NCLAT affirms CoC’s power to liquidate debtor, limits judicial review to ensuring IBC compliance, ET LegalWorld
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal held that the Committee of Creditors is a business decision taken in the exercise of their commercial wisdom which is not amenable to judicial review on the ground that the Committee of Creditors is statutorily empowered to decide on the liquidation of the Corporate Debtor at any time before […]
Delhi High Court affirms defendant’s right to arbitration reference under Section 8 of arbitration act, ET LegalWorld
The Delhi High Court has held that the right to seek a reference to an Arbitral Tribunal under Section 8 of the Act is a right available solely to the defendant, which is waivable at the instance of the defendant. The defendant has the option to submit itself to the jurisdiction of the Civil Court. […]
Supreme Court Affirms Equal Pay for 25,000 Uttarakhand Workers, Ending Wage Disparities, ET LegalWorld
In a respite to approximately 25,000 workers outsourced by Uttarakhand Purva Sainik Kalyan Nigam Limited (UPNL) and are employed in various departments, the Supreme Court directed the state govt that such employees should receive the same pay as that of their regular counterparts. Upholding Uttarakhand high court’s March 2018 directive on “equal pay for equal […]
Delhi High Court Affirms EWS Student’s Admission in Private School Amid Controversy, ET LegalWorld
Delhi High Court has upheld an interim order granting admission to a candidate selected and nominated by Directorate of Education (DoE) under the economically weaker section (EWS) category in a private school. The student, who was studying in a school run by Municipal Corporation of Delhi, had applied for Class I under the EWS category […]
Allahabad HC affirms premature compulsory retirement of judge, ET LegalWorld
The Allahabad High Court on Monday affirmed the premature compulsory retirement of a lower court judge, noting that there had been several complaints of corruption and dishonesty against him between 2009 and 2019. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow bench of the high court passed the order on […]