Assessee To Claim Refund of Tax Collected By State Without Authority Within 3 Years From The Date of Payment: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court bench of Justice R.Mahadevan and Justice Mohhammed Shaffiq has held that any tax collected without authority would certainly amount to unjust enrichment and the assessees must claim a refund of the tax collected or retained by the state within three years from the date of their payments to the department.The assessee has sought the order to quash the orders passed...

Hanuman Chalisa Row - 'Persons In Public Life Expected To Act Responsibly' : Bombay High Court Dismisses MP-MLA Duo's Plea To Quash FIR

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed independent MLA from Amravati Ravi Rana and his wife MP Navneet Rana for quashing a second FIR against them for resisting their arrest over the row to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's family home.A bench comprising Justices PB Varale and SM Modak observed in the order as follows :"We find...

Breaking | 'We Are Not Satisfied With Your Bandobast': High Court Directs Delhi Police Commissioner To Look Into Security Lapse At CM Residence

The Delhi High Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction at the report filed by the Delhi Police with respect to the security arrangement made outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence, which was attacked by an "unruly mob" on March 30."This kind of incident happening at residence of a constitutional functionary is very disturbing state of affairs. What kind of bandobast did you...

MP High Court Directs Enquiry Into Conduct Of Public Prosecutor For 'Adopting Delaying Tactics' By Joining Hands With Accused

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench has recently directed the State authorities to look into the conduct of a Special Public Prosecutor for not cooperating with the trial court in recording testimony of a witness. The Court also directed the authorities to enquire if her continuation on the post would be in the interest of justice or not.Hearing the bail application moved by...

'Deal With Them Humanely, You Can't Simply Throw Them Away' : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Stop Eviction Of Sarojini Nagar Jhuggi Dwellers

In an interim relief to jhuggi dwellers from Sarojini Nagar in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Government to desist from taking coercive steps to evict them."Deal with them humanly when you deal with them. As a model government, you can't say you won't have a policy (to rehabilitate) and simply throw them away. You're dealing with families..", a bench led Justice KM...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Karnataka Govt's Vaccine Mandate To Attend Colleges

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with State of Karnataka's Government Order dated July 16, 2021 by which the students, teachers and non teaching staff who have received one doze of vaccine could attend the colleges. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant while dismissing a plea challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment of dismissing...

Birbhum Violence | PIL In Calcutta High Court Alleges CM Mamata Banerjee "Influenced Witnesses" By Offering Jobs To Victims' Kin, Notice Issued

The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought the State government's response in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition questioning the conduct of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in extending compensation and government jobs for the kin of the victims of the violence that erupted in Birbhum district of West Bengal.The incident, allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India...

'If SC Can Do It, Why Not High Court?': Delhi HC Asks Centre, Registrar General To Consider Double-Sided Printing For Judicial Filings

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed its Registrar General to consider the issue regarding printing of A4 size paper on "both sides" for the purpose of judicial filings and file a status report by July 12.The Division Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla also directed the Central government and the Union Law Ministry to take into consideration...

Juvenile Justice Law Tends To "Homogenise" Children With Different Behavioural Patterns: Orissa High Court CJ Muralidhar Calls For Reform In Approach

The Orissa High Court, in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha and UNICEF, has organised a Regional Consultation Program on Effective Implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 on Saturday. Amongst others, dignitaries like Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Justice Madan B. Lokur,...

Weekly Digest Of Arbitration Cases: April 17 - April 23, 2022

Supreme Court 1. Arbitrators Must Say Upfront Their Fees For The Number Of Sittings, Opines Supreme Court During Hearing Case Title: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. versus Afcons Gunanusa The Supreme Court, while hearing on the issue of fixation of standards for fees for arbitrators, has emphasized on "upfront" fixation of arbitrator's fee. The Bench of Justices...

Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Makeup Artist Accused Of Sexual Assualt By Several Women

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to celebrity makeup artist Anez Anzare who has been accused of sexually abusing several women under the guise of applying makeup on them. Justice Gopinath P. held that the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail in all the cases registered against him subject to conditions. "...taking into account the allegations raised against...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round Up: April 18 To April 24, 2022

NOMINAL INDEX Bhavinkumar Kantilal Gajera vs State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 130 Maheshbhai Govindbhai Patel vs Mother Dairy Fruit And Vegetable Pvt Ltd 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 131 Rameshbhai Dhulabhai Katara Versus State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 132 Priteshkumar Bipinbhai Dave vs State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 133 Sardar Patel Seva Trust Versus The Regional...