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Supply Of Ready To Eat And Ready To Cook Food Products Attracts 18% GST: Karnataka AAR
The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling has ruled that 18% GST is applicable on the supply of ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook food products.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran Reddy T. has observed that all kinds of food mixes, including instant food mixes, soft drink concentrates, Sharbat, the betel nut product known as "Supari," sterilized or pasteurized millstone,...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Gyaspur Colony Residents' Plea Against Demolitions; Ask Them To Pursue Alternate Remedies
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain an impleading application moved by residents of Gyaspur Colony, South Delhi challenging a Delhi High Court order regarding their rehabilitation under the Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation policy, 2015.A Bench of KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna however kept other remedies open for the applicants and gave tliberty to pursue them.The...
Assessment Can’t Be Reopened Based On Another Director’s Disclosure Of Income Differently Received: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the fact that a different director of the same company disclosed the income received in a different way cannot be used as justification to reopen the assessment.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Kamal Khata observed that the reopening of the assessment was based on a change of opinion, conjectures, and assumptions, as well as...
S. 34 Petition Can’t Be Amended To Introduce New Grounds Containing New Facts, To Challenge Arbitral Award: Delhi High Court Reiterates
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that though it is permissible to introduce an amendment in a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), however, new grounds of challenge containing new material/ facts cannot be introduced when the said grounds were neither raised in the original petition under Section 34 nor before the...
Contempt Case: Kerala High Court Grants Bail to 'V4 Kochi' President Nipun Cherian
The Kerala High on Monday granted bail to 'V4 Kochi' President Nipun Cherian, in connection with his arrest in the contempt case initiated against him for his statements against a sitting judge of the High Court. In its order dated February 21,2023, a Division Bench comprising of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. had directed the issuance of a...
NCLT Chennai Bench Re-Constituted W.E.F 27th February 2023
The National Company Law Tribunal, Chennai Bench, has been re-constituted vide a Circular dated 24.02.2023 issued by NCLT. The re-constitution has been made in partial modification of order of even number dated 09.02.2023 and is effective from 27.02.2023 until further orders. The re-constituted NCLT Chennai Bench shall comprise of: NCLT Chennai, Court Room No. II...
'Union Govt Misusing CBI & ED To Attack Political Opponents' : Dushyant Dave Tells Supreme Court In Telangana MLA Poaching Case
A transfer, to the Central Bureau of Investigation, of a probe into the alleged conspiracy hatched by the Bharatiya Janata Party to poach Bharat Rashtra Samiti legislators would result in a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’, said Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, questioning a decision of the Telangana High Court ordering the transfer. He said: “We are a regional party that is fighting...
Do 'Prakash Singh' Directions Apply To Police Chiefs Of UTs? Supreme Court To Decide Question Of Law In Rakesh Asthana Case
The Supreme Court of India on Monday stated that it would have to determine whether the directions passed in Prakash Singh & Others v. Union of India apply to Police Chiefs falling under the AGMUT(Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) Cadre or not. This question came up before the court in a petition filed by CPIL challenging Rakesh Asthana's appointment as Delhi...
Delhi Court Summons Lalu Prasad Yadav, Others In Land For Job Scam Case
A Delhi Court on Monday issued summons to former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife, daughters and various others in the alleged “land for job scam” case of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Special CBI Judge Geetanjali Goel of Rouse Avenue Courts prima facie observed that the material on record shows commission of offences under...
Punjab Government Moves Supreme Court Against Governor Refusing To Summon Budget Session
The Punjab Government has approaches the Supreme Court challenging the refusal of Governor Banwarilal Purohit to grant permission to the government to summon the budget session scheduled on March 3.The State government has filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India through Additional Advocate General Shadan Farasat today morning. The Principal Secretary to the Governor...
Orissa High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 20 To February 26, 2023
Nominal IndexM. Rajamma v. State of Orissa & Ors., 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 23Hrusikesh Sahoo & Anr. v. State of Orissa, 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 24Smt. Renuka Sethi & Ors. v. Babu Sahu & Anr., 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 25PCIT (Central) versus Narayan Kumar Khaitan, 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 26Management Committee, CFH Scheme, Paradip Port v. Paradip Port Workers Union & Anr., 2023 LiveLaw...