociation and Another….Petitioners versusUnion of India…Respondent WITH|WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 14 OF 2015 |WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 18 OF 2015 ||WRIT PETITION (...

SC seeks Gujarat govt’s reply to Hardik Patel’s fresh plea against sedition charges

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Supreme Supreme Court of India has issued notice to the Gujarat government in a plea filed by Patel-patidar leader Hardik Patel challenging the December 1 order of Gujarat High Court refusing to drop sedition charges against him. High Court had dropped the treason charges against Patel and five of h...

Centre, Sanskriti School approach Supreme Court against Delhi HC’s quashing of babu-quota

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Sanskriti School Sanskriti School Union of India and Sanskriti School in Delhi have approached the Supreme Court of India against November 6 judgment of Delhi High Court by which it had quashed the 60% quota reserved in Sanskriti School for children of Group-A officers of the Union of India who ente...

Supreme Court dismisses PIL for direction to enforce ‘Lalita Kumari’ as no violation shown

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Supreme_Court_of_India Supreme Court of India has dismissed a public interest litigation petition which sought a direction from the Court to enforce the directions of the Court in Lalita Kumari v. Government of Uttar Pradesh & Ors : (2014) 2 SCC 1. When the matter was called for hearing, the Ch...
deli-pollution-car National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the authorities not to register any diesel vehicles in the national capital ailing with pollution, till January 6, when it shall next hear the matter. It has also directed the government to take a conscientious decision in regard to not buyi...
Maggi_masala_noodles Supreme Court of India has issued notice to Nestle in an SLP to appeal filed by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) against the orders of Bombay High Court which had green signal to Maggi. Nestle had stopped Maggi’s production production after the controversial ...

Supreme Court: PIL for inquiry against Karnan J. of Madras HC dismissed as withdrawn [Read Order]

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Supreme_Court_of_India Supreme Court of India has refused to entertain a public interest litigation petition seeking constitution of an inquiry committee to inquire into certain allegations against Justice C.S. Karnan, a sitting judge of the Madras High Court. The Petitioner was represented by senio...

Renaming Bombay, Madras and Calcutta High Courts under consideration: Union Law Minister

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Letters Patent to establish Bombay High Court Letters Patent of 1865 to establish Bombay High Court The original names of Bombay, Calcutta High Courts may soon be a part of the history. Answering to a question asked in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of Law and Justice DV Sadananda Gowda in a written ...