High Courts
Penalty U/S 122(1A) Of CGST Act Can Be Imposed On Both Taxable And Non-Taxable Person: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the penalty for GST evasion contemplated under Section 122(1A) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017, can be imposed on 'any person'— whether taxable or non-taxable.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta thus differed from the Bombay High Court's decision in Amit Manilal Haria V. The Joint Commissioner of CGST &...
Take Concrete Decision So That No Student Is Excluded From CLAT Due To Language Barrier: Delhi High Court To Consortium Of NLUs
The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to take a concrete decision so that no student giving Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) entrance examination is excluded due to language barrier. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a public interest litigation seeking a direction that CLAT...
School Can't Deny Transfer Certificate To Child On Grounds Of Parents Having Matrimonial Dispute: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a school cannot deny transfer certificate to a child merely because the parents have ongoing matrimonial or guardianship dispute. “…the school cannot deny the issuance of Transfer Certificate (TC) to the child who has sought admission in other school. In the event of delay in issuance of Transfer Certificate, even a disciplinary action can be...
Students Move Allahabad HC Against Civic Body's Takeover Of Land Allegedly Owned By Aligarh Muslim University
A group of students of the Aligarh Muslim University have moved the Allahabad High Court against the recent move of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation (AMC) to take over the possession of 41 bighas of land located near the AMU campus. A total of 23 students have filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea, terming the civic body's action as 'encroachment/trespass'. They allege...
Delhi High Court Seeks AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's Response On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Anticipatory Bail
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by the prosecution seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan over an alleged attack on a Delhi Police team at Jamia Nagar.Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought response of Khan and listed the matter for hearing on August 27. Khan was granted anticipatory bail by Rouse Avenue Courts in February. He...
Bail Pleas Arising Out Of Same FIR To Be Listed Before One Judge For Disposal: Gauhati High Court Issues Notification
In supersession of all earlier directions, the Gauhati High Court issued a notification on May 3 concerning listing of bail matters which is to come into effect immediately.The notification issued by the Registrar General states:If Bail applications are assigned to different single Judge(s)/Bench(es), in that event, all the applications arising out of same FIR will be placed before one Judge...
'E-Surveillance, Underground Cables': Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Minimize Risk Of Elephant Deaths By Electrocution
The Karnataka High Court has directed Central and State forest authorities to commit themselves to conserve and preserve the "animal-asset" elephant, by taking steps to minimize, avoid and obliterate the risk of elephants succumbing to death by electrocution.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun directed thus while disposing a suo-motu petition initiated last...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Youtuber Arattannan Booked For Making Derogatory Remarks On Female Actors
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (6th May) granted bail to the Youtuber Santhosh Varkey popularly known as Arattannan. He was arrested based on complaints against his derogatory Facebook post against female actors. He is booked under Sections 75(3), 75(1)(iv) and 79 of BNS, Section 120(o) of Kerala Police Act and Section 67 of Information Technology Act.The counsel appearing for Santhosh...
'Legally Irreconcilable': Rajasthan HC Rejects Pleas By Ex-MLA Pramod Jain Bhaya, Others Seeking Both Quashing And Clubbing Of FIRs
The Rajasthan High Court rejected a batch of pleas filed by former Congress MLA and State Cabinet Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya, his friends and relatives, seeking quashing of 13 FIRs claiming that these were lodged with political motives and were handled by investigating agencies under the influence of the ruling party.The court also rejected the petitioners' plea to club the FIRs after...
Telangana HC Suspends Rustication Of BITS Pilani Student Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Citing Non-Compliance Of UGC Regulations By ICC
The Telangana High Court has temporarily suspended an order rusticating a second-year female student of BITS Pilani, after noting that it was passed without following the provisions of the UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational lnstitutions) Regulations, 2015. For context, Regulation 8 mandates that a copy of...
Impersonation Of Litigant? Kerala High Court Asks Lok Adalats To Verify Identity Of Parties Before Commencing Settlement Proceedings
The Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala Legal Services Authority to issue necessary guidelines to all the District Legal Service Authorities (DLSAs)/ Lok Adalats to ensure that the identity of the parties is ascertained before commencement of the settlement proceedings and passing an award. Justice C. S. Dias passed this direction after a party made a claim that an advocate had...
'This Is Not The Time': Punjab & Haryana HC Reserves Order On Plea To Give 'Martyr' Status To Pahalgam Terror Attack Victims
Observing that "this is not the time" for raising such issue, the Punjab and Haryana High Court reserved its verdict in a PIL seeking to declare the 26 tourists who died in the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack as "Martyrs".A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel was hearing the plea filed by Ayush Ahuja, a lawyer by profession.During the hearing, Chief Justice Nagu orally asked...