All High Courts Weekly Round-Up [June 27 To July 3, 2022]

Allahabad High Court NOMINAL INDEX Irfan v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 303 Manish v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 304 Bhagwati Singh @ Pappu v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 305 Mohar Pal And Another v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 306 Orders/Judgments of the Week Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Beating People Who Were...

Slum Dwellers Rehabilitation: Delhi High Court Asks Govt About Procedure For Allotment Of Low-Cost Flats Under JNNURM Scheme

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted four weeks time to the authorities for filing an affidavit indicating the procedure of allotment of low cost vacant flats, approximately 52,000 in number, constructed under Centre's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Scheme. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with...

Karnataka High Court Extends Time For Google India To Reply To CCI Probe On Playstore Payment Policy

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday permitted Google India Private Limited to file its reply to the Director General (Investigation) Report to the Competition Commission of India, by July 30, instead of July 7 as directed. A single judge bench of Justice SG Pandit orally told the company which sought eight weeks' time, "You complete your job." CCI is currently probing if Google...

Delhi High Court Slams Municipal Corporation Over Outstanding Teachers' Salaries

The Delhi High Court today expressed displeasure with the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (now Municipal Corporation of Delhi) over the issue of non payment of salaries to its teachers.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea moved by five primary teachers claiming that the EDMC had failed to pay them five months...

UK Court Finds Republic Bharat Program Defamatory; Awards Damages To British Businessman [Read Judgment]

Aneel Mussarat was called an ISI "stooge" in a programme hosted by Arnab Goswami

Bombay High Court Weekly Roundup: June 27 - July 3, 2022

Nominal Index [Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 233 to 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 240] Ocean Sparkle Limited. V Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. And anr; 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 233 Ajay Vaishampayan v. Union of India; 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 234 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited Versus The Board of Trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and Ors.; 2022 LiveLaw (Bom)...

S.156(3) CrPC | Magistrate Not A Post Office To Forward All Complaints Without Application Of Mind: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a Magistrate Court is bound to apply its mind while exercising the powers conferred to it under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).Justice Kauser Edappagath stated that while taking cognizance of offences or ordering an investigation into any cognizable case, courts should not merely forward all complaints they receive like a...

CBIC Exempts Registered Person From Filing Annual Return Whose Aggregate Turnover In FY 2021-22 Is Upto Rs. 2 Crores

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), on the recommendation of the GST Council, has exempted the registered person from filing an annual return whose aggregate turnover in the financial year 2021-22 is up to Rs. 2 crores for the financial year 2021-22. The CBIC has amended notification No. 21/2019-Central Tax, dated April 23, 2019, which notified the procedure...

Limitation Period Is Not Applicable On Refund Of Service Tax Wrongly Paid: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar and Justice Anant Ramanath Hedge has held that the limitation period is not applicable to a refund of service tax wrongly paid. The appellant/assessee had entered into an agreement with Professional Lien Search LLC, a company based in the USA and providing support services to real estate property buyers in the USA. The...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Alleging Harassment By GST Department

The Madras High Court has dismissed the petition alleging harassment by the GST department. The single bench of Justice N. Sathish Kumar has observed that the term "harassment" is so subjective that it cannot be encapsulated in an objective criterion. The petitioner, having given a complaint, is bound to cooperate with the police for an inquiry. The petitioner/assessee has sought...

ITAT Directs AO To Allow Depreciation On Molasses Tanks By Making The Correct Computation Of New Assets

The Kolkata Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), consisting of Aby T Varkey (Judicial Member) and Girish Agarwal (Accountant Member), has directed the assessing officer to allow the depreciation on molasses tanks by making the correct computation of new assets. The appellant/assessee is a limited company and is in the business of manufacturing sugar. It has its...

NCLAT Upholds Eligibility Of NTPC As A Resolution Applicant For Jhabua Power Ltd. : NCLAT Delhi

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT") Principal Bench comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson), Ms. Shreesha Merla (Technical Member) and Mr. Naresh Salecha (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Avantha Holdings Limited v Mr. Abhilash Lal, has upheld the eligibility of NTPC Ltd. under Section 29A of the IBC to submit Resolution Plan for...