Former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul says in his memoir that ex-CJI Chandrachud was too deferential to the government on appointments; Chandrachud says he cannot comment without reading the book.
The Supreme Court extended the mediation in the Sunjay Kapur family estate dispute to November 2, with ex-CJI Chandrachud mediating and the RK Family Trust directed to pay his fee. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday recorded that the mediation in the dispute within the family of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur over the […]
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court struck down a Tamil Nadu Government Order granting Backward Class (Muslim) reservation benefits to certain Hindu converts to Islam, declaring it unconstitutional. The Court held, “A convert to Islam cannot claim the status of Backward Class Muslim. He is only a Muslim and that’s all there is to it.”
The Calcutta High Court held that authorities cannot insist on a trade licence for registering a partnership firm formed solely for legal practice. The court directed the Registrar of Firms, Societies and Non-Trading Corporations, West Bengal, to register M/s Pinava Legal’s application within two weeks.
The Supreme Court allowed SpiceJet and its Managing Director Ajay Singh to again move the Delhi High Court in their arbitration dispute with Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways, linked to a ₹144-crore deposit. The airline referred to a new government emergency credit scheme introduced for the aviation sector amid the West Asia oil crisis.
