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Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: 13 February To 19 February, 2023
Nominal Index: PUNARVASU @ VASU And INDRANI S. 2023 LiveLaw (kar) 54 M V Guruprasad & ANR And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 55 G And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 56 Shadaksharappa And Kumari Vijayalaxmi. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 57 M.B.Jayadevaiah And The Managing Director, BMTC Central Offices & ANR.. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 58 M/s...
How Constitutional Right To Hold Peaceful Demonstration Can Be Curtailed? Calcutta High Court To Police On CPI(M) Leader's Plea
The Calcutta High Court has asked the West Bengal Police why it refused permission to CPI(M) leader Tushar Kanti Ghosh to hold a peaceful demonstration in Bhangore area of South 24 Parganas district.A single judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the Inspector-in-charge of Bhangore Police Station to explain:“as to how the constitutional right to hold a peaceful demonstration by...
Gauhati High Court Imposes Cost On Electoral Registration Officer For Referring Retired Army Officer To Foreigners Tribunal To Determine Citizenship
The Gauhati High Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000/- on Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of 52 Dibrugarh Legislative Assembly, for referring to Foreigners Tribunal, a retired army personnel who has rendered a service of 38 years, for adjudication as to whether he is a citizen of India.The court observed that the order of reference itself provides that the ERO had got the...
Telangana High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Khadeer's Custodial Death Case
The Telangana High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of custodial death of 35 years old Mohammed Khadeer, a daily wager, held by the Police over a chain-snatching case in Medak district.The matter is listed before a bench comprising of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji today.The court has initiated the proceedings based on a report published by the Indian Express Daily, as...
Kerala High Court Commences Publishing Judgments In Malayalam
The Kerala High Court has started publishing judgments translated to Malayalam language on test basis.In an unprecedented step, two judgments of the Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly in WA 1638/2022, and WA 926/2016, have been made available in Malayalam language, on the High Court website. With this initiative, Kerala High Court has become...
Mere Existence Of Power Under S. 9 Of Arbitration Act Not Sufficient To Justify A S. 9 Petition: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the power of the Arbitral Tribunal to grant interim measures under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), is not inferior to the power of a court under Section 9. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma remarked that though Section 9(3) of the A&C Act is not an ouster clause, it still requires the court to...
49th GST Council Meeting: Know The Key Recommendations Relating To GST Rates On Goods and Services
The 49th meeting of the GST Council under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.Here are recommendations relating to GST rates on Goods and Services:GST Rate ReductionThe GST Council has reduced the GST rate on rab from 18% to 5% if sold prepackaged and labeled and nil if sold otherwise. The GST rates on pencil sharpeners have...
49th GST Council Meet: Final GST Appellate Tribunal Agreement To Be Drafted
The 49th meeting of the GST Council under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the final GST Appellate Tribunal agreement is yet to be drafted.The second appeals forum for GST is the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), also known as the Appellate Tribunal. This means that any unsatisfactory order made by the First...
49th GST Council Meeting: Know The Measures For Facilitation Of Trade
The 49th meeting of the GST Council was held on 18th February 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.The measures for the facilitation of trade were:Extension of time limit for application for revocation of cancellation of registration and one-time amnesty for past casesThe Council has...
49th GST Council Meet: Approves Report Of GoM On Capacity Based Taxation & Special Composition Scheme In Certain Sectors
The 49th meeting of the GST Council under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman approved the report of GoM on capacity-based taxation and special composition scheme in certain sectors on GST.The Council accepted the GoM's recommendations to stop the leaks and increase revenue collection from goods like pan masala, gutkha, and...
49th GST Council Meeting: Centre To Clear Entire Pending Balance GST Compensation For June 2022
The 49th meeting of the GST Council was held on 18th February 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.The government of India has decided to clear the entire pending balance GST compensation of Rs. 16982 crores for June 2022.Due to the lack of funds in the GST compensation fund, the center made...
Villupuram Anbu Jothi Ashram Case: Madras High Court Asks Police To File Action Taken Report
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamilnadu police to file an Action Taken Report (ATR) with respect to the investigations in the Villupuram Ashram Case. The bench of Justice M Sundar and Justice Nirmal Kumar sought the report while hearing a Habeas Corpus petition with respect to the missing of a 70-year-old inmate Zafirullah from the Ashram. Anbu Jothi Ashram is a...