Orissa Chit Fund Scam: Supreme Court Issues Notice In Bail Plea Of Accused Mohd Arif

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in plea seeking bail filed by Mohammad Arif, an accused in the Fine Indisales chit fund scam case. A bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Hima Kohli has tagged the matter with another bail plea filed by disabled actor Mohd Naseer who's also an accused in the same case. The accused in the case have been charged for...

Damage Caused Due To Not Maintaining Requisite Temperature In Storage, Insured Not Entitled To Any Relief; NCDRC

The bench of National Commission comprising Justice Ram Surat Ram Maurya, has observed that, the damage was caused as the Plant In-charge, had failed to maintain requisite temperature inside the chambers, where potatoes were stored. Commission observed that any damage to the stocks due to rise or fall in temperature caused by stoppage of any section or sections of refrigeration...

Lawyer Challenges Notification Issued By Orissa High Court Conferring 'Senior Designation' On 8 Advocates

A lawyer has challenged the notification issued by the Orissa High Court on 27th April 2022, which conferred 'senior designations' on eight (8) advocates. The said notification has been assailed for being violative of the guidelines issued in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India through Secretary General & Ors., the Advocates Act, 1961 and the High Court of Orissa...

CLAT 2022 Amid Agnipath Protests : Consortium Of NLUs Likely To Hold Review Meeting Today

UPDATE At 8.45 PM, June 18 : No Postponement Of CLAT 2022 Exam Due To Agnipath Protests : NLU ConsortiumThe Executive Committee of the Consortium of National Law Universities is likely to hold a meeting today to review the situation regarding the holding of the Common Law Admission Test tomorrow (June 19) amid the "Agnipath" protests, sources informed LiveLaw.According to persons privy to...

Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order For Not Giving Opportunity To File Objection To SCN

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has quashed the assessment order as the assessee was not given an opportunity to file an objection to the show cause notice. The petitioner/assessee has challenged the reassessment notices for the assessment years 2014-15 and 2015-16 as well as the assessment orders passed under Section 147 read...

Solar Scam Accused Saritha Moves Kerala Court Seeking Copies Of Swapna Suresh's 164 Statement

Saritha S. Nair, the prime accused in the infamous solar panel scam has moved a court in Kerala seeking copies of the Section 164 statement given by Swapna Suresh, an accused in the gold smuggling case. Saritha Nair is accused of having duped several influential people to the tune of 70 lakhs, by offering to make them business partners or by offering to install solar power units for them,...

NOIDA Authority's Demolition Drive Along Yamuna Floodplains Temporarily Halted By Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered a conditional stay on the demolition drive being carried out by the Noida Authority along the Yamuna floodplains.The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Sameer Jain issued this order on a plea challenging a public notice issued by the NOIDA Authority on June 8 declaring that no construction is permissible in the Yamuna/Hindon flood...

"Police Have No Business To Know How Advocate Represents Accused" : Lawyer & GHCAA Challenge Section 41A Notice Before Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court on Friday heard the plea moved by HC lawyer Aniq Kadri challenging the notice issued to him under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) by the police for allegedly providing illegal assistance to the former additional solicitor general (ASG) to the Gujarat High Court Senior Advocate IH Syed. Before the Bench of Justice Samir Dave, Senior Counsel...

Failure Of Proper Officer Detaining Vehicle To Issue Notice: Madras High Court Directs Release Of Vehicle And Goods

The Madras High Court bench of Justice Anitha Sumanth has held that Section 129 of the CGST Act provides for the detention and seizure of the vehicle upon condition that an order of detention/seizure shall be passed at the time of detention/seizure and duly served upon the person transporting the goods.The petitioner claimed to have obtained iron scrap from multiple merchants and to...

Rajasthan High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations: 1 - 114]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 114 Monthly Digests Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 [Citations 1 - 43] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations: 44 - 81] Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations: 82 - 114] Nominal Index Laxmilal Salvi v. Registrar General, Rajasthan High Court 2022 LiveLaw...

Cryptic Reasons For Denying Refund Claim Does Not Render The Order Non-Speaking: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the claim for refund has been declined by assigning reasons which may be cryptic on bare perusal but are sufficient to enable the assessee to know the exact cause for the rejection of the claim for refund.The division bench of Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Maninder S. Bhatti has observed that the reasons assigned for declining the refund...

Defamation Suit Filed With Quantified Damages Amounts To 'Money Suit'; Plaintiff Required To Pay Ad-Valorem Court Fee: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a suit claiming quantified damages for alleged defamation amounts to a 'money suit' and hence, ad valorem Court-fees would be payable on the amount claimed.The observation was made by Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta while dealing with a revision petition against order of the Trial Court directing plaintiff to pay ad-valorem court fee in accordance...