India, June 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. P. K. Mishra, participated in the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group Roundtable on the margins of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2025 in Geneva today. During the discussions, he emphasized the G20's pivotal role in advancing global disaster risk reduction efforts by leveraging economic capacity alongside development imperatives. He call...
India, June 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: I am proud to be a Chittorian. That is my identity. I was born in village Kithana, district Jhunjhunu but that was my biological birth. My real birth took place in Sainik School, Chittorgarh. Sainik School taught me values, discipline, decorum, friendliness, care for the environment, to be one amongst many - not to be alone ever. When I look back to my days in Sainik School, I have vivid, pleasant memories. Unforgettabl...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 8: The process of arbitration is initiated on a consensus of the parties when they desire to resolve their disputes arising out of the agreement through the process of arbitration instead of following the normal process of courts. The effort of the legislature in enacting the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short, the Arbitration Act) is to ensure that this process is fair, efficient and capable of...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 8: The learned Commercial Court at Gangtok, has set aside the arbitral award dated 23.02.2023 on the ground that the sole Arbitrator had become functus officio after the period provided under section 29(A)(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, the Arbitration Act) [as amended by the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (for short, the 2015 Amendment)] was over and the arbi...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 7: Learned Counsel for the Respondent No.6 submits that Respondent No.4 is the mother of Respondent No.6 and he accepts Notice on her behalf as well. Respondents No.2 and 5 has been served as seen from the Order dated 03-04-2025. Notice issued to Respondent No.3 has been "delivered". Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of Learned Counsel for the Respondent No.1 submits that the Counsel on record is in Vell...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 7: 1. Heard on I.A. No.02 of 2024, which is an application filed by the Appellant/Petitioner, under Section 389(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter, the "Cr.P.C."), seeking suspension of the sentence and consequent enlargement on bail of the Appellant/Petitioner. 2. It is submitted by Learned Counsel for the Appellant that from the records before the Learned Trial Court, the age of the ac...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 5: 1. This judgment shall dispose two regular first appeals i.e RFA No.06 of 2019 and RFA No 12 of 2019. 2. R.F.A. No. 06 of 2019 is an appeal against judgment and decree both dated 12.04.2019 passed by the learned District Judge, Special Division-I, Sikkim at Gangtok in Title Suit (Declaratory) No.1 of 2014 filed by the appellants i.e. M/s Nauratanmal Ashok Kumar and Sampatlal Bucha. The impugned judgment a...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 5: 1. This judgment shall dispose two regular first appeals i.e RFA No.06 of 2019 and RFA No 12 of 2019. 2. R.F.A. No. 06 of 2019 is an appeal against judgment and decree both dated 12.04.2019 passed by the learned District Judge, Special Division-I, Sikkim at Gangtok in Title Suit (Declaratory) No.1 of 2014 filed by the appellants i.e. M/s Nauratanmal Ashok Kumar and Sampatlal Bucha. The impugned judgment a...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 5: 1. The Defendants No.2 and 3 jointly, Defendants No.4 and 5 jointly, Defendant No.6 individually and Defendant No.7 individually (Respondents No.2 and 3, Respondents No.4 and 5, Respondent No.6 and Respondent No.7 herein), filed applications respectively, under Order VII Rule 11 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), with Defendants No.6 and 7 specifically mentioning the provisio...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 5: This Court on 16-04-2025 had allowed adjournment sought for by Learned Counsel for the Applicant, subject to payment of costs of rs 40,000/- (Rupees forty thousand) only, i.e., rs 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) only, each, to each of the Respondents, within a period of one week from the date of the Order. The party had also been cautioned that should the cost not be paid within one week from the date of th...