Articles for Court Settlement

Mediated Settlement Enforceable Only Upon Court Approval And Issuance Of Decree: J&K High Court
1 week, 3 days ago

Mediated Settlement Enforceable Only Upon Court Approval And Issuance Of Decree: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated the enforceability of mediated settlements under the Jammu and Kashmir Mediation and Conciliation Rules, 2019 and emphasized that a settlement reached during mediation gains the status of a decree enforceable at law only when it receives the Court's approval and a decree is passed accordingly. The trial court, in a …

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Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica lawsuit with Australia’s privacy watchdog, to pay $50 million

Firstpost  

The settlement closes an expensive and drawn-out legal saga over the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal, marking another chapter in Meta’s global reckoning for mishandling user data Australia’s privacy regulator took Meta to court in 2020, accusing the tech giant of failing to safeguard users’ personal information. The settlement closes an expensive and drawn-out legal saga over the infamous Cambridge Analytica …

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'Consideration' Need Not Be Monetary: Supreme Court Upholds Settlement Deed Requiring Transferee To Care For Transferors & Do Charity
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Consideration' Need Not Be Monetary: Supreme Court Upholds Settlement Deed Requiring Transferee To Care For Transferors & Do Charity

Live Law  

The Supreme Court upheld a property transfer based on a settlement deed requiring the transferee to care for the transferors and perform charitable work. The respondents argued that the settlement deed was nothing but a gift deed because it was without consideration as taking care of the transferor and doing social work would not qualify as consideration. Observation Setting aside …

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Hawaii Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on issues holding up $4B wildfire settlement
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hawaii Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on issues holding up $4B wildfire settlement

The Independent  

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Maui judge agrees to ask state Supreme Court about barriers to $4B wildfire settlement
4 months, 1 week ago

Maui judge agrees to ask state Supreme Court about barriers to $4B wildfire settlement

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year’s devastating Maui wildfires. Judge Peter Cahill on Maui agreed Friday to ask the state high court questions about how insurance companies can go about recouping money paid to policyholders. Lawyers representing individual plaintiffs in …

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Parents of 3 students who died in Parkland massacre, survivor reach large settlement with shooter
5 months ago

Parents of 3 students who died in Parkland massacre, survivor reach large settlement with shooter

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Families of three students murdered during the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and a wounded former student have reached multimillion-dollar settlements in a lawsuit against the shooter, though their attorney concedes it is highly unlikely they will ever receive much money. The parents of slain students Luke Hoyer, 15, Alaina Petty, 14, …

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Youth in Hawaii took on the state government over climate change. A historic settlement has emerged
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Youth in Hawaii took on the state government over climate change. A historic settlement has emerged

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Thirteen children and teens in Hawaii took the state government to court over the threat posed by climate change. The parties said the settlement was the first between a state government and youth plaintiffs to address constitutional issues arising from climate change. The settlement’s provisions include the establishment of a greenhouse gas reduction plan within one year of …

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Inside the 'laughable' deal Ten bosses offered Bruce Lehrmann
8 months, 1 week ago

Inside the 'laughable' deal Ten bosses offered Bruce Lehrmann

Daily Mail  

EXCLUSIVE Network Ten tabled Bruce Lehrmann a deal to walk away from his failed defamation action with no damages, no costs and no apology - and with the threat of a hefty legal bill even if he won. The network's settlement offer was tendered in the Federal Court on Wednesday during a costs hearing in the defamation proceedings, during which …

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Rape FIR against married man quashed after he promises never to contact woman
9 months, 1 week ago

Rape FIR against married man quashed after he promises never to contact woman

India Today  

An FIR for rape against a married man has been quashed by the Bombay High Court after the woman told the court, "The relationship was of a consensual nature. The bench of Justices PD Naik and NR Borkar heard a plea filed by the accused against whom an FIR was registered on February 3, 2024, at the Lonavala Police Station …

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Auction Purchasers Can't Object To Bank Offering One-Time Settlement Facility To Borrower Until Auction Sale Is Confirmed: Kerala High Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Auction Purchasers Can't Object To Bank Offering One-Time Settlement Facility To Borrower Until Auction Sale Is Confirmed: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that auction purchasers cannot say that banks cannot enter into a one-time settlement facility with the borrowers and cancel the auction sale until the sale was conformed in their favour. As long as the sale of the mortgaged assets is not confirmed in favour of the auction purchasers and as long as the Sale …

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Unscrupulous Litigation Against Husband & Family Even After Settlement & Mutual Divorce: MP High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Wife
10 months ago

Unscrupulous Litigation Against Husband & Family Even After Settlement & Mutual Divorce: MP High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Wife

Live Law  

Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed Rs 1 Lakh cost on a litigant wife for misusing the process of court by continuing prosecution against the husband and his family even after reaching a settlement and obtaining a decree of divorce by mutual consent. Regarding the allegation levelled against the husband and his octogenarian parents under Section 313 IPC, the court …

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RBI To Determine Bank's Knowledge Of Borrower's Account Balances, Application Of 'Right Of Recompense': Kerala High Court
1 year, 2 months ago

RBI To Determine Bank's Knowledge Of Borrower's Account Balances, Application Of 'Right Of Recompense': Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently held that the determination of whether the bank had knowledge of the amount remaining in the borrower's account at the time of granting the One Time Settlement, and whether the bank could therefore exercise the 'Right of Recompense,' is a matter to be decided by the bank itself.‘Right of Recompense’ is a tool used by …

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Govt Launches Vivad se Vishwas II Scheme To Resolve Pending Contractual Disputes
1 year, 5 months ago

