LEGAL-TRENDS
The story of ban on Media One, why Kerala High Court affirmed it
The Union government had refused to grant security clearance for the channel's licence renewal application on grounds of national security. This effective ban on channel was upheld by the Kerala High Court.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court to hear Amazon's case against stay on arbitration involving Future on Feb 23
Amazon had moved the Supreme Court against an interim order of the Delhi High Court which stayed the arbitration proceedings between the US ecommerce giant and Future Group.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Adani Power and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam settle compensation dispute outside the apex court
The court has now been informed that Adani Power will resume energy supply to Gujarat, relinquishing compensation claim for Rs 10,000 crore.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Banks start tagging Future Retail as NPA, urge apex court to allow bidding by Amazon and Reliance
The Supreme Court refused to grant any interim relief to Future Retail against NPA classification of its accounts.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Future-Amazon: Why the Supreme Court set aside Delhi HC orders
The top court’s intervention does not mean that the Future-Reliance deal can go through. Instead, it has set the clock back by a few months in this long-drawn legal battle.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court seeks response from banks on Future Retail plea against NPA tag
Future Retail's lenders told the court that the banks have nothing to do with either Amazon’s interests in Future Retail’s business or with the asset sale deal between Future Retail and Reliance
BUSINESS
Future-Amazon: Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC order on emergency award
The Kishore Biyani-led group had challenged orders of the Delhi High Court passed in February 2021 that directed for the enforcement of the emergency award and came down heavily on Biyani.
BUDGET
Union Budget 2022: Lawyers seek tax benefits, push for legal reforms
For most small-scale practitioners, the pandemic years have been tumultuous and many of them faced hardships trying to make a living.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court stays SpiceJet winding up order for three weeks, but pulls up the airline
SpiceJet which is embroiled in a tussle with Credit Suisse had approached the Supreme Court seeking relief against the winding up order against it passed by the Madras High Court.
INDIA
BDO India, top accounting firm, gets sexual harassment complaint from former employee
The woman accused a senior partner of the firm of sexual harassment and caste-based humiliation and has sought compensation.
BUSINESS
Amazon vs Future: Here’s the lowdown on India’s biggest legal case right now
At stake is the Rs 27,000 crore deal between Future and Reliance, which has been on the back-burner since 2020. Future group is trying to ensure the deal goes through, while Amazon is trying to secure its interests in the Future group.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Future Retail moves Supreme Court seeking relief from being declared defaulter
Future Retail’s inability to pay off its debts to the bank is on account of the company’s inability to complete its small-format stores' asset monetisation due to injunctions orders passed by the arbitration tribunal in its dispute with Amazon.
LEGAL-TRENDS
'Reservation not at odds with merit': What the Supreme Court said while upholding OBC quota in NEET
Giving wider context to the importance of reservation for certain sections of the society, the apex court added that marks and examination scores alone cannot be seen to be the definitive indicator of merit.
CORONAVIRUS
Supreme Court faces COVID wave, several judges test positive for coronavirus
Supreme Court has been conducting completely virtual hearing since the beginning of January owing to the rise in number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court upholds order on winding-up of Devas Multimedia
The winding-up order from NCLT had come on a plea by the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Antrix Corporation.
INDIA
'Punjab needs to wake up to the challenge': HC calls for drug-free assembly polls
The court has asked the state government whether any study has been commissioned to determine the cause and effect of drug addiction in Punjab.
BUSINESS
NCLAT agrees to hear Amazon’s appeal against CCI, but grants no interim relief
Asking the parties to file their replies within a period of ten days, the NCLAT fixed the next date of hearing for February 2.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court forms independent committee to probe PM security breach in Punjab
Retired judge of the Supreme Court, Indu Malhotra, will head a committee assisted by Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a high ranking official of the National Investigating Agency, and others
LEGAL-TRENDS
Reliance Retail-Future group deal | Supreme Court reserves order on nod for regulatory proceedings
The legal battle between Amazon and Future began back in 2020 when Amazon invoked arbitration after Future Retail announced its asset sale deal with Reliance Industries Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary, Reliance Retail.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court lawyers get anonymous calls claiming responsibility for PM's security lapse
A group claiming to be ‘Sikhs for Justice’ claims responsibility for blocking PM Narendra Modi’s cavalcade earlier this month. This recorded message also goes on to warn the Supreme Court against hearing the case concerning the incident.
LEGAL-TRENDS
Supreme Court orders securing of all records related to PM security breach
LEGAL-TRENDS
Delhi High Court rejects Subramanian Swamy’s case against Air India sale to Tatas
The detailed judgment will be made available in the public domain shortly, the court intimated.
BUSINESS
Future Group-Amazon: Delhi High Court stays arbitration proceedings before Singapore tribunal
The bench headed by high court’s chief justice was hearing an appeal filed by Future group after the Kishore Biyani-led companies faced a setback before a single-judge bench.
INDIA
NCLAT sets aside approval of Vedanta's plan for Videocon group, remits case to CoC
The appellate tribunal while pronouncing its order said that the approval given to the Rs 2,900 crore plan by Twin Star, both by the lenders' panel as well as the adjudicating authority, was not in line with Section 31 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, as such it was set aside.
