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Treatment Of Children With Rare Diseases Cannot Be Deferred Due To Unavailability Of Long Term Clinical Trial Studies: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the treatment of children suffering from rare diseases would not merit being deferred on the ground that long term clinical trial studies are not available or that adequate evidentiary material does not exist.Justice Yashwant Varma was was hearing a clutch of petitions concerning children suffering from rare diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy...
Motor Accident | Claimant Compensated By His Insurer Not Entitled To Compensation For Same Damages From Offending Vehicle's Insurer: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently established that a claimant who was compensated by his own insurer is not entitled to get any compensation again for the very same damages from the owner or insurer of the offending vehicle in cases of motor accidents. Justice A. Badharudeen held so after finding that in Economic Transport Organisation v. Charan Spinning Mills (P) Ltd, the Apex Court had...
Commission Earned On Distribution Of Indian Mutual Fund Outside India, Not Taxable: ITAT Mumbai
The Mumbai Bench of ITAT has ruled that the commission earned on distribution of Mutual Funds schemes of an Indian fund outside India cannot be taxed in India, if all the operations are carried out by the distributor outside India. The Bench, consisting of Pramod Kumar (Vice President) and Sandeep Singh Karhail (Judicial Member), held that merely because the Mutual Funds distributed...
Delhi High Court Appoints Former Justice Pankaj Naqvi As Administrator To Handle Affairs Of Judo Federation Of India
The Delhi High Court has appointed former Allahabad High Court judge, Justice Pankaj Naqvi, as administrator to handle day to day affairs of Judo Federation of India. Justice Yashwant Varma also directed that in the interim, the erstwhile President, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Federation shall extend all cooperation to the Administrator in conducting the affairs of the Federation....
Supply Of Bed Rolls Kits Amounts To Supplying Services To IRCTC, Chargeable To Service Tax: CESTAT
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the supply of bedroll kits to passengers of air-conditioned classes and other classes on behalf of IRCTC attracts service tax.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and P.Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) observed that the supply of bedroll kits to passengers for and on...
Delhi High Court Orders To De-seal Business Premises, Directs Assessee To Produce Documents
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Poonam S. Bamba has ordered the department to de-seal business premises and directed the assessee to produce documents.The department has sealed the business premises of the petitioner under Section 67 (4) of the Central Goods and Service Tax, 2017 for the want of documents. As per Section 67 (4) of the Central Goods...
Arbitral Award Cannot Be Modified By Executing Court On The Basis Of Just A Memo: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that in the absence of an application filed under Section 33 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) for correction of typographical errors in the arbitral award, the Court cannot pass an order modifying and correcting the arbitral award on the basis of a Memo filed before it by a party. The Single Bench of Justice E.S. Indiresh...
'Ensure No Breach Of Peace': Calcutta High Court Allows Primary Teachers' Welfare Association To Conduct Peaceful Protest Rally
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a Primary Teachers' Welfare Association to conduct a peaceful protest rally on June 11 from Raja Subodh Mullick Square Park to Rani Rashmoni Avenue in Kolkata. Justice Shampa Sarkar however imposed a host of conditions and further underscored that the police authorities shall be at liberty to ensure that no breach of peace takes place and law and...
Rajya Sabha Polls: Bombay High Court To Hear Nawab Malik & Anil Deshmukh's Plea To Vote Tomorrow
NCP leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh have approached the Bombay High Court for temporary release to cast their vote for the Rajya Sabha election slated for tomorrow.The duo approached the High Court after the Special PMLA court dismissed their applications citing section 62(5) of the Representation of People's Act.After Malik's counsels mentioned the matter before Justice PD Naik, he...
Once Magistrate Takes Cognizance Of Offences He Can't Review His Own Order & Drop/Withdraw Section(s): Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that once the Magistrate has taken cognizance for offences under certain sections/offences, it has no power to review its own order for dropping section(s) from the cognizance order.The Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh observed thus as it upheld an order of the magistrate rejecting an application filed by the accused/petitioner to withdraw cognizance order...
Qutub Minar Row: Intervenor Moves Delhi Court Claiming Ownership Of Entire Territory Between Ganga & Yamuna From Agra To Gurugram
In connection with the appeals seeking restoration of alleged temples in Delhi's Qutub Minar complex, an intervention application has been moved in city's Saket Court by a man claiming himself to be heir of United province of Agra, seeking right over the territories running between the river Yamuna and Ganga from Agra to Meerut, Aligarh, Bullandshahr and Gurgaon.The plea has been moved on...