RGUHS Agrees To Conduct Fresh Practical Exam For Final Year MBBS Students Before Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the practical examinations conducted for the student-petitioners pursuing their final year MBBS course at certain colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), in a plea alleging that the same was not conducted in accordance with law and was done in violation of the University guidelines. A single judge bench of...

Society Receiving Grant From Foreign Entity Can't Be Denied Section 12A Registration: ITAT

The Hyderabad Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) consisting of K.Narasimha Chary (Judicial Member) and Bhagirath Mal Biyani (Accountant Member) has ruled that the society receiving grant from foreign entity cannot be denied the registration under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act. The assessee/appellant is a society named "Share India". On 11.02.2019, the assessee filed...

DGFT Relaxes Provision Of 'Bill Of Export' Submission For Supplies Made To The SEZ Units

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has relaxed the provision of the submission of a "Bill Of Export" for supplies made to the SEZ units in case of Advance Authorisation (AA). One of the documentary criteria outlined in the 'Guidelines for Applicants' section of ANF-4F (Application for Redemption) for supplies supplied to SEZ units under Advance Authorisation. The...

Insured Failed To Verify Damaged Material, Insurance Company Not Liable; NCDRC

The bench of National Commission comprising Justice C. Viswanath, Presiding Member and Ram Surat Ram Maurya, Member, has observed that, as per the insurance policy only stocks of dal and raw materials were insured but the insured has wrongly claimed loss of machinery and building also. The damage was caused to machinery and building and not to the stock of pulse and...

Kannagi-Murugesan Honour Killing Case: Madras High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Brother, Acquits Two

The Madras High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of Marudupandian to life imprisonment in the Kannagi-Murugesan Honour Killing case. Marudupandian is Kannagi's brother.The Court also confirmed the life sentence of others including Kannagi's father Duraisamy. Further, two convicts were acquitted of the offence.Justice PN Prakash and Justice AA Nakkiran passed the orders on...

[SC/ST Act] Can't Seek "Extra-Judicial Remedies" To Pressurize Prosecution: Bombay HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Principal After Teacher Puts Arrest Banner

The Bombay High Court pulled up the complainant teacher for putting up banners seeking the principal's arrest, while granting anticipatory bail to the principal accused of hurling casteist remarks, a punishable offence under the SC/ST Act, at an "under-performing" teacher. Dr Lekha Visaria, the appellant had approached the High Court after an FIR under section 3(1)(r) of the...

Delay In Filing Appeals: CBI-DG Assures Calcutta High Court Of Strict Compliance With Timelines, Disciplinary Action Against Erring Officials

The Director General of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Subodh Kumar Jaiswal appeared before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday to explain the delays by the central agency in filing appeals in cases being probed by it.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri on April 6, 2022, had expressed displeasure at the agency filing appeals after the expiry of the limitation period. The Court had noted that...

Will Affect State Exchequer, Fresh Job Opportunities: Karnataka High Court Dismisses College Dean's Plea To Increase Retirement Age

The Karnataka High Court has observed that fixation of retirement age of public servants has a direct bearing on the state exchequer as well as employment opportunities for others. In view thereof, it dismissed a writ petition filed by the former Dean of a College, seeking directions to the state government to continue his service upto the age of 65 years, instead of 62 years.A division...

Plea Seeking Statutory Warning For Violent Movie Scenes Withdrawn After Madras High Court Warns Of Imposing Costs

A litigant on Wednesday withdrew his petition in Madras High Court seeking directions to the Central Board of Film Certification to telecast statutory warning with the words "Knives and Sickles used in this movie are made of paper and colour water is used as blood" in forthcoming films.The plea was withdrawn after the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala warned...

Memory Card In Actor Assault Case Allegedly Accessed Without Authorisation: Crime Branch Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Forensic Analysis

The State has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the order of the Ernakulam Additional Special Sessions Court rejecting the Crime Branch's petition to forward the memory card allegedly containing the visuals of the crime in the 2017 actor sexual assault case for forensic examination.In 2017, a popular actress was abducted and raped in a moving vehicle pursuant to a conspiracy,...

All High Courts Weekly Round-Up: May 30 - June 5, 2022

Allahabad High Court NOMINAL INDEX Harish Chandra Bhati Versus Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax Noida 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 268 Bharat Pumps and Compressors v. Chopra Fabricators 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 269 Laxman Prashad v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 270 Ishan International Educational Society Through its Director v. Shri Mukul Singhal Principal Secretary And...

Delay In Consideration Of Representations By Statutory Authorities Amounts To Dereliction Of Duty: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that whenever complaints are made to the Statutory Authorities, they are expected to act upon the same and not keep it pending indefinitely. The authorities are expected to consider the matter on merits and pass appropriate orders in reasonable time.Justice MS Ramesh of the Madurai Bench observed as follows:"It is needless to point out that whenever...