A non-party can appeal consent decree with leave of the appellate court if it prejudicially affects a legally cognisable interest, the Supreme Court has held, explaining that the estoppel of a compromise binds only those who agreed to it. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, October 30, upheld a Gujarat High Court order granting […]
Notice, not a finding: the Madras High Court has asked the Union government and Cockroach Janata Party co-convenor Saurav Das to respond to a PIL that questions Saurav Das’s nationality and seeks the blocking of his social media accounts. Chennai: A public interest litigation questioning Saurav Das’s nationality and antecedents has drawn notice from the […]
The Calcutta High Court has refused to stay the KMC ward delimitation that raises Kolkata’s municipal wards from 144 to 209, finding no prima facie case and holding that a petitioner who filed no objection cannot now complain of being denied a hearing. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has declined an interim stay on the […]
Banks must indemnify digital arrest victims with compensation not less than the amount lost where the fraud succeeded because the institution failed in its due diligence, the Supreme Court has recorded in its suo motu case on digital arrest scams, while questioning why the RBI is still consulting banks whose own officials, the Chief Justice […]
The Supreme Court has struck down Karnataka’s 2022 law validating the selection and appointment of the 2011 batch of Gazetted Probationers, holding that the legislature could not undo the cancellation of a recruitment already upheld by constitutional courts. Appointments resting on the law must end, with a fresh recruitment and a limited, one-time age relaxation […]
The Delhi High Court has upheld a 2006 arbitral award, holding that Section 12(5), introduced in 2015, could not retrospectively invalidate an appointment made under an agreed contractual procedure in 2004. The Court stressed that its ruling does not validate every unilateral appointment or exclude challenges based on bias or other defects under the law […]
The Centre has assured the Delhi High Court that it will take no demolition action against the Race Course Masjid for now, while telling the Court that worshippers cannot be allowed inside as demolition work continues in the area. New Delhi: The Central Government on Thursday assured the Delhi High Court that no demolition action […]
