High Courts Can't Entertain Appeals On Determination Of Excise Duty Rate Or Value Of Goods For Assessment: Rajasthan High court

The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has held that an appeal would lie to the High Court if the High Court is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law; however, an appeal would not lie if the same pertains to the determination of any question having relation to the rate of duty of excise or to the value of goods for purposes of assessment.The bench of Justice...

Economic Offences Need A Different Approach: Rajasthan High Court Declines Bail Over Inadmissible Input Tax Credit Worth 1032 Crores

Recently, Rajasthan High Court refused to grant bail to a person who is accused of operating nearly 294 fake firms for the purpose of passing inadmissible input tax credit worth Rs. 1,032 crores fraudulently. The court also emphasised that economic offences create a huge loss to the public exchequer, which demands that such 'white collar crimes' be considered as grave offences affecting...

'Mockery Of Justice': Rajasthan High Court Slams State For Failure To Supply Drinking Water To Approved Colonies In Jodhpur After 18 Yrs

Issuing heavy rebuke on the state instrumentalities including the Jodhpur Development Authority and Public Health & Engineering Department, the Rajasthan High Court has termed their prolonged failure to supply drinking water to approved housing colonies despite the passage of 18 years as a 'mockery of justice'.The Division Bench comprising Dr Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice...

S.73 Evidence Act | Tribunal Didn't Examine Admitted & Disputed Voters' Signatures Before Setting Aside Election: Rajasthan HC Upholds Gangani Sarpanch Election Results

Noting that Section 73 of the Evidence Act has been disregarded by the election tribunal to examine signatures in the voters register before setting aside the Sarpanch election for Gangani Panchayath, the Rajasthan High Court underscored that the election petitioner failed to prove that the same set of voters had cast votes at two separate places.The single-judge bench of Justice Vinit...

[Rajasthan Colonisation Rules] Eligibility In 'Landless Category' Depends On Individual Applicant's Holdings, Land Held By Spouse Immaterial: High Court

While overturning the decisions of the Colonisation Commissioner and Board of Revenue cancelling the land allotments made to two women, the Rajasthan High Court has clarified that eligibility for the 'landless category' depends on the applicant's individual land holdings. Grant of land under Rajasthan Colonization (Allotment and Sale of the Government Land in the Indira Gandhi Canal Colony...

Can't Condone Lethargic Attitude Of Petitioner Who 'Slept Over' His Rights: Rajasthan HC Declines Plea To Get Land 52 Yrs After Auction

Deprecating the practice of seeking relief through writ petitions after the lapse of several years without satisfactory explanation, the Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a plea regarding the deposit of the balance amount for an auction that occurred 52 years ago.The single-judge bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand iterated that courts have usually discouraged entertaining writ petitions...

Can Candidates Change Category Amid Ongoing Recruitment Process If Visited By Widowhood Or Handicap: Rajasthan HC Refers Question To Larger Bench

The Rajasthan High Court has referred to a larger bench the question regarding legal viability of a candidate changing her category to a special category in the middle of a recruitment process, upon being visited by a misfortune caused by the 'act of god' post the submission of the application form.A Division Bench of Dr Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Madan Gopal Vyas noted...

Have No Superintendence Over NCDRC Which Is Situated In Delhi: Rajasthan High Court

Recently, a division bench of the Rajasthan High Court, citing lack of jurisdiction, has set aside the decision rendered by its single-judge bench quashing the orders of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).Previously, Jaipur Development Authority had preferred an appeal against the State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission's (Jaipur) award before NCDRC. This appeal...

Seeds & Leaves Without Flowering Tops Not 'Ganja' As Per NDPS Act, Rajasthan HC Grants Bail To Accused Claiming To Be Bhang Contractor

While granting bail to an accused claiming to be a 'Bhang' contractor, Rajasthan High Court iterated that the definition clause of NDPS Act contemplates only the 'flowering or fruiting tops of cannabis plants' within the definition of 'Ganja'.The single-judge bench of Justice Praveer Bhatnagar allowed the bail application under Section 439 CrPC. Leaves of the cannabis plant weighing 28.600...

Victim Will Be Reminded Of The Incident She Is Trying Hard To Forget, Rajasthan HC Holds POCSO Convict Can't Serve Parole In Victim's Village

While directing a POCSO convict not to enter the village where the victim resides for the duration of parole granted, Rajasthan High Court opined that the absence of such a safeguard will adversely affect the mental well-being of the survivor/victim.The Division Bench comprising Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajendra Prakash Soni observed that if the victim were to face the convict during...

Time Of Accrual For Taxing Income Gets Postponed Till Adjudication Of Dispute By Civil Court: Rajasthan High Court Stays Demand Order

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the penalty order and consequential demand notices passed under Section 270-A and Section 156 of the Income Tax Act, respectively.The bench of Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Munnuri Laxman, while issuing the notices to the National Faceless Assessment Centre (NFAC), has observed that the time of accrual for taxing income gets postponed till...

Rajasthan High Court Orders Reinstatement Of Ayurvedic Doctors Before It Who Retired At 60 Yrs Age But Are Yet To Turn 62 Yrs

While adjudicating a batch of writ petitions filed by Ayurvedic doctors, Rajasthan High Court has held that those doctors before it who have been superannuated on account of turning 60 years of age must be reinstated if they haven't attained 62 years of age by now.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Bhuwan Goyal also noted that one of the...