High Courts
Advertisement For Post Can't Be Contrary To Law: P&H HC Directs Reconsideration Of Candidate Denied Disability Reservation For Asst Lineman Post
Observing that an advertisement to the post cannot be contrary to law, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed to consider candidates unjustly denied benefit of reservation for the post of Assistant Lineman.Jagmohan Bansal said, "There is no change in the legal position from 2013 to 2024. In the absence of change in legal position, there was no reason to deny benefit of reservation...
Delhi High Court Directs CBI To Conduct Preliminary Enquiry Into Alleged 'Extortion Racket' Inside Tihar Jail
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 2) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary enquiry over the allegations of extortion racket being run inside the Tihar jail. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela also directed Delhi Government's Principal Secretary (Home) to conduct a fact finding enquiry to find out...
GST Dept Expected To Empathetically Consider Assessees' Requests To Adjourn Personal Hearing On Medical Grounds: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the Goods and Services Tax authorities are expected to empathetically consider an assessee's request for adjournment of personal hearing on medical grounds.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta said the Department should not proceed to pass adverse orders in such matters.The development comes in a petition filed by...
NDPS Act | Unjust To Grant Bail Only On Minute Difference In Colour Of Drug In Seizure Memo And FSL Report: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in an NDPS case involving commercial quantity of heroin, said that bail cannot be granted merely because there is a 'minute difference' between the colour of the contraband seized and the colour of the substance described in the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report. Counsel for the petitioner was seeking bail primarily on the ground that the colour of...
Uttarakhand HC Raps Police Over Nainital Communal Violence, Warns Civic Officials Of Contempt For Demolition Notice To Rape Accused
Taking a serious note of the issuance of a demolition notice to a 73-year-old accused in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case in violation of a Supreme Court's November 2024 order, the Uttarakhand High Court today rapped the municipal corporation officials. The court also reprimanded the district administration and SSP PS Meena for failing to prevent the...
Kerala High Court Allows State Bar Council To Continue Disciplinary Proceedings Against KHCAA President Yeshwanth Shenoy
Kerala High Court has allowed the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council to continue with the proceedings initiated against President of the High Court Advocates' Association and lawyer Yeshwanth Shenoy, accused of misbehaving in Court.Suo motu contempt proceedings were initiated against the lawyer after former High Court Justice Mary Joseph filed a complaint alleging that he shouted...
Trial Judges Relying On Staff For Drafting Interim Orders Is An Unhealthy Practice, Must Write Or Dictate Orders Themselves: J&K High Court
Spotlighting on procedural integrity in the subordinate judiciary, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, while dismissing a petition challenging the framing of charges in a forgery case, issued a cautionary note to trial magistrates against delegating the drafting of interim orders including those related to framing of charges to subordinate staff.Justice Mohammad Yousuf...
Rule 86A CGST Rules | Credit Ledger Can't Be Blocked For More Than One Year : Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ordered unblocking of an enterprise's Electronic Credit Ledger following the lapse of one year since its initial blocking.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta cited Rule 86A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 which lays down the conditions of use of amount available in electronic credit ledger. It...
2024 Rajkot Fire Case | Gujarat High Court Asks State Government To Inform On Structure Of Fire Services
The Gujarat High Court on Friday (May 2) asked the State government to inform about the structure of fire services in the State. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi were hearing a batch of pleas including the suo motu petition initiated by the high court last year after twenty-seven individuals, including four children, perished in the massive fire...
Gauhati High Court Bar Association Asks Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma To Reconsider Resignation From Bar Body
The Gauhati High Court Bar Association (GHCBA) on Thursday (May 1) wrote to the Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma requesting him to reconsider and withdraw his resignation from membership of GHCBA in the larger interest of the institution and the legal fraternity.The bar body's response comes after the Chief Minister wrote to the President GHCBA on Wednesday resigning from...
Jharkhand HC Quashes ITAT Relief To Assessee For Relying On Overruled Precedent In TDS Default Case, Remands Matter For Fresh Adjudication
The Jharkhand High Court has quashed an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Circuit Bench, Ranchi, after finding that it was solely based on a precedent that had been overruled by the Supreme Court. The Tribunal had earlier deleted the entire addition made by the Assessing Officer under Section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, on the ground that the payments in question...
Delhi High Court Denies Relief To Firm Allegedly Involved In ₹550 Crore GST Fraud, Questions Its Conduct Before Dept
The Delhi High Court refused to entertain a writ petition filed by a Noida based firm allegedly involved in GST fraud of over Rs. 550 crores.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta were unappreciative of the Petitioner's conduct in responding to the Department's proceedings.A demand of over ₹550 crores has been raised from various firms including...