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No Detention Under Section 129 Of CGST Act On Mere Suspicion Of Mis-Classification Of Goods : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that mere suspicion of mis-classification of goods cannot be the basis for a detention of goods under Section 129 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017.A single bench of Justice A Jayasankaran Nambiar held so referring to the Gujarat High Court in M/s Synergy Fertichem Private Limited v. State of Gujarat and earlier decisions of the Kerala High Court in...
Plea In Jharkhand High Court Challenges Constitutional validity of Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007
A former non-commissioned Officer of the Indian Air Force (and a final year law student) has moved the Jharkhand High Court, challenging the vires of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, as being violative of Articles 14, 19 & 21 of the Indian Constitution. The writ petitioner, Dilip Kumar, has stated that he was compulsory discharge from his service due to accumulation of six...
Supreme Court Bar Association To Hold Elections In A Hybrid Manner, Requests CJI To Resume Physical Hearings From 1st February
In a recent meeting conducted by the Supreme Court Bar Association, the members with a majority resolved to conduct the Supreme Court Bar Association elections in a hybrid form including both physical and virtual system of voting. The development came after the Executive Committee reconsidered its earlier resolution of conducting the SCBA elections for 2020-21 in an online...
Karnataka High Court Seeks Details Of CEN (Cyber Economics & Narcotic Crimes) Police Stations In Bengaluru.
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to set out the details of the infrastructure provided to the 8 CEN (Cyber Economics and Narcotic Crimes) police stations set up in the city of Bengaluru. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum issued notice to the respondents while hearing a public interest litigation filed by Advocate...
"Covaxin Has Not Completed Phase 3 Trials": Saket Gokhale Moves Bomaby High Court Seeks Publication Of Safety & Efficacy Trial Results
Activist Saket S Gokhale has moved the Bombay High Court against the Drugs Controller General of India, urging that the safety and efficacy trial results of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine "Covaxin" be made public. The petition states that whereas vaccinations in India are to begin from January 16, and it is being claimed that Covaxin is safe and provides a robust immune response,...
Bombay High Court Stays Demand Notice Seeking Service Tax From Advocate For Granting Legal Services
The Bombay High Court has stayed a demand notice issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), seeking to levy service tax upon an Advocate. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Milind N. Jadhav issued notice to the Assistant Commissioner, and in the meanwhile granted interim relief to the Petitioner-Advocate. "Respondents may...
Deadline For Income Tax Returns: Uttarakhand High Court Directs CBDT To Consider Representations
The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday directed the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to consider representations seeking extension of due date of filing the Tax Audit Report and Income Tax Return for the assessment year 2021-21. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari observed that due to nationwide COVID19 pandemic, a large number...
'No One Will Have Their Account Deleted Or Suspended On Feb 8' : WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy Update After Backlash
After a public outcry, WhatsApp has informed that it was delaying the introduction of the new privacy policy announced earlier this month."We've heard from so many people how much confusion there is around our recent update. There's been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and the facts", WhatsApp said in a statement released on...
Are WhatsApp Chats Admissible In Evidence?
The social media is abuzz with the details from alleged Whatsapp chats between Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami and former BARC CEO Partho Das Gupta. The 500-page long Whatsapp conversations between Goswami and Das Gupta found their way into social media after Mumbai Police annexed it in its supplementary charge filed in the TRP rigging case.In this backdrop, several users raised...
Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks FIR Against Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde For 'False' Info On His Children In Election Affidavit
Trouble seems to be brewing for Maharashtra Cabinet Minister for social justice - Dhananjay Munde who was recently accused of rape by a 38-year-old woman. An activist from Pune has approached the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR against the minister for non-disclosure of details about his second "spouse" and two children in his affidavit filed at the time of...
COVID-19 Tests : Kerala High Court Directs Govt To Consider Private Labs' Objections Against Price Cap
The Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala Government to consider the grievances of private laboratories against the November order which capped the price of COVID-19 tests as Rs 1500(R Cell Diagnostic and Research Centre and others v State of Kerala and others).A single bench of Justice PV Asha directed the Government to take a decision within 3 weeks from the date of receipt of the...