Keeping Pace with Legal Change
Advocate Karan Umesh Salvi has been recruited as a consultant to the special inquiry committee in a high-profile judicial investigation in a major update. This committee is charged with the responsibility of looking into some of the serious allegations brought about against Justice Yashwant Varma. Mr. The involvement of Salvi is an important process towards enhancing the legal capacities of the panel in the future.
The order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in Ahmedabad is given to one of the subsidiaries of the all-electric ride-hailing corporation, BluSmart. It has formally placed Blu-Smart Mobility Tech Private Limited in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). This case is based on a petition by one of the operational creditors on unpaid dues of ₹5.84 crore.
It is in a very different step that the Kerala High Court will be screening the new Malayalam movie movie ‘Haal’ this evening, October 25. This is not a regular screening but a major aspect of a court hearing. The film will be viewed by a judge of High Court and attorneys on both parties to determine one of the biggest controversies
The Delhi High Court has intervened in a major legal win to the well-known Indian food chain WOW Momo to defend its brand. An interim injunction was granted in a case by the court by a Division Bench to WOW Momo Foods Private Limited that prevented a Hong Kong-based company to use the name WOW BURGER. This ruling reverses a previous ruling of one judge of the same court, which offers instant reprieve to the popular restaurant chain.
The transfer of Justice Atul Sreedharan has been a hot news in the legal circles of India especially due to his frequent transfers. Judges and lawyers are raising serious concerns regarding the successive moves which most people term as being abnormal. Sreedharan, who is a senior judge, independent in nature, has had several transfer proposals in very minimal time. This has brought an insecurity of the stability and autonomy of the court system.
President Donald Trump has made a sudden decision to release George Santos, the former New York congressman immediately. Mr. Santos had a seven-year sentence of fraud and identity theft in prison. The president declared that he would reduce the sentence, an action that will reduce the prison term but none of the criminal conviction will be deleted. Mr. The order was issued just after Santos had served approximately three months of his 87-month sentence.
The strongly influential institution, which counsels the biggest investors on their voting votes in corporate activities is some of the largest institutions known as the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) which has dealt a huge blow to Elon Musk. The company has formally advised Tesla shareholders to vote against an initiative to approve the gigantic compensation package of Musk in 2018.
BCCI, the Board of Control in Cricket in India has made an important step towards the control of corruption in the sports. It has gone to the Supreme Court of India with a critical petition. The board is petitioning the top court in the country to officially acknowledge the match-fixing as a criminal cheating act.
The Delhi High Court has upheld one important legal principle that touches on matrimonial maintenance in an important decision. The case on permanent alimony was decided by a bench that comprised Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar.
A case that was well beyond the cold letters of the law was recently experienced in the Kerala High Court. A young engineering student appeared in court charged with some serious cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act commonly referred to as NDPS Act. This is a notoriously strict law and in most cases the sentence of the law is very long in the prison and the bail is extremely hard to get.