Govt Launches Vivad se Vishwas II Scheme To Resolve Pending Contractual Disputes

News 18  

In order to settle the pending contractual disputes of government and government undertakings, the finance ministry has launched the ‘Vivad se Vishwas II – ’ scheme, according to an official statement released on Wednesday. To be eligible for settlement under the scheme, the ministry has laid out two conditions — a) arbitral award passed on or before January 31, 2023, …

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Texas AG settles with former aides who reported him to FBI
1 year, 11 months ago

Texas AG settles with former aides who reported him to FBI

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation of the three-term Republican. “Attorney General Ken Paxton accepts that plaintiffs acted in a manner that they thought was right and apologizes for referring to them …

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Amber Heard Settles Defamation Case With Johnny Depp, Will Pay $1 Million: Attorneys
2 years ago

Amber Heard Settles Defamation Case With Johnny Depp, Will Pay $1 Million: Attorneys

Huff Post  

Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are seen testifying at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., earlier this year. Associated Press Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have settled their defamation case, which Heard summed up as “a very difficult decision” and a result of her having “lost faith in the American legal system.” Heard agreed to pay …

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Johnny Depp reaches settlement with City of Lies crew member who accused him of punching him in rage
2 years, 5 months ago

Johnny Depp reaches settlement with City of Lies crew member who accused him of punching him in rage

Daily Mail  

Johnny Depp has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed against him by a crew member on the film City of Lies, who accused the actor of attacking him during production of the movie. Depp in the legal agreement agreed to comply with the settlement by the end of August, according to court docs, as the trial in the case …

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S.33C Industrial Disputes Act Is For Execution Of Award, Labour Court Can't Enter Adjudicatory Process To Decide Disputed Facts: Gujarat High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

S.33C Industrial Disputes Act Is For Execution Of Award, Labour Court Can't Enter Adjudicatory Process To Decide Disputed Facts: Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has made it clear that Section 33C of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, is for the purpose of execution of the award or dealing with the pre-existing right or benefit arising out of the settlement of a workman against his employer. The same does not make way for a Labour Court to enter into an adjudicatory …

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Party Can't Claim Refund Of Court Fee If Dispute Not Settled After Being Referred To Arbitration: Kerala High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Party Can't Claim Refund Of Court Fee If Dispute Not Settled After Being Referred To Arbitration: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has recently held that mere reference of a party for settlement under Section 89 of the Code of Civil Procedure would not entitle refund of court fee as provided under Section 69A of the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, unless it has been settled between the parties. Thus it is clear that mere reference …

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NCLT/NCLAT Should Not Sit In Appeal Over Commercial Wisdom Of CoC To Allow Withdrawal Of CIRP : Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

NCLT/NCLAT Should Not Sit In Appeal Over Commercial Wisdom Of CoC To Allow Withdrawal Of CIRP : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Friday, held that when 90% or more of the creditors decide that it will be in the interest of all the stake­holders to permit Settlement Plan filed by promoter of the Corporate Debtor and withdraw Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process as per Section 12A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the adjudicating authority or the appellate …

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$230M settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill
2 years, 7 months ago

$230M settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The owner of an oil pipeline that spewed thousands of barrels of crude oil onto Southern California beaches in 2015 has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by fishermen and property owners, court documents show. Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline agreed to pay $184 million to fishermen and fish processors and $46 …

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Madras High Court Declares Mother Nature As A Living Being Having All Rights Duties and Liabilities Of A Living Person
2 years, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Declares Mother Nature As A Living Being Having All Rights Duties and Liabilities Of A Living Person

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently invoked the "parens patriae jurisdiction" and declared "Mother Nature" as a "Living Being" having a legal entity/ legal person / juristic person / juridical person / moral person / artificial person having the status of a legal person, with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person, in order to preserve and conserve …

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Telangana Court Imposes ₹10 Lakh Cost On Filmmaker Who Sought Injunction On Release Of Amitabh Bachchan Starrer 'Jhund'
2 years, 10 months ago

Telangana Court Imposes ₹10 Lakh Cost On Filmmaker Who Sought Injunction On Release Of Amitabh Bachchan Starrer 'Jhund'

Live Law  

A local Court in Telangana has dismissed a petition filed by Hyderabad filmmaker Nandi Chini Kumar, seeking to restrain the release of Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Jhund', which hit the theatres today. 10 lakh.Kumar had sought to recall January 2021 order whereby the civil suit filed by him seeking damages from Super Casettes, producer of the film,. Kumar had sought to …

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Abducting In Order To Murder: Uttarakhand High Court Quashes FIR U/S 364 IPC On Mutual Settlement
2 years, 10 months ago

Abducting In Order To Murder: Uttarakhand High Court Quashes FIR U/S 364 IPC On Mutual Settlement

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a First Information Report registered under Section 364, IPC which deals with "kidnapping or abducting in order to murder". While quashing the FIR, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Alok Kumar Verma observed, "Though, this Court would normally be hesitant to quash the First Information Report, lodged under Section 364 I.P.C., it is noticed …

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An Expensive Way to Plead Guilty: Prince Andrew's Payout Plan to Bury Sex Abuse Case
2 years, 10 months ago

An Expensive Way to Plead Guilty: Prince Andrew's Payout Plan to Bury Sex Abuse Case

News 18  

In an expensive sort of way, Britain’s Prince Andrew pleaded as good as guilty on Tuesday to a sexual encounter with a minor girl. Mi5 necessarily knew of Prince Andrew’s rendezvous with Virginia Giuffre in a London nightclub 20 years ago. Britain’s royalty, much practiced in setting up walls around royal scandals, could not have administered the boot to none …

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