S.216 CrPC | Charge Can Be Altered Anytime During Trial: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that under Section 216 of the Criminal procedure Code (Cr.P.C) the trial court can alter the charge framed even if the trial has progressed to a large extent. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by the one accused Ananda seeking to quash the order of the trial court date 31-12-2021 by...

IT Service Provided By Assessee To Associate Company In USA Amounts To Export Of Service: CESTAT

The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) consisting of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) has ruled that IT services provided by the assessee to the associate company in the USA amount to an export of services.The Adjudicating Authority demanded the Service Tax, holding that the appellant's supply of services to...

Tamil Nadu GST Dept. Issues Instruction To Identify Fake Billing Traders Applying For New GST Registration

The Tamil Nadu government has issued guidelines for identifying fake billing traders who apply for new GST registration. When a registered person issues a Tax Invoice without actual supply of goods or services or payment of GST then such invoice is presumed to be 'Fake Invoice'. The person issuing the bill is a fake bill trader. The registration procedure under the Goods and...

'Prima Facie Defamation': Mumbai Court Summons Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut In Complaint By BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya's Wife

A Metropolitan Magistrates court in Mumbai issued process (summons) to Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in a defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife Medha Somaiya. Magistrate PI Mokhashi issued summons to Raut under section 204(a) of the CrPC returnable on July 4, 2022. "These documents and video clips produced on record prima facie reveals that the...

Mosque Loudspeakers: High Court Asks Karnataka Govt If It Has Granted Permanent Licenses, Under What Law

The Karnataka High Court on Friday asked the state government to respond to the allegations relating to grant of permanent licenses for installing loudspeakers in Mosques. The Court also asked the state as to under what provision licences for playing loudspeakers, by 16 mosques (which are before the court), can be granted and which authority is authorised and under what law and for...

[NDPS Act] "Sampling Not Done As Per 1989 Standing Order In Seizure Of 201 KG Ganja": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

The Allahabad High Court has granted conditional bail to an NDPS Accused Wali Hasan, accused of smuggling 201 kg of ganja in view of the fact that the sampling of the Ganja was not done as per the Standing Order/Instruction No.1 of 1989.The Bench of Justice Chandra Kumar Rai ordered to release the applicant- Wali Hassan on bail on his furnishing a personal bonds and two heavy sureties each in...

Pleas Challenging Speaker's Decision To Suspend Suvendu Adhikari & 4 BJP MLAs From WB Assembly Not Hurdle To Parties Resolving Issues: High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed that the pendency of the petition challenging the Speaker's decision to suspend Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and four other BJP MLAs from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly would not stand in the way of the parties in resolving the issue. Five BJP MLAs, including Suvendu Adhikari, were suspended by the West Bengal Assembly Speaker...

Children Are Not Toys At Administrators' Mercy, Revising Kendriya Vidyalaya Guidelines After Commencement Of Admission Process Arbitrary: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Thursday ruled that the decision taken by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to revise and alter the admission guidelines for Kendriya Vidyalayas after the admission process had already started, is arbitrary, unreasonable, irrational and not taken in public interest.Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. added that while the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) may...

Contraband Of Small Quantity Does Not Attract Embargo On Bail U/S 37 NDPS Act: Gujarat High Court Reiterates

The Gujarat High Court has granted bail to an accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, while observing that rigours of bail under Section 37 of the Act does not apply in case of non-commercial quantity and hence, regular bail can be allowed.Section 37 of the NDPS Act stipulates that persons accused of offences under the Act involving commercial quantity, shall...

Bombay High Court's Justice SS Shinde's Bench Sits For Over 9.5 Hours To Hear Over 190 Matters On Board

A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices SS Shinde and MN Jadhav sat till 8pm on Thursday, hearing cases as the list of cases for the day was heavy. The bench heard over 190 out of the 206 cases listed before it. Normal working hours for judges at the Bombay High Court is from 10.30am to 4.30pm.Justice Shinde, the senior judge on the bench and the third most senior...

Preventive Detention Orders Can Be Passed Even When A Person Is In Police Custody But There Must Be Compelling Reasons: J&K&L High Court Reiterates

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently quashed a preventive detention order against a person who was already facing trial in a case with a similar accusation and had previously been enlarged on bail by a competent court in the matter. The Detention Order had been issued by Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir with a view to prevent the petitioner from committing any of the...

Kerala High Court Extends Interim Pre-Arrest Bail Granted To Actor-Producer Vijay Babu In Rape Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday extended till Monday, the interim anticipatory bail granted to actor-producer Vijay Babu in the case where an actress accused him of sexually exploiting her.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas extended the interim bail when he was informed that the DGP was indisposed and required time to appear in the case.Last week, the actor had secured interim pre-arrest bail...