Promotional Activities Undertaken By Cricketers Are Not Covered Under Business Support Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan

The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has quashed the service tax demand against the international cricketers, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (judicial member) and Raju (technical member) has observed that the apparel that the appellant had to wear was team clothing, which bears the brand names and marks...

‘Difficult To Comprehend Reasoning, Logic Or Rationale In This Order’: Bombay High Stays IBBI Order Suspending Valuer’s Registration

The Bombay High Court has granted a stay on an order passed by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) against a Registered Valuer, saying that it was “difficult to comprehend the reasoning, logic or rationale” in the order. A division bench of Justices G S Patel and S G Dige on January 12 stayed the operation of the IBBI order suspending Vishwanatha Prabhu's registration as...

Law Minister Questions Collegium System Again, Backs Ex-Judge Who Said SC 'Hijacked' Constitution

Amid the ongoing friction between the judiciary and the executive over the process for judges appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju endorsed the view of a former High Court judge who commented that the Supreme Court 'hijacked' the Constitution by formulating the collegium system to select judges.Rijiju shared in Twitter a video clip of the interview of former Delhi High Court judge...

Reassessment Notice after 4 Years should have the Sanction Of PCIT: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court ruled that issuing a reassessment notice after four years is subject to the approval of the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (PCIT).The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Kamal Khata has ruled that the approval for the issuance of a notice under Section 148 ought not to have been obtained from the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax...

NCLAT Chairperson Calls For IBC Amendment To Ensure Due Share For Operational Creditors; Stresses On Need To Train IRPs

Former judge of the Supreme Court and current chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Justice Ashok Bhushan, said the move to inaugurate an insolvency law regime was one of the two most important changes in Indian legislative policy; the other being the introduction of the goods and services tax which replaced multiple indirect taxes levied by the centre as well as...

Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt to Pay ₹3 Lakh To Lawyer Arrested Illegally By Police

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to a 23-year-old advocate, who was last month arrested illegally by the police. Justice M Nagaprasanna said that lawyer Kuldeep's arrest was contrary to the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar. The court clarified that the compensation of Rs 3 Lakh will not come in...

Top Quotes FromTop Court: Supreme Court Weekly Review [January 16-22]

As promised, we bring to you a compilation of the most impactful observations made by the Supreme Court, a judicial ‘action recap’, as it were! Here are our top picks from the week starting from Monday, January 16: 1. Default bail not an order on merits and can be cancelled “When an accused is released on default bail under proviso to subsection (2) of Section 167 Code...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 16 To January 22, 2023

Nominal Index [Citation: 2023 LiveLaw(Ker) 22-38]Union Bank of India v. The Deputy Chief Engineer and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw(Ker) 22Justice K.K. Denesan (Retd. Judge) v. Senior Accounts Officer & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 23Razak Mether v. State of Kerala and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 24Ajeesh Nath P.S. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 25 Ambili S. Pilla v. Vinod Kumar...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 16 To January 21, 2023

NOMINAL INDEX Asif Khaliq vs. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 16 Saumitra Anand and others vs. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and others 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 17 Neelam Devi vs. State of U.P. 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 18 Adarsh Bhushan vs. State of U.P 2023 LiveLaw (AB) 19 Arvind Kejriwal vs. State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy./Addl.Chief Secy. Home And Another 2023...

Ind vs. NZ ODI Match| 'PIL Based On News Report Not Maintainable': MP High Court Junks Plea Alleging Illegality In Sale Of Tickets

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) last week dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed before it alleging that illegality and fraud has been committed in the sale of tickets for the 3rd ODI Cricket Match between India and New Zealand to be played on January 24 in Indore.Observing that a PIL on the basis of newspaper reporting is not maintainable, a Bench comprising...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2022- Judiciary

Judges Appointment Judges Appointment - Collegium reiterations are binding - Supreme Court asks Centre to explain by reiterated names are sent back to the collegium- 10 names reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium sent back by the Central Government- SC asks Attorney General as to how under the Scheme of law prevalent, are reiterated names sent back - Refers to para 486, clause 5...

[BAIL] Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar-Regular Bail-PART-V

Q.21 “Even though the principles of res judicata are not applicable to bail applications, it would lead to bad precedent if bail applications are filed repeatedly or successively without there being any change of circumstances”. Do you agree with the above proposition?Ans. Yes. Those are the observations made by the Supreme Court in State of Tamil Nadu v. S.A. Raja AIR 2005 SC 4462 – K....