"Follow Natural Justice Principles Contemplated U/S 75(4) CGST/ UPGST Act": Allahabad HC Directs UP Assessing Authorities

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Proper Officers/Assessing Authorities in the State of Uttar Pradesh to follow the principles of natural justice as contemplated under Section 75(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017/ U.P. Goods and Services Tax, 2017.The Bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Jayant Banerji observed thus in a Tax Writ filed by Bharat Mint...

'Merger Construed Erroneously' : Goa Congress Chief Moves Supreme Court Against HC Upholding Speaker's Decision To Not Disqualify 10 MLAs Who Joined BJP

Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar has moved the Supreme Court of India challenging the Bombay High Court's order upholding order passed by the Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly dismissing his petition seeking disqualification of 12 Goa MLAs who had defected to the BJP in 2019The special leave petition has argued that the High Court has committed a grave error in upholding the order of...

Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority To Organise National Lok Adalat On 12th March

A National Lok Adalat shall be organised in all the Courts in the State of Himachal Pradesh on 12th March 2022. The press note released by Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority states that for the purpose of settlement before National Lok Adalat, so far, 32,526 matters have been identified out of which 10,664 are Pre-Litigation matters, 21,862 are Post-Litigation matters. "These...

S.409 IPC| Prosecution Must Prove Accused Committed Criminal Breach Of Trust Qua Property Entrusted In "Capacity Of Public Servant": Himachal Pradesh HC

"With a view to constitute an offence under S. 409 IPC, prosecution is required to prove that the accused was entrusted with property in the capacity of a public servant and he committed criminal breach of trust qua that property," the Himachal Pradesh High Court has held. The remarks were made by Justice Sandeep Sharma while adjudicating upon an appeal filed by one Shyam Lal, serving as...

Supreme Court Upholds Karnataka High Court's Order Of Allowing BMRCL To Cut 577 Trees

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Karnataka High Court's order of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to act on the expert committee report which had recommended retaining of . onsite 44 trees, translocating 212 trees and cutting 577 trees are to be cut for laying metro lines.The bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath was considering SLP preferred...

Excavation Of Ordinary Earth For Construction Of Building Purposes Would Not Attract Levy Of Royalty And Penalty Under The Provisions Of The MLR Code, 1966: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court, through a bench of Justices S. J. Kathawalla and Milind N. Jadhav, noted that the Supreme Court had enunciated in clear and unambiguous terms that excavation of ordinary earth for construction of building purposes / development would not attract levy of royalty and penalty under the provisions of Section 48(7) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 ("MLR...

Daughter-In-Law Eligible For Allotment Of Fair Price Shop On Compassionate Grounds: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a daughter-in-law is very well entitled to allotment of a fair price shop on compassionate grounds. The Bench of Justice Manish Mathur relied upon an earlier judgment of the High Court wherein it was held that a widowed daughter-in-law is eligible for allotment of a fair price shop on compassionate grounds.Essentially, the Court was dealing with a writ...

Plea Based On Newspaper Reports, No Inquiry Into Facts Conducted: MP HC Dismisses PIL Against Govt Hospital For Medical Negligence With ₹10K Cost

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently dismissed two petitions in the nature of Public Interest Litigation, seeking action against a government hospital for its alleged negligence that led to disruption of oxygen supply, causing death of its 17 patients. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Amar Nath (Kesharwani) was dealing with two writ petitions in...

Calcutta HC Stays Ex-Parte Injunction On Sale Of Books Of Veteran Cartoonist Narayan Debnath, Rs 7 Lakhs Deposit To Be Paid To Legal Heirs By Publisher

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday imposed a stay on an ex-parte injunction issued by a trial Court in favour of the elder son of renowned illustrator Late Narayan Debnath against a publisher claiming infringement of copyright of several works of his deceased father. Narayan Debnath was a legendary illustrator, cartoonist and writer who was famous for creating several popular Bengali comic...

TN Local Body Polls: Returning Officer Admits To Tampering With Results Due To External 'Pressure', Madras HC Asks To File Affidavit

The returning officer of Ward No.10 of Kallupatti in Madurai District has submitted before the Madras High Court that he illegally modified the election results and declared a DMK candidate as the winner due to external pressure by a group of persons.The First Bench comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a case filed by an...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-106]

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Unfortunate That In Maharashtra, Two Highest Constitutional Functionaries Don't Trust Each Other: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday expressed anguish that two highest constitutional functionaries in Maharashtra, the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari "do not trust each other." "The unfortunate part in Maharashtra is this that two highest Constitutional functionaries do not trust each other. You both please sit together and sort this out...