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High Court Seeks Response From Delhi Govt Over Inadequate Staff, Infrastructure At State Run Schools
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a public interest litigation pointing out deficiencies, both of infrastructure and in staff, at the government-run schools in the national capital.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta has directed the Delhi government to file a status report in this regard and apprise the Court of the proposed steps...
Gujarat High Court Permits Provisional Appointment Of Person Claiming Scheduled Tribe Quota Pending Scrutiny Of Caste Certificate
The Gujarat High Court has permitted a person claiming to be from the Scheduled Tribe community, to be provisionally appointed to the post of Sales Tax Inspector Class III, pending scrutiny of the caste certificate produced by him.Justice Biren Vaishnav directed that such an appointment will be subjected to the result of the Scrutiny Committee. If the certificate produced by the Petitioner...
Rajasthan High Courts Sets Aside Murder Conviction On Finding Inconsistency Between Ocular & Medical Evidence
On finding a contradiction between the eye-witness testimony and the medical evidence, the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court set aside the conviction under Section 302 IPC (Murder). Instead, it convicted the accused in Section 323 IPC (Voluntarily causing hurt).A Division Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vinod Kumar Bharwani relied on Dunga Ram v. the State of Rajasthan and Jugut...
IBC Cases Weekly Round UP: 16th To 22nd May, 2022
SUPREME COURT 1. Supreme Court Declares Noida As An Operational Creditor Under The Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Case title: New Okhla Industrial Development Authority v Anand Sonbhadra Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 2222 of 2021 The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice KM Joseph and Justice Hrishikesh Roy has upheld the NCLAT judgment wherein it was held that...
Protestors In Anti-CAA Agitation Want To Be A Part Of India, Did Not Terrorize Or Threaten Sovereignty: Umar Khalid Argues For Bail In Delhi HC
Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, student activist Umar Khalid on Monday argued before the Delhi High Court that the main aim of citizens protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act was to retain the unity and integrity of India.He submitted that the protestors wish to be a part of the country and were opposing an allegedly discriminatory criteria of granting/...
Minimum 7 Days Time Has To Be Granted To The Taxpayer To File Reply To The Show Cause Notice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act, a minimum time of seven days has to be granted to the assessee to file reply to the show cause notice.The petitioner/assessee has challenged the Notice issued under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the consequential order issued...
Licensing Of Software Products By Microsoft Is Not Taxable In India As Royalty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain has ruled that licensing of software products by Microsoft in the Territory of India by Microsoft is not taxable in India as royalty. The department has challenged the order passed by the ITAT for the assessment years 1997-98 and 1999-2000. The ITAT ruled that the licencing of software products of Microsoft in...
Produce Return Ticket To India; Bail Hearing Only After That : Kerala High Court To Actor-Producer Vijay Babu In Rape Case
The Kerala High Court on Monday orally asked Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu to produce his return tickets to India so that it can hear him and consider his plea for anticipatory bail in the case where an actress accused him of sexually exploiting her.Justice Gopinath P. orally directed the actor to make himself available to the jurisdiction of the court. "He was like a monster to me,"...
Sale Notice Issued Under SARFAESI Act Without A 15 Days Clear Notice Is Bad In Law: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that the three methods of serving, affixing and publishing a notice of 15 days for subsequent sales, as provided under Rule 9(1) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, is mandatory in nature and the said requirement cannot be tampered with. The Single Bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas quashed the sale notice issued under the provisions...
Plea Moved In Mathura Court Seeking Permission To Perform 'Purification' Rituals With Gangajal In Shahi Idgah
The National Treasurer of All India Hindu Mahasabha, Dinesh Kaushik, has moved an application before a local court in Mathura seeking permission to perform purification rituals inside the Shahi Idgah mosque, claiming that the sanctum sanctorum of the Keshav Dev Temple was once located there.Essentially, the applicant has sought permission for "purification" (शुद्धिकरन) of...
BREAKING| Kerala High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Politician PC George In Hate Speech Case
The Kerala High Court on Monday granted interim anticipatory bail to senior political leader PC George in a hate-speech case over alleged statements against Muslims.A single bench of Justice P Gopinath passed the order, considering the fact that the offences under Section 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code are punishable with less than 3 years imprisonment, and that George has been an MLA...
Amarnath Yatra: Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Shrine Board On Plea To Curb Black Marketing In Helicopter Bookings
The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, on a petition seeking to stop alleged malpractices and black marketing by booking agents in providing Helicopter facility for Amarnath pilgrimage and to make all the tickets accessible online, for direct booking by the public.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta directed that...