Rajasthan HC Refuses To Send Woman Back To Jail Despite Earlier Sentence Reduction Being Based On Erroneous Assumption Of Period Served

Rajasthan High Court denied sending a woman back to jail whose punishment for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was reduced by the division court 15 years ago based on an erroneous assumption that she was had already undergone a period of almost 8 years in jail, when in actuality she had been in prison for only around 2 years.The division bench of Justice Farjand Ali...

Cryptic Show Cause Notice Without Factual Details Invalidates GST Registration Cancellation: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court held that a GST registration cannot be cancelled on the basis of a cryptic show cause notice, which merely quotes statutory provisions without disclosing the factual grounds. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi noted that apart from stating the provisions of Section 29(2)(e) of the CGST Act, there are no facts or any details stated in the show cause notice. In the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Asks DGP To Explain Why FIR Was Not Lodged Against Policemen Who Allegedly Assaulted Lawyer

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged assault on an advocate, Amit, by Haryana Police personnel in plainclothes in Chandigarh neighbouring Nayagaon, Punjab on November 30. The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association had resolved to go on strike from December 15 due to the undue delay in the lodging of FIR.The Court noted that an incident...

'Deepathoon' Is Figment Of Judge's Imagination: Madurai Authorities Tell Madras High Court Over Thiruparankundram Deepam Row

Opposing the single judge's order directing the lighting of a lamp at the stone pillar in Thiruparakundram Hills, Madurai district, and police authorities told the Madras High Court (Madurai bench) on Tuesday (December 16) that the deepathoon (stone pillar) is a figment of the judge's imagination or devotees' imagination, which the judge had latched on to.In doing so, the authorities told...

Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Argues Parole Plea In-Person Before P&H High Court To Attend Parliament Amid Lawyers' Strike

Jailed Member of Parliament Amritpal Singh appeared in person on VC before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to argue his petition seeking parole to attend the Winter session of Parliament, as lawyers were disrupted due to a lawyers' strike.Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the State's refusal to grant him parole...

CGST Act | Once Returns Are Filed Within Time Period U/S 16(5), Limitation U/S 16(4) Loses Significance: Kerala High Court Allows ITC Claim

The Kerala High Court held that Section 16(5) of the CGST Act (Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017), being a non-obstante provision, overrides the time limit prescribed under Section 16(4) once returns are filed within the cut-off date specified therein. Section 16(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 specifies that no registered person can take Input Tax Credit...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict In Bail Plea Of Former Devaswom Board Official N Vasu

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (December 16) reserved its verdict in the regular bail application of 75-year-old former Travancore Devaswom Board official N. Vasu, who is arrayed as the third accused in the crime relating to the misappropriation of gold from the door frames of Sabarimala temple.The case was heard in detail today and yesterday by Justice A. Badharudeen.Vasu has taken an...

Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of News Report On Pregnant Women Compelled To Deliver Child At Home, Use Blade To Cut Umbilical Chord

The Bombay High Court recently took Suo Motu cognisance of the plight of pregnant women in hilly areas of Maharashtra wherein women are compelled to deliver children at home and use 'shaving blades' to cut the umbilical chords.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar noted from news item published in a Marathi Daily which stated that the Maharashtra Government has...

Revisional Powers Must Be Exercised Within Reasonable Time Even In Fraud Cases; Merits Cannot Justify Gross Delay: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed an order of the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) which had reopened and annulled revenue mutations after more than four decades.Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, while allowing a writ petition, held that revisional powers whether invoked in cases of fraud or otherwise must be exercised within a reasonable period, and that merits of a...

Bona Fide Errors In GSTR-3B Can Be Corrected; Karnataka High Court Directs Department To Accept Revised Returns

The Karnataka High Court held that bona fide errors in GSTR-3B returns are rectifiable and cannot be a ground to initiate proceedings under Section 73 of the KGST /CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Act. Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar directed the department to accept the revised returns, noting that the Supreme Court has also directed the CBIC to re-examine the provisions/timelines...

Denying Regularisation To Daily Wager After Extracting Work For Over 34 Years Is Illegal, Inequitable: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh High Court dismissed the Union Territory's challenge to the regularisation of a daily wager, holding that denial of regularisation after extracting work for more than three decades would be illegal, inequitable, and contrary to the welfare obligations of the State.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli, Justice Rajnesh Oswal noted that the...

"Person At This Age Would Be Lost Away From Family”: Bombay High Court Orally Remarks In Gautam Navlakha's Plea To Shift Back To Delhi

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday indicated its inclination to permit rights activist Gautam Navlakha to relocate to Delhi, while hearing his plea seeking relaxation of a bail condition that restrains him from leaving Mumbai in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case.The matter was heard by a Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Shyam Chandak.“Consider the fact that he is...