New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain public interest litigation relating to the maintenance amount which can be granted under various provisions of law.

New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that he would not speak on the issue of his security breach in Punjab's Ferozepur as it could impact the Supreme Court-mandated investigation.

New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday set up a five-member committee headed by retired top court judge Justice Indu Malhotra to probe into the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit on January 5.

New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday has set up a committee headed by a retired top court judge, Justice Indu Malhotra to investigate the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit on January 5.

New Delhi Nov 25 PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday asked industrialist Atul Chandrakant Kirloskar and 13 others made respondents by Kirloskar Brothers Ltd KBL in an appeal to apprise it of their opinion on the issue of mediation to settle the family feud related to assetsKBL whose Chairman and Managing Director is Sanjay Kirloskar has challenged a Bombay High Court order directing arbitration in the assets case The top court on July 27 had ordered status quo in the matter and asked the parties involved to explore the possibility of mediationA bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of senior advocates including A M Singhvi appearing for Kirloskar Brothers Ltd and Shyam Divan on the issue of mediation and asked the counsel for Atul Chandrakant Kirloskar and others to appraise their views on the matterAt the request of Ritin Rai senior counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Numbers 1 3 to 6 and 9 to 17 in SLPCNo82212021 to enable him to seek instructions list on December 2 the bench also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli saidThe bench was apprised that some parties are agreeable to mediation by former Supreme Court judge Indu Malhotra and it has been said that all companies which are not parties in the court proceedings should also be part of the mediationAt the outset Singhvi said the mediation will be a futile exercise if all the companies and individuals are not bound by the outcomeIf any company or an individual says no then the mediation will be a futile exercise he said adding the respondents are buying companies and building assetsThe top court said it may then have to pass some interim orders as there has to be some fairness and no party should take undue advantage Taking note of the submissions the bench asked the lawyer to take instruction on mediationOn November 12 the bench had agreed to hear the plea of Kirloskar Brothers against the Bombay High Court order directing arbitration in the assets caseThis was the Kirloskar family dispute wherein the court on July 27 had expressed views on exploring the mediation possibility and it is very sad that we have written about even appointing the mediator Now we are three-four months down and mediator has been appointed Singhvi had saidBefore this the bench had ordered status quo in the case between feuding family members of the Kirloskar group and it was also extended to the proceedings in the Pune civil court on KBL seeking damages for violation of the family deedAsking the parties involved in the case to explore the possibility of mediation the bench had issued notice on the appeal by Sanjay Kirloskar and asked them to file replies within six weeksThe Supreme Court had asked the Kirloskar brothers -- Sanjay and Atul -- to explore mediation to resolve the family dispute relating to the assetsThe feud over the deed of family settlement relating to the assets of the more than 130-year old Kirloskar group reached the apex court after Sanjay Kirloskar appealed against the Bombay High Court order that had relegated the dispute to arbitrationIn the appeal it was contended that the order of the High Court is factually and legally untenable and misconceived and it contains serious errors of fact and law and incorrect findings have been arrived at on an erroneous basisThe judge has grossly erred in referring the Deed of Family Settlement DFS suit and the parties thereto to arbitration even though certain entitiespersons who are parties to the suit are not signatories of DFS hence not signatories to the arbitration agreement the appeal stated The Kirloskar family members had entered into the DFS in 2009According to the appeal under the DFS disputes relating to the Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies KIAMS and Kirloskar Foundation KF are to be resolved unanimously In case there is no unanimity the issue is to be referred to two arbitrators -- Anil Alwani and C H Naniwadekar If they differ in opinion then the dispute is to be referred to the third arbitrator Srikrishna InamdarDFS makes it clear that only disputes relating to KIAMS and KF shall be referred for arbitration and not other disputes the appeal saidAnother DFS clause states that no one in the family will compete with any other member in business it addedAccording to KBL this clause has been violated by Rahul and Atul who have taken a stake in a pump manufacturing company namely La Gajjar Machineries Pvt LtdBeing aggrieved KBL had earlier filed a case in a Pune civil court seeking Rs 750 crore damages for violation of the agreement During the pendency of the suit in Pune court Atul Rahul and other respondents moved the Bombay High Court saying DFS had a clause that in case of dispute the parties can go in for arbitrationThe high court hearing their plea had agreed with them and ordered a resolution through arbitrationThis order has now been challenged by Sanjay Kirloskar in the top court on the ground that only disputes relating to KIAMS and KF shall be referred for arbitration and no other disputes would be entertained by the arbitrators PTI SJK NSD

New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday and Justice Indu Malhotra, former judge of Supreme Court of India, was appointed as the Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer.