Punjab & Haryana High Court Flags 'Alarming' Rise In Immigration Frauds, Calls For Stringent Deterrence

Flagging growing prevalence of immigration fraud rackets, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that there is "urgent need to adopt a stringent approach to deter such conduct." Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said, "Crimes involving immigration fraud have reached alarming proportions in recent years. Unsuspecting individuals are often lured with promises of overseas employment or education,...

UG/PG Higher Degrees But Appointment Criteria Can't Be Tinkered: Patna HC Upholds Bihar Pharmacists Cadre Rules Mandating Diploma In Pharmacy

The Patna High Court has upheld the constitutional and statutory validity of Rule 6(1) of Bihar Pharmacists Cadre Rules, 2014 (amended), making Diploma in Pharmacy (D. Pharma) from Institutions recognized by the Government along with a certificate, a compulsory requirement to be eligible for appointment as Pharmacist in State Health Department.Dismissing a series of writ petitions, the...

CENVAT Credit Can't Be Denied Merely On Non-Submission Of User Test Certificate: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court stated that user test certificate is not mandatory before adjudicating show cause notice. The Division Bench of Justices R. Suresh Kumar and G. Arul Murugan opined that show cause notices cannot be adjudicated merely on the ground that the User Test Certificate has not been produced by the assessee. In this case, the respondent/assessee is a manufacturer of...

Kerala High Court Orders CBI Probe Against Former Chief Secretary KM Abraham In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday (11th April) ordered CBI enquiry into former Chief Secretary of Kerala K. M. Abraham in a case of illegal amassment of wealth. The order was passed by Justice K. Babu in a petition filed by Jomon Puthenpurackal, a popular activist. It is alleged that while serving as the Additional Chief Secretary of Financial Department, Abraham acquired wealth disproportionate...

Karnataka HC Set Aside Suo-Motu Discharge Order By Trial Court Against BBMP Officials Accused Of Irregularities Causing Loss To State Exchequer

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside an order passed by the trial court by which it discharged several engineers (present and former) of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), and contractors in the cases registered against them about irregularities in the works conducted during 2005 and 2012.Justice H P Sandesh allowed the petition filed by the state government and set aside...

Channel Placement Contract Does Not Entitle Broadcaster To Demand That Distribution Platform Operator Offers Bouquet Of Channels: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that an agreement entered between a broadcaster and Distribution Platform Operators (DPO) for assigning a particular Logical Channel Number/LCN (unique channel number assigned to TV channels) is different from the DPO assuming obligations to make the broadcaster's channels a part of 'bouquet offerings'.For context, bouquet of channels means an assortment...

Examination In Chief Of Witness In Proceedings Under Domestic Violence Act Can Be Tendered By Way Of Affidavit: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that in the proceedings under the Domestic ViolenceAct, the examination in chief of a witness can be tendered by way of an affidavit.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that the reliefs granted under the enactment are essentially civil in nature and therefore, the procedure of recording examination in chief by way of affidavit cannot be faulted.The...

Calcutta High Court Denies Permission For 'Hanuman Jayanti' Event To Be Held On Red Road On April 12

The Calcutta High Court has denied permission to hold a 'Hanuman Chalisa paath' event to be held at Red Road on 12th April (tomorrow). Petitioner had approached the court for permission to hold the even with around 3000 participants, after not hearing back from the police authorities.Later, the police authorities granted permission for the event, but at a different location to prevent...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 31 To April 06, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 395 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 418NOMINAL INDEXBHARAT BHUSHAN SHARMA v. GOVT.NCT OF DELHI & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 395 Lufthansa Cargo AG v. Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 396 M/s Brij Lal & Sons v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 397 TATA SONS PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR. VS. MALLA RAJIV 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 398 LOREAL...

Railways Not Responsible For Loss Due To Theft Of Passenger's Belongings Unless Its Officials Were Negligent: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the railways cannot be held responsible for the loss of theft of passenger's belonging unless there is negligence on the part of its officials.“…a passenger, carrying his own luggage with him in compartment, is himself responsible for its safe keeping and Railways are not liable for any loss therein due to theft unless it is a case of theft on account...

Delhi Coaching Centre Deaths: High Court Upholds Order Allowing Rau's IAS Owner To Photocopy Financial Documents Seized By CBI

The Delhi High Court has granted relief to owner of Rau's IAS coaching centre, where three civil services aspirants had died by drowning after flooding of the institute's basement with rainwater, in July last year.Justice Amit Mahajan upheld a trial court order allowing the owner to obtain photocopy of certain financial documents which were seized by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from...

Value Of Land Under Works Contract Is Not Exigible To VAT: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court stated that value of land under works contract is not exigible to VAT. The Division Bench of Justices Krishna S Dixit and Ramachandra D. Huddar was addressing the issue of whether levying tax on receipt for land cost i.e., immovable property, which does not constitute consideration for works contract under Composition Scheme of KVAT is...