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Jharkhand High Court Distributes Tablet Devices To 496 Judicial Officers To Boost Digital Efficiency
In a significant move aimed strengthening the digital infrastructure of the judiciary, the Jharkhand High Court has distributed Samsung Galaxy Tablet devices to 496 judicial officers serving in various civil courts across the state of JharkhandThis initiative was undertaken on the recommendation of the Computer and Digitization Committee of the High Court of Jharkhand and approved by the...
JEE-Main: Delhi High Court Orders CFSL Probe In Plea Alleging Manipulation Of Score Cards
The Delhi High Court has ordered investigation by Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), CBI, in a petition filed by two candidates alleging manipulation of their score cards in JEE (Main)-2025.Justice Vikas Mahajan directed the candidates to furnish their respective registered e- mail IDs to the Registry for verification by the CFSL.The Court requested the Director of CFSL to expedite...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Disciplinary Proceedings Against JNU Student Over Protest On 2017 Women's Hostels Raids
The Delhi High Court has set aside disciplinary proceedings against a resident student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) initiated over protest on allegedly illegal raids conducted at the women's hostels in 2017. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri quashed the show cause notice issued against Aditi Chatterjee on April 23, 2018, as well as an office order dated May 14, 2018, and all...
Refund Of Liquidated Damages Imposed By Party Responsible For Delay In Work Can't Be Interfered With U/S 37 Of Arbitration Act: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court bench of Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Bhuwan Goyal has held that the imposition of liquidated damages by a party primarily responsible for the delay in completion of the work is unjustified. Therefore, the arbitrator's direction to refund such damages cannot be interfered with, given the limited scope of appellate intervention under Section 37 of the Arbitration...
Excise Duty Under Sugar Cess Act Can Be Claimed As CENVAT Credit: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court stated that excise duty under sugar tax act can be claimed as CENVAT credit. The Bench consists of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) was addressing the issue of whether payment of duty under Sugar Cess Act, 1982 can be claimed as Cenvat Credit when the Cenvat Credit Rules does not provide payment of cess under the Sugar...
Col Sofiya Qureshi Remark: High Court Tears Into 'Deficient' FIR Against BJP Minister Vijay Shah, Calls It 'Gross Subterfuge' By State
In its order uploaded on Thursday evening, the Madhya Pradesh High Court said that the FIR registered by the State police against BJP state minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi is 'deficient' on the actions which constitute the offences lodged against him, and the same amounts to 'gross subterfuge' by State.In a strongly worded order, the court further said...
Sale Of Goods At Concessional Rates Alone Does Not Constitute A Sham Transaction: Jharkhand High Court Quashes SCN
The Jharkhand High Court stated that sale of goods at concessional rates alone does not constitute a sham transaction. The Division Bench of Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Deepak Roshan observed that “notices under Section 61 have been issued to assessees and instead of pointing out discrepancies in the returns filed by assessees, the competent officer has embarked...
In-Laws Asking Wife To Divorce Husband So That He Can Marry Girl From Higher Caste Is Not Cruelty: Bombay High Court
In-laws telling a woman to divorce her husband so that he can be married to some other girl of a higher caste is not cruelty under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court held recently. A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay Deshmukh noted that the allegation against the applicant, the sister-in-law of the complainant...
Order 11 Rule 1 CPC | Plea For Interrogatories Can't Be Used To Make Roving Inquiry, 'Test Of Prejudice' Will Decide Its Merit: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently observed that a subsequent or second application seeking to deliver interrogatories to a party is not barred when there is a subsequent cause of action or changed circumstances.For context, interrogatories are written questions which one party can ask the other party to get clarity on facts, after taking permission from the court. Justice K Babu dismissed...
Land Owners Can't Retain Any Portion Once Sale Deed Is Executed Over Entire Area For Construction Of Apartment Complex: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently said that land owners cannot retain any portion of land once the sale deeds were executed in respect of the entire area for the purpose of the construction of an apartment complex. A Single judge, Justice N S Sanjay Gowda, allowed the petition filed by Keerthi Harmony Apartment Owners Association, and set aside the licence granted by Bruhat Bengaluru...
Karnataka High Court Stays Filing Of Final Report In Case Against Sonu Nigam For Alleged Objectionable Remarks When Asked To Sing Kannada Songs
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday by way of an interim order, stayed the filing of a final report in a criminal case registered against singer Sonu Nigam, who is accused of allegedly making an objectionable statement in a music concert held in Bengaluru when a group of audience members demanded he sing Kannada songs. A vacation bench of Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, issued notice to...
Unfair To Presume That Plea Of Limitation Can't Be Adjudicated By Arbitrator, Court U/S 11 Must Not Conduct Roving Inquiry: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court bench of Justice K. Lakshman has held that in a scenario where the referral court can discern the frivolity of the dispute from the bare minimum pleadings, it would be incorrect to presume that the arbitral tribunal, equipped to undertake a detailed examination of the pleadings and evidence, would be unable to reach the same conclusion. Therefore, it is better...