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Levy Of GST On Mining Royalty: Rajasthan High Court Grants Interim Protection To Petitioners
The Rajasthan High Court has granted stay on recovery of GST on royalty paid by the Petitioners on mining activity.The order comes in a bunch of writ petitions filed primarily involving the issue of permissibility of raising demand of GST on royalty. The petitioners in these petitions challenged the notifications whereby, royalty paid by them on mining activity is being subjected to GST...
Enhancing Retirement Age Of AYUSH Doctors A Policy Decision: Kerala High Court Asks State To Decide Expeditiously
The Kerala High Court on Monday set aside the order of the State Administrative Tribunal that directed the State government to enhance the retirement age of doctors in the AYUSH department to 60 years as done for doctors in the Health Department, citing that this was a state policy.A Division Bench of Justice A.K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P thereby directed the State...
Karnataka High Court Seeks Suggestions From High Powered Committee To Bring Dropped Out Children Back To School
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the High Power Committee constituted by it to consider the issue pertaining to 'out of school children' and suggest measures to bring the children who have dropped out to bring them back to school. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J M Khazi were informed about the memo dated June 1, filed by Senior Advocate K...
Person Who Is Absconding And Evading Execution Of A Warrant Not Entitled To Anticipatory Bail: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that a person against whom a warrant who is absconding and evading the execution of a warrant, is not entitled to the concession of anticipatory bail.The Bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani observed thus while denying pre-arrest bail to one Amit Kumar Gupta who has been booked for offences punishable under Section 304/34 IPC.The case...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Department To Issue Fresh Reassessment Order For Not Considering Reply
The Madhya Pradesh High Court bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Prakash Chandra Gupta has held that the reassessment order was passed without considering the reply to the show cause notice and directed the department to pass a fresh order. The petitioner/assessee claimed that after receiving a notice under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act, he filed a reply on March 15,...
Madras High Court Allows Re-Exportation Of Betelnut Products Subject To Execution Of A Bond To Cover Value Of Goods
The Madras High Court bench of Justice S.S. Sundar and Justice S.Srimathy has allowed the re-exportation of betelnut products subject to the execution of a bond to cover the value of the goods. The respondent/assessee imported betelnut products with a particular description. The department stated that the assessee had imported goods by mistake. The appellants sought to levy duty...
No Excise Duty On Ethanol Blended Petrol: CBIC
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified that no excise duty is leviable on ethanol blended petrol. The government is empowered under sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, amended the notification No. 11/2017-Central Excise, dated the 30th June, 2017. The CBIC has notified that no excise duty is leviable on 12% ethanol blended...
Delhi High Court Directs 'India Taekwondo' To Forward List Of Eligible Athletes For Upcoming World Championship At Bulgaria
As an interim relief to athletes seeking to participate in the upcoming World Taekwondo Games to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Delhi High Court has directed 'India Taekwondo' to forward names of qualified athletes as part of the Indian Team, for consideration of 'World Taekwondo'.In the backdrop of the 'Taekwondo Federation of India' losing recognition by World Taekwondo (Federation),...
"DSP's Conduct Unknown To Law, Further Investigation Is Tainted": Madras High Court Quashes Forgery & Cheating Case
The Madras High Court recently allowed an appeal for quashing criminal proceedings against one Francis Raja accused of forgery and cheating. The court made the order after raising suspicion about the manner in which the further investigation was conducted, especially by the Deputy Superintendent of Police.Justice Nirmal Kumar observed as under:"The act of the Deputy Superintendent of...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 31 Persons Accused Of Raising Provocative Slogans During PFI Rally
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 31 accused arrested for allegedly raising provocative slogans to destroy communal harmony and criminally intimidating large sections of the society by threatening to annihilate certain groups in a recent rally conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Alappuzha. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, while allowing the bail application,...
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Delhi High Court Stays Bail Granted To Ex-Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar, Issues Notice On SIT's Plea
The Delhi High Court has stayed a Trial Court order which had granted bail to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a case of rioting and murder of a man and his son residing in West Delhi area during the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots. Charges against Kumar were framed in the case in December last year and the trial is ongoing. However, Kumar is already serving life sentence in...
