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Allahabad High Court Upholds Life Term In Eight Time National Badminton Champion Syed Modi Murder Case
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence awarded to an accused in connection with the murder of an eight-time National Badminton Champion Syed Modi, who represented India in various international championships.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav took into the record the evidence adduced before it to conclude that Modi was killed by firing made...
Appointment Committee Approves The Appointment of Nitin Gupta As CBDT Chairman
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of IRS Officer Nitin Gupta as the chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Nitin Gupta, IRS (IT:86), Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) from the date of...
Vismaya Dowry Death: Husband Kiran Kumar Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Conviction & Sentence
Kiran Kumar, the convict in the Vismaya dowry death case has approached the Kerala High Court challenging his conviction and the sentence imposed on him by the trial court.Justice Kauser Edappagath admitted the appeal and issued notice to the respondents. The matter will be taken up a month later. In an incident that shook the State last year, Vismaya, a 22-year-old Ayurveda medical student...
Supply Of Printed Leaflet Product As Per Content Supplied By Recipient Is A "Composite Supply": AAR
The Tamil Nadu Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) comprising of T.G.Venkatesh and K. Latha has held that the supply of printed leaflet products as per content supplied by the recipient is a composite supply as defined under Section 2(30) of the CGST/TNGST Act 2017 with "Supply of service of printing" as the principal supply. The applicant is one of the suppliers of printed...
Saradha Scam: Calcutta High Court Orders SEBI To Auction Company Assets, Appoints Justice Talukdar Committee To Oversee Process
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed central agencies- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), as well as the State government to hand over the money recovered from the sale of assets pertaining to the Saradha group of companies to a one-man committee comprising of Justice S.P. Talukdar, former Judge of the High Court. The Court further directed SEBI...
Mohammed Zubair Moves Delhi High Court Challenging 4 Days Police Custody, Hearing Tomorrow
The Delhi High Court will hear tomorrow a plea filed by Alt News Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair challenging his four days police custody remand granted by a Trial Court here, after he was arrested earlier this week by the Delhi Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity over a tweet made in 2018.The plea was mentioned today by Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for...
CESTAT Ahmedabad Strikes Down Appropriation Of Penalty And Interest Amount During Pendency Of Appeal
The Ahmedabad Bench of CESTAT has struck down the appropriation of penalty and interest amount from the assessee's sanctioned rebate claim, which was made by the revenue department during the pendency of the appeal filed by the assessee before the CESTAT. The Single Bench of Judicial Member Ramesh Nair held that since the assessee had paid the entire amount of duty demanded by...
Bank Of India V Future Retail: NCLT Mumbai Reserves Order On Amazon's Intervention Application
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P.N. Deshmukh (Judicial Member) and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating an intervention application filed by Amazon in Bank of India v Future Retail Ltd., has vide an order dated 27.06.2022 reserved the matter for orders on the intervention...
"No Urgency" : Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Of Sukesh Chandrashekhar To Shift Him From Delhi Jail
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till July 13 the hearing of the writ petition filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose seeking their transfer from Tihar Jail to a prison outside Delhi.A vacation bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala adjourned the matter after noting that the affidavit filed by the petitioners in respose to the statement...
Transgender Persons Classified As "Most Backward Class" For Reservation In Educational Institutions, Govt Jobs: TN Govt Tells High Court
The Madras High Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition seeking reservation for third gender in government jobs after it was informed by the Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram that the Government had already issued necessary orders way back in 2015, granting the benefit of reservation to the community. The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala opined that...