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Orissa High Court To Give "Promising Lawyer Of The Year" Award To 22 Lawyers On The Occasion Of Its Foundation Day
In a unique initiative, the Orissa High Court will distribute "Promising Lawyer of the Year" award to 22 lawyers from 22 different districts/judgeships of Odisha on the occasion of its Foundation Day on 26th July this year. Name of the following lawyers were recommended by the Jury for their promising performance in the profession during the last one year. Notably, the...
Kallakurichi Student Suicide: Madras High Court Allows Re-Postmortem Without Parents
The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to conduct re-postmortem of a student who allegedly died by suicide in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, without the presence of her parents. The order was passed by Justice N Satish Kumar after the State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah made an urgent mention that the whereabouts of the deceased's parents could not be traced...
Income Tax Dept. Can't Unreasonably Reject Proof Submitted By The Assessee: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the income tax department cannot unreasonably reject proof submitted by the assessee. The division bench of Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Bivas Pattanayak noted that the assessing officer brushed aside the explanation offered by the assessee by stating that merely filing PAN details and a balance sheet does not absolve the assessee from...
Inapplicability Of MOOWR Scheme On Solar Power Generating Units: Delhi High Court Says No Coercive Action
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju issued notice and restrained the customs officer from taking any coercive action against the petitioners assailing the legality of Board Instruction No. 13/2022 dated 9.07.2022. The instruction was issued by the CBIC with regards to the inapplicability of the Manufacturing and Other Operations in...
DGFT Notifies Procedure For Submission Of Requests For Seeking IMC's Approval For Export Of Wheat Flour
The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the procedure for submission of requests for seeking the approval of Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMC) for the export of wheat flour. Wheat flour (Atta) export is permitted subject to the recommendation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on wheat export. The export of Maida, Samolina (Rava/Sirgi), however, remains...
Show Cause Notice Cancelling GST Registration Must Disclose Reason: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the show cause notice cancelling registration must indicate the reason and the mere mentioning of violation under the CGST Act is not sufficient. The single bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh has observed that cancellation of registration has the most serious civil consequences. While Section 29(1) of the CGST Act provides for specific...
Supreme Court Stays Karnataka HC Judgment Which Allowed Trial Of Husband For Marital Rape
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the judgment of the Karnataka High Court which allowed the trial of a husband for the offence of rape alleged by his wife.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli passed an order of ad-interim stay of the High Court's judgment dated March 23, 2022, till the next posting date.The bench also stayed...
Supreme Court Expresses Concerns At Centre's Delay In Appointing APTEL Chairperson
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concerns at the post of Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) lying vacant.Chief Justice of India NV Ramana asked Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj to take instructions from Central Government regarding the appointment of APTEL Chairperson. "When are they filling the vacancies of Chairman? You get instructions as to...
"Crossed Lakshman Rekha": Madras High Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings Against Savukku Shankar For Tweets Against Justice GR Swaminathan
Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madras High Court has directed the Madurai bench registry to register a suo motu case of criminal contempt against Youtuber/Commentator Savukku Shankar for his tweets against the judge. The court also directed the registry to implead social media intermediaries like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube and send notices to their compliance officers. The court also...
Single Member Benches Of NGT Cannot Be Constituted In View Of Proviso To Section 4(4)(c) NGT Act: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that single member benches of National Green Tribunal (NGT) cannot be constituted.The proviso to Section 4(4)(c) NGT Act mandates that there shall be at least one expert member on the Bench, the bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna observed.The court added that a delegated legislation must be in conformity with the enactment of the legislature...
Only Investigating Agency Can Move Application For Further Investigation U/S 173(8) CrPC: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has the right of further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC is given to investigating agency and only they can move an application before the magistrate for further investigation. The Bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Deepak Verma further observed that after the commencement of trial, neither the Magistrate suo motu nor on an application filed by...