Article on March 18, 2023
Can Unauthorised Passenger Recover Insurance Claim In Motor Accidents? J&K And Ladakh HC Answers
The Jammu and Kashmir and ladakh High Court bench comprising Justice Sanjay Dhar held that unauthorised passengers cannot claim insurance in case of death or bodily injuries in motor accidents. The bench was hearing a batch of appeal against the order of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal where the tribunal awarded compensation and resultantly appeal was preferred by the insurance company.
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NGT Comes Down Heavily On Kochi Municipal Corporation For Neglecting It’s Duties, Imposes 100 Crore Fine
The National Green Tribunal bench comprising Adarsh Kumar Goel as Chairperson, Sudhir Agarwal as Judicial Member and A. Senthil Vel as expert member recently came down heavily on Kochi Municipal Corporation for continuously neglecting it’s duties and awarded an environment compensation of Rs.100 crores under section 15 of NGT Act against the corporation which is to be deposited within one month for necessary remediation measures including dealing with the public health issues of the victims.
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Madras HC Held That Movie “I” Cannot Be Granted Entertainment Tax Exemption For Using Single Letter I as Tamil Title
The Madras High Court bench comprising Justice S.M. Subramaniam upheld the order of an expert committee saying that the movie “I” cannot be granted entertainment tax exemption as the name does not fit into the parameters set for having a Tamil name which is the criteria for exemption.
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Minority Educational Institutions Not Exempted From Admission And Fee Regulatory Committee, SC Holds
The Court held that the appellant society must necessarily submit the fees proposed by it in respect of the professional courses offered through its institutions to the AFRC
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JSA Advises Aseem Infrastructure Finance For 138 Cr Term Loan To IRB InvIT Fund
The firm carried out a diligence on the Borrower and its SPVs and also advised AIFL in respect of structuring and finalising the transaction in parallel with another loan being availed by the Borrower
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JSA Advises Aditya Birla Finance For Term Loan Facility Of 50 Cr To IRB InvIT Fund
The firm carried out a diligence on the Borrower and its SPVs and also advised ABFL in respect of structuring and finalising the transaction in parallel with another loan being availed by the Borrower
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Supreme Court Stays NCDRC Order Directing Builder To Refund Excess Sale Area Charges
Mr. Amit Sibal and Mr. Siddarth Bhatnagar, Senior Advocates along with Mr. Debmalya Banerjee, Partner, Ms. Manmeet Kaur, Mr. Rohan Sharma Principal Associates, Mr. Anmol Pandey, Mr. Nicholas Choudhury, Mr. Gurtejpal Singh, Ms. Suditi Batra, Mr. Abhishek Rana and Ms. Aashna Arora, Advocates from Karanjawala & Co. appeared in the matter on behalf of Appellant
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Opportunity Of Hearing Not Given To Assessee, Gujarat HC Sets Aside The Assessment Orders Passed
The Gujarat High Court bench comprising Justices N.V. Anjaria and Niral R. Mehta sets aside the assessment order levying heavy penalty on the assessee without giving him an opportunity of hearing. The high court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging those orders.
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Veritas Legal Advises Kedaara For Acquisition Of Majority Stake In Olivia
Concerned Partners who worked on this deal are Abhijit Joshi and Somrita Chatterji. Concerned Senior Associates & Associates who assisted in this deal are Anish Patel (Senior Associate), Anamika (Associate), and Sunil Neelakantan (Associate).
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SC Passes Guidelines For Disabled CLAT Candidates
Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala heard a petition whereby the difficult conditions set out by CLAT consortium on specially abled candidates were impugned
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