High Courts
GST Inspection Not Legally Sustainable Without Compliance With S.67 Of CGST Act & S.100 CrPC: Patna HC Quashes ₹88.64 Lakh Tax Demand
The Patna High Court, while allowing a petition challenging a tax demand of ₹88,64,550.50, has observed that an inspection conducted under the BGST/CGST regime is legally unsustainable if not carried out in compliance with Section 67 of the BGST/CGST Act, 2017 read with Section 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. According to Section 67 of BGST/CGST Act, 2017, an inspection to...
Kerala Bar Council Decides To Send Show Cause Notice To Adv Yeshwant Shenoy For Facebook Post Against Judge
The Kerala Bar Council in today's meeting decided to send a notice to Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy to show cause as to why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him for his Facebook post against Justice T. R. Ravi. Adv. Yeshwanth Shenoy, who is also the President of the Kerala High Court Advocates Association, made the Facebook post responding to Justice Ravi dismissing his...
NI Act | Demand Notice Must Be Read As A Whole, Cannot Be Dismissed Over A Solitary Error: J&K High Court
Reinforcing the statutory mandate under the Negotiable Instruments Act, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that a solitary typographical error in a statutory notice under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, cannot override the overall content and intent of the notice, thus refusing to quash cheque dishonour proceedings involving Rs. 21 lakhs.Dismissing a plea...
Punjab & Haryana HC Orders Removal Of Gurudwara And Mandir Encroaching On Road; Gives Time To Remove Holy Scriptures, Idols
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has ordered the removal of unauthorised Mandir and Gurudwara constructed on a road meant for public ingress and outgress to a commerical market, and gave six weeks time to remove holy scriptures/books/idols from the structures after due observance of all religious ceremonies.Justice Harsh Bunger perusing the documents found that there is, "no manner of...
Punjab & Haryana HC Asks POCSO Court Why Victim Given Up As Prosecution Witness, Says Her Statement Is 'Material For Trial'
Finding it "strange", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked a Special POCSO court to report as to why the victim is given up as a prosecution witness in a rape case.Justice Amarjot Bhatti said, "Recording of statement of victim is material for proper and final adjudication of the trial. It is strange that the victim as prosecution witness has been given up by the Public Prosecutor...
Desertion Requires Intent, Not Just Separation: Jharkhand High Court Rejects Husband's Divorce Appeal
The Jharkhand High Court has held that desertion as a ground for divorce cannot be established merely through physical separation unless it is proven that the separating spouse intended to permanently sever the marital relationship. The Court, while upholding the Family Court's decision denying divorce, emphasised that desertion requires both the fact of separation and the intention to...
State Can't Trample Upon Rights Of Citizens In Rural Areas Merely Because They Lack Literacy Or Means To Approach Court: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court on Friday said that in a civilised society there is no place for discrimination in the application of law and a citizen cannot be deprived of his or her rights just because s/he did not approach the courts or the authorities in time.A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Somasekhar Sundaresan directed the Maharashtra government to pay the appropriate amount to...
NEET PG 2025: MP High Court Permits Nine Foreign Medical Graduates To Fill Online Form Pending Decision On Increased Internship Period
While hearing pleas by graduates who completed MBBS from foreign universities against an order increasing internship period from two to three years, the Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order directed the State Medical Council to permit nine petitioner foreign graduates to fill NEET PG Exam 2025 online form which closes on May 7. A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and...
Person Having Disability Of More Than 40% Can't Be Transferred To Tribal/Hard Areas: Himachal Pradesh High Court
Himachal Pradesh High Court stayed the transfer order of a visually impaired government employee to a hard area who has disability of more than 40%. ("hard/tribal areas" refer to regions that are geographically remote, have challenging terrains and have limited access to resources). Justice Sandeep Sharma held: Himachal Pradesh government's transfer policy for employees with 40% or...
Results For Govt School Teacher Recruitment To Be Out Between July-September: Staff Selection Panel Submits Revised Timeline To Jharkhand HC
The Jharkhand High Court took on record a fresh affidavit filed by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) setting out revised timelines for completing recruitment of 26,000 teachers in government schools for Classes 1-8 in two categories which is proposed to be completed between July to September this year. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao and...
Accused On Bail Has No Inherent Right To Travel Abroad For Pleasure Or To Attend Relative's Marriage: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that an accused who has been enlarged on bail cannot seek permission as of right to travel abroad merely to attend a relative's wedding and have a pleasure trip. A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi emphasised that an accused cannot claim an automatic right to travel abroad for non-essential purposes merely because such permission was granted to...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025
Nominal Index:M/s Devyani International Limited vs Airport Authority of India and others 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 127Rattan Chand & Ors vs UT OF J&K & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 128Mohd Iqbal Koka Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 129Mohammad Imran Ganai And Anr. Vs Government Through Police Station Dangiwacha 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 130Chief Engineer PW(R&B) Department and another vs...