Aryan Khan Moves Mumbai Court Seeking Return Of His Passport, Formal Discharge

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has approached the Special NCB court seeking return of his passport nearly a month after the Special Investigation Team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) dropped charges against him in the cruise ship drug bust. Significantly, the 24-year-old has also sought cancellation of his bail bond and a formal order, discharging him from the case. Khan's...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In As US Supreme Court Justice- First Black Woman In Court's History

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on Thursday as the first Black woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice as she was sworn into office immediately following the end of the Court's term and Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement.Chief Justice John Roberts administered the Constitutional oath of office to Jackson, and Justice Breyer administered the second Judicial oath of office...

Udaipur Murder : Court Remands Accused To 14 Days Judicial Custody

The Udaipur Court has sent the two accused involved in Udaipur's heinous muder of the tailor Kanahiya Lal Telli to 14 days judicial custody. Kanhaiya Lal had received threats earlier for supporting in social media the remarks made by BJP leader Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammed. The assailants took a video of the brutal attack. In a video posted later, the attackers said that...

'Contrary To AG's Assurance': Calcutta High Court Issues Notice To WB DGP In Suvendu Adhikari's Contempt Plea Over Denial Of Entry Into Netai Village

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday issued notice to the West Bengal's Director General of Police, Manoj Malviya and two other IPS officers in a contempt petition filed by BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari for allegedly violating an earlier order by restricting Adhikari from going to Netai village in Jhargram district on January 7, 2022. Notice was also served on two other IPS officers namely...

Power Under Section 9 Of The A&C Act Cannot Be Exercised For Directing Specific Performance Of The Contract: Reiterates Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that power under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) cannot be exercised for directing specific performance of the contract itself. The Division Bench of Justices Jyoti Singh and Anoop Kumar Mendiratta held that a direction to the opposite party to extend the contract for a further period would amount to...

Bitcoin Scam: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash LOC Against Brother Of Accused Sirkrishna

The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition filed by Sudarshan Ramesh, brother of bitcoin scam accused Sirkrishna, questioning the action of Central authorities in restraining him from leaving India and travelling to the Netherlands. A single judge bench of Justice S G Pandit said, "The apprehension of the respondents that the petitioner being brother of Mr.Sri Krishna might...

Arbitral Award Vitiated By Serious Fraud And Criminal Conspiracy Can Be Set Aside In A Writ Petition: Chhattisgarh High Court

The High Court of Chhattisgarh has held that an arbitral award that is vitiated by fraud and criminal conspiracy would be void and non-est and can be set aside in a Writ Petition and the availability of an alternative remedy under Section 34 of the A&C Act is not a bar to the maintainability of the petition. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Anup Kumar Goswami and Justice...

Absence Of Threat To Applicant No Ground To Refuse Firearm License Under Arms Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has recently held that reasons for refusal of a firearm license under the Arms Act should have a nexus and should be in context with the provisions of the Act and that the license cannot be revoked on irrelevant considerations. The Bench of Justice AS Supehia further observed that the authority could not have revoked the Applicant's license merely because he had...

Key Highlights Of The Recommendations Made By The GST Council In Its 47th Meeting

The GST Council, in its 47th Meeting held on the 28th and 29th of June, 2022, has made certain recommendations relating to changes in the GST rate. Certain changes were also recommended relating to the GST law and procedure. GST on supply of printing, writing or drawing ink, knives, and power- driven pumps, including deep tube-well turbine pumps and bicycle pumps, is recommended to...

GST Council Constitutes GoM For GST Appellate Tribunal; Supreme Court Had Directed The Centre That A Tribunal Must Be There

The GST Council, in its 47th Meeting held on the 28th and 29th of June, 2022, has decided to constitute a Group of Ministers (GoM) to address the concerns raised by the States relating to the constitution of the GST Appellate Tribunal as well as for recommending appropriate amendments to the CGST Act, 2017. The Supreme Court, in a PIL filed in 2021 by Advocate Amit Sahni,...

Madras High Court Dismisses School's Plea Against Adjacent Opening Of Fuel Pump

The Madras High court recently dismissed a petition moved by a school challenging grant of NOC to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, for opening of a fuel pump adjacent to its building.The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala opined that the contentions raised in the challenge were not maintainable. The court however directed HPCL to ensure that all...

ESI Act Applicable To BCCI As Its Activities Are Commercial In Nature : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has upheld an order holding that the nature of activities conducted by the Board Of Control for Cricket in India are commercial activities under the ESI Act making the regulatory body liable to pay its employees accordingly. Justice Bharati Dangre, in a judgement passed last week, dismissed an appeal filed by the BCCI and upheld the finding of the...