Karnataka High Court Acquits Woman Accused Of Murdering Her Two Months Old Child By Throwing In River

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a woman for allegedly causing the death of her two months old girl-child, who was suffering from epilepsy and some respiratory problems, by throwing her into a river. A division bench of Justices KS Somashekar and Shivashankar Amarannavar acquitted the accused Kavitha who has been...

Bank Can't Attach Customer's PPF Account For Settlement Of His Debt/ Liability: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court recently reiterated the settled proposition of law that the amount of Public Provident Fund account shall not be liable to any attachment in respect of any debt or liability incurred by the account holder.The Bench comprising Justice AS Supehia was hearing the case of a Petitioner who had invested Hindu Undivided Family's money under Centre's Public...

Maharashtra Crisis : Supreme Court Refuses To Pass Interim Order Against Holding Floor Test

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a prayer to pass interim order against the holding of floor test in the Maharashtra legislative assembly till July 11, the next date of hearing in the petitions filed by rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde and his 15 supporters.The plea for interim order against floor test was made by Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat, who represented Anil Chaudhary and...

IBC Cases Weekly Round Up: 20 June To 26 June, 2022

NCLAT NCLAT Stays The Constitution Of COC In The CIRP Of Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd. Case Title: Prashant Agarwal v Vikash Parasprampuria Case No.: Company Appeal (AT) (Ins.) No. 690 of 2022 The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), New Delhi Bench, comprising of Justice M. Venugopal (Judicial Member) and Shri Kanthi Narahari (Technical Member), has stayed...

Kashmiri Pandits' Body Approaches High Court Seeking Relocation From Valley, Says Govt Failed To Protect Lives Of Religious Minorities

The Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti (KPSS), an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits, has moved a letter petition before the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, stating that the religious minorities in the valley are under direct threat from terrorists and must be relocated to safer locations outside.The KPSS is a group of 808 families living in 272 villages of Kashmir which...

Short Payment Of Excise Duty Is Not Sufficient To Invoke The Extended Period: CESTAT

The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) consisting of Ajay Sharma (Judicial Member) has held that a short payment of excise duty is not sufficient in order to invoke the extended period.The appellant/assessee is in the business of manufacturing colour TVs, LCDs, LEDs, washing machines, split air conditioners, and their spare parts. The...

BREAKING| Can Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Accused Who Went Abroad After Registration of Crime Be Entertained? Kerala HC Doubts "Vijay Babu" Judgment

The bench of Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan of the Kerala High Court today differed from the law laid down by the High Court's coordinate bench last week wherein it was held that Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has no restrictive mandate that a person outside India cannot file an application seeking anticipatory bail.It may be noted that while granting anticipatory bail to...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging PoP Ban For Sculpting Idols

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the ban on use of Plaster of Paris (POP) for making Ganesh idols. PIL petitioner Ajay Vaishampayan, an activist, had claimed that PoP was banned without any scientific tests on its effect on water. And Shadu clay idols, used as an alternate option, were more harmful for the environment. However, a division bench of...

Scrap Generated After The Process Of Manufacture Is Not Includible In Assessable Value Of The goods Cleared By The Job Worker: CESTAT

The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the scrap is generated after the process of manufacture and the same is not includible in the assessable value of the goods cleared by the job worker to the principal manufacturer.The appellants/assessee are engaged in the manufacture of tractor parts and components on a job work basis for...

Post Against Sharad Pawar: Maharashtra Police Tells Bombay High Court It Won't Arrest Ketaki Chitale In Remaining FIRs

In a relief for Marathi actress Ketaki Chitale, the Maharashtra Police informed the Bombay High Court that it will not be arresting her in 21 pending FIRs for sharing an advocate's derogatory post aimed against NCP Chief Sharad Pawar.A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and NR Borkar accepted the statement and posted her quashing petition for further hearing on July 12, 2022.The actor...

TCS Collected Under Income Tax Act On Sale Of Goods Cannot Be Included In The Assessable Value For Charging Excise Duty: Ahmedabad CESTAT

The Ahmedabad Bench of CESTAT has ruled that the amount of TCS collected under theIncome Tax Act, 1961 on the sale of goods cannot be considered as an additional consideration flowing to the assessee from the buyer of the goods and, therefore, the TCS collected by the assessee cannot be included in the assessable value for charging Excise Duty. The Bench, consisting of Mr. Ramesh...

BREAKING| Maharashtra Crisis- Supreme Court Extends Time Till July12 For Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs To Respond To Dy.Speaker's Disqualification Notice

The Supreme Court on Monday extended the time for Eknath Shinde and 15 other rebel MLAs in the Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly, to file written response to the Deputy Speaker's disqualification notice till July 12. The deadline was otherwise 5.30 PM today."Meanwhile as an interim measure, the time granted by the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly to the petitioners or other similarly...