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Delay condoned in the substitution application filed in S.L.P. (C) No. 6873/2014 and the application for substitution is allowed.

Contempt of Court — Practice and procedure — Time to comply with the order — When granted — In the present case, order clearly indicated that licenses be issued to the applicants — Observed that an order passed by the Court is to...

A. Tenancy and Land Laws — Ceiling on land — Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972 — S. 4 — Family — Entitlement — Though landowner may be a family, capable of holding property, consisting of husband, wife and three...

Corporate Laws — Penalty for failure to furnish information, return, etc. — Discretion to fix — If vests in authority — Appellant, having noticed allegations of share-price rigging by the respondent, initiated an investigation...

A. Interpretation of Statutes — Retrospective operation/Retrospectivity — Permissibility — Retrospectivity creates a given fiction — Therefore, unless there is express provision or it can be impliedly inferred from the plain and...

Education and Universities — Employment and service matters re educational institutions — Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973 — S. 31-A — Personal Promotion Scheme, 1984 — If applicable after the schemes of 10-9-1987 and 7...

It is submitted at the Bar that most of the States have filed the compliance report. Learned counsel for the State of Karnataka submits that he will file its compliance report within three days hence.

Corporate Laws — Securities & Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers & Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 — Sch. III Para 3 Explanation — Term ‘annual turnover’ — Interpretation of — Respondent is a stock broker in the...

A. Trusts and Trustees — Religious and charitable endowments and trusts — T.N. Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act, 1959 — S. 64(1) — Attached — Scope — Expression ‘attached’ in the explanation to S. 64(1) has to be...

Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 11(5), 2(1)(a), 2(1)(h) — Appointment of arbitrator — Powers of High Court — Invocation of — Condition precedent — If the parties fail to agree to appoint an arbitrator...