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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Deduction of amounts received under Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 — Supreme Court clarifies that only benefits directly replacing lost income are deductible from compensation awarded under the Motor Vehicles Act. Other benefits, such as pensions or life insurance, remain unaffected. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Adjudicating authority must satisfy itself that a financial debt exists and there is a default — Pre-existing dispute is not a bar to admitting an application by a financial creditor under Section 7, unlike in the case of an operational creditor under Section 9. Companies Act, 1956 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 238 (IBC) — Overriding effect of IBC — Scheme of arrangement (SOA) under Companies Act vs. Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under IBC — Delay and non-compliance with statutory timelines in the SOA process renders it defunct — IBC provisions prevail over inconsistent provisions in other laws — Adjudicating Authority under IBC can initiate CIRP even if SOA proceedings are pending, especially if SOA is defunct. Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 vs. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Jurisdiction — Orders passed under Benami Act cannot be questioned before authorities under IBC — NCLT lacks jurisdiction to entertain challenges to provisional attachment orders under Benami Act — Remedy lies exclusively before competent forum under Benami Act — IBC cannot be converted into a parallel appellate forum to review validity of attachment orders under specialised enactment — Doing so would render appellate machinery of Benami Act otiose. Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 98 — Recovery Certificate — Sale under Section 98 — Mandatory Deposit — Rule 107(11)(h) of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 — Deposit of entire auction amount within 15 days of auction date is a mandatory condition — Failure amounts to void sale — Bank did not raise objection and accepted deposit after 15 days — Such acceptance does not waive the mandatory condition — Sale was void as the entire amount was not deposited within the stipulated period.

Jurisdiction of Tribunal-The main question involved in the suit was whether the suit land is a Wakf property or not- Plaintiff says that it is a Wakf property whereas the defendants say that it is not the Wakf property but it is their self- property–This question, can be decided only by the Tribunal and not by the Civil Court.

  (2017) 175 AIC 125 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 2155 : (2017) AIR(SC) 2155 : (2017) 123 ALR 784 : (2017) 4 AndhLD 106 : (2017) 2 ARC 226 : (2017)…

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.439–Rape–Kidnapping–Bail–Charge sheet was filed against appellant and four other persons-Case against appellant is almost similar to that of o the r co-accused who have been enlarged on bail—Appellant has no other criminal antecedents-Bail granted-Indian Penal Code, 1860, S.376 & S.366.

(2017) 100 ACrC 979 : (2017) 177 AIC 68 : (2017) 2 AICLR 803 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 2474 : (2017) AIR(SC) 2474 : (2017) ALLMR(Cri) 2220 : (2017) CriLR 457…

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