Rajasthan HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Advocate's Clerk Who Forwarded Provocative WhatsApp Message After Udaipur Killing

The Rajasthan High Court has granted protection from arrest to an Advocate's clerk, who forwarded a WhatsApp message stating that "in Udaipur religious war has started, bravo finish the pigs".The petitioner has sought for quashing of FIR registered on information of respondent-Nadim Kadir for offences punishable under Sections 295A and 153A of the IPC. He further sought protection of his life...

Delhi High Court Gives Nod For Establishing Mohalla Clinic In Public Park, Directs Maintenance Of Remainder Part As Green Area

The Delhi High Court has recently given its nod for establishment of Mohalla Clinic in a public park situated in city's Kalkaji area, observing that the project would be beneficial to the residents of the locality. Further adding that the project must be implemented as per the proposed plan in public interest, Justice Yashwant Varma directed the authorities (Delhi Government and PWD) to...

Uttarakhand HC Permits Animal Slaughtering On Bakar-Eid In Muslim-Majority Town In Haridwar District [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday stayed the operation of the state government's order to allow the slaughtering of animals in Mangalore, a Muslim majority town loacated at a distance of about 45 kilometers from Haridwar, on the occasion of Bakar-Eid which falls on 10th July, 2022.The court noted that the purpose of issuance of order appears to be to assuage the feeling of Hindu...

Person Belonging To Another Religion Can't Be Prevented From Entering Temple If He Has Faith In That Hindu Deity : Madras High Court

"It is common knowledge that the devotional songs of Dr.K.J.Yesudas, a Christian by birth, rendered on various Hindu Gods are played without any demur in temples"

Using Name Of A State For Non-Commercial Establishments Prohibited: Kerala High Court Overrules Single Bench Order

The Kerala High Court recently held that a private organisation cannot use the name of a State in its title, irrespective of the profit or purpose for which it is constituted, even if it is a non-commercial organisation going by the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and the corresponding Rules. A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P....

CBIC Revokes Circular Relating To Excisability Of Waste Arising During The Process Of Manufacture

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has revoked the circular relating to the excisability of waste arising during the process of manufacture.Rule 6 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 was amended with effect from March 01, 2015 by inserting Explanation 1 and 2 in sub-rule (1) of rule 6. It provides that exempted goods or final products shall include non-excisable goods...

Merely Placing Sale Deed On Record Doesn't Absolve Party From Establishing Right To Claim Land Compensation When Possession Not Established: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely placing the Sale Deed on record will not absolve a party from its burden to establish its right to claim compensation in respect of a land when the fact of possession in its favour is not established from the documents available on record.A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Gaurang Kanth was dealing with a plea...

Sale Of Renewable Energy Certificate Of Income Received By The Assessee Is A Capital Receipt: ITAT

The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the sale of renewable energy certificates (carbon credit) of income received by the assessee is a capital receipt. The two-member bench of Kuldip Singh (Judicial Member) and Gagan Goyal (Accountant Member) has observed that the sale of carbon credit could not be a business receipt or income, nor is it...

Revenue Officials Bound To Effect Mutations In Record According To Court's Decree: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that it is the duty of revenue officials to incorporate the court's decree in the revenue record, in true letter and spirit.The observation was made while dealing with a petition for quashing impugned order wherein Naib Tehsildar-cum-Assistant Collector had ignored the decree of the civil court which held that the Will is valid in favour of...

Approval Of Demerger Would Not Entail The Benefit Of Set-Off Under Section 72A Of Income Tax Act: ITAT

The Pune Bench of ITAT has ruled that the mere fact that the scheme of demerger or amalgamation was approved by the High Court, does not automatically entitle the assessee to claim the set-off of brought forward business losses relating to the demerged or amalgamating undertaking. The Bench, consisting of S. S. Viswanethra Ravi (Judicial Member) and Inturi Rama Rao (Accountant...

Water Logging Menace | Allahabad High Court Issues Slew Of Directions To Lucknow Development Authority

Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction to the state government authorities for the removal of encroachment over various drainage systems in the city of Lucknow, the Allahabad High Court issued a slew of directions to the Lucknow Development Authority.Though the court noted that prayers in the writ plea are omnibus in nature, the bench of Justice Devendra...

E-Rickshaw Sold Without Battery Classifiable As An "Electrically Operated Motor Vehicle" : West Bengal AAR

The West Bengal Authority of Advance Ruling consisting of Brajesh Kumar Singh and Joyjit Banik has ruled that a three-wheeled electrically operated vehicle, commonly known as an e-rickshaw, when supplied without a battery, is classifiable as an "electrically operated motor vehicle" under HSN 8703. The applicant is in the business of importing spare parts for electrically...