Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 8 May To 14 May, 2022

Delhi High Court Bail Amount Can Be Paid By Cash Ledger, Debit Ledger Of ITC:Delhi High Court Refuses To Cancel Bail Of A Person Accused of FraudulentlyAvailing ITC Case Title: Amit Gupta Vs Directorate General of GST Intelligence Headquarters Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 426 The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Mukta Gupta has ruled that the bail amount can be paid by...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: May 9 To May 15, 2022

NOMINAL INDEX Lavkush v. State of U.P.Thru.Prin.Secy.Home Lko. and connected matters 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 235 Mohammad Azam Khan v. State Of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 236 Dr Rajneesh Singh v Union of India and Ors 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 237 Akhilesh v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 238 Bhagwan Shri Krishna Virajman And Another v. U.P. Sunni Central Waqf Board And 3 Others 2022...

Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Injunction Passed By State Waqf Tribunal On Construction Of Railway Tracks Near Dargah

The Gujarat High Court has held that merely because a Dargah is situated in a railway land and not disturbed or removed because of its devotees and followers, does not mean that the surrounding land of the Dargah becomes the Dargah's property. Observing thus, the Bench comprising Justice Umesh Trivedi set aside an order of the State Waqf Tribunal which granted injunction in favour of...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round Up: May 9 To May 15, 2022

Nominal Index [Citations 163 To 176] In the matter of Dunlop India Ltd 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 163Damodar Valley Corporation versus Reliance Infrastructure Ltd 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 164Bhaskar Banerjee v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 165Indian Jute Mills Association and Anr v. Union of India and Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 166Sanghamitra Bhattacharya v. Sudeshna Kar &...

Former Orissa High Court Judge Justice Purna Chandra Mishra Passes Away

Former Judge of the Orissa High Court Justice Purna Chandra Mishra passed away on Saturday at his Cuttack CDA residence. Justice Mishra was born on 24th December, 1932. He was enrolled as a pleader on 10th October, 1955 and as an advocate on 16th February, 1959. He predominantly practised at Cuttack from November, 1955. He was appointed as the Standing Counsel for Orissa Board of...

Orissa High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition Instituted By Govt. School Cook Against Former Gajapati Collector D.V. Swamy

The Orissa High Court has recently dismissed a contempt petition filed by a Cook-cum-Attendant of a Government High School, against the former Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Gajapati Mr. D.V. Swamy. While rejecting contentions made by the petitioner, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik held, "Merely because the decision rendered...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup: May 9 To May 15 2022

Supreme Court Judgements 1. Section 138 NI Act - No Vicarious Liability For Cheque Dishonour Merely Because A Person Was A Partner Or Stood Guarantor For Loan : Supreme Court Case Title : Dilip Hariramani vs Bank of Baroda Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 457 The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv Khanna has held that a person cannot be...

S. 44 IBC NCLT Doesn't Have The Power To Suo-Moto Classify A Transaction As A 'Preferential Transaction': NCLAT

In a recent decision, the National Company Law Appellate Law Tribunal (NCLAT) has held that NCLT does not have the power to suo-moto classify a transaction as a Preferential Transaction in Section 44 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. A Division Bench of Justices M. Venugopal [Member Judicial] and Dr. Ashok Kumar Mishra [Member Technical] allowed the appeal challenging the order of...

Reassessment Order Passed Without Issuance of Section 148 Notice Is Not Valid: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Md. Nizamuddin has ruled that the reassessment order passed without issuance of notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act is not valid. The petitioner/assessee challenged the assessment order on the ground that it was passed without serving any notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which is a condition precedent for...

Govt. Employee Has No 'Vested Right' To Seek Transfer/ Posting To A Particular Position Even If That Is Vacant: Orissa High Court

A Single Judge Bench of the Orissa High Court comprising of Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi has held that a government employee has no 'vested right' to seek posting to a particular position even if the desired position is lying vacant. Facts: Through this writ petition, the petitioner sought a direction from the Court to the opposite party no. 4, i.e. Dean & Principal,...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: May 9 To May 15, 2022

Nominal Index The Management Of Ksrtc v. K.Shivaram, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 153 Banu Begum W/O Khajasab Alias Mehaboobsab and Others v. State of Karnataka, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 154 Savithri v. State of Karnataka, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 155 Pooja S v. Abhishek Shetty, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 156 Praveen Kumar Adyapady and Anr. v. State of Karnataka, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 157 Indian Council...

Consider Forming "TN Administrative Service": Madras High Court Tells State

The Madras High Court has directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to consider forming of "Tamil Nadu Administrative Service" including all the Departments connected to the Revenue and General Administration, Implementation of State policies for development in General as has been done by the Kerala Government. The bench of Justice M. Govindaraj further directed the Government to...