Technical Issues In Income Tax Portal: Calcutta High Court Gives Fresh Opportunity To Assessee

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Md. Nizamuddin has directed the assessing officer to do a new assessment proceedings as taxpayers could not furnish answers to the notice due to the technical glitches in the income tax portal. The petitioner/assessee has challenged the assessment order on the ground of violation of the principle of natural justice by not providing the...

18% GST Payable On 'Pattadar Pass Book Cum Title Deed' ; Karnataka High Court Upholds AAR Ruling

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice S. Sujatha and Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, while upholding the ruling of the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), held that 18% GST is payable on 'pattadar pass book cum title deed'.The petitioner/assessee was engaged in the business of printing books, magazines, calendars, diaries, bank passbooks, bank account opening forms, and various...

Ensure Upcoming PFI March Ignites No Law & Order Problems In Alappuzha: Kerala High Court Directs District Police Chief

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the District Police Chief of Alappuzha to ensure that no law and order problems surface at the 'Jana Maha Sammelanam' proposed to be conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI) this Saturday in the district.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan admitted the plea and also directed the 5th respondent Police Chief to consider the representation moved the...

Initiation Of Reassessment Proceedings By Income Tax Officer Without Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court Quashes The Proceedings

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma held that since the petitioner jurisdictional Assessing Officer is headquartered in Delhi, the income tax officer from Jaipur had no authority to send a notice proposing the beginning of reassessment proceedings. The petitioner/assessee challenged the order passed by the Income Tax Officer under Section 148A...

Mere Filing Of Curative Petition Is Not A Ground To Stay Proceedings Of Execution Petition: Orissa High Court Affirms

The Orissa High Court has confirmed the judgment of an Executing Court, which held that mere filing of curative petition does not constitute a ground to put a stay on the proceedings of execution petition.In light of the dispute between the parties in the present case, the Petitioners (State) had challenged the award and, thereafter filed an appeal in the Supreme Court. When the civil...

Spouse Sending Vulgar & Defamatory Letters, Levelling Unsubstantiated Allegations Amounts To "Cruelty": Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed the appeal preferred by a woman, aggrieved by a decree of divorce granted in her husband's favour by a Family Court on grounds of desertion and mental cruelty.While discussing what constitutes "mental cruelty", the division bench comprising Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Ashok Kumar Verma remarked,"Even if husband and wife are staying...

'Only For Ministerial Job': Calcutta HC Dismisses State's Challenge To NHRC Panel Despite Court-Appointed Committee For Post-Poll Violence Victims

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has not violated an earlier order of the Court for constitution of a three member committee to look into the complaints of displaced post-poll violence victims in West Bengal by constituting a team of 11 officers to assist in ministerial work. The Court had earlier constituted a three member committee...

Plaintiff Can Take A Plea Of Adverse Possession In A Suit For Declaration Of Title And For Recovery Of Possession: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has held that there is no bar under the Limitation Act on a plaintiff taking the plea of adverse possession in a suit for declaration of title and for the recovery of possession. Justice Teekaa Raman held that the age-old axiomatic of law that the plaintiff cannot raise the plea of adverse possession and that it can only be a defence of the defendant no longer holds...

Industrial Disputes Act | "Last Come First Go" Principle Can Be Departed By Employer Only After Recording Reasons In Writing: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that the principle of "last come first go" cannot ordinarily be departed from by employers while retrenching labourers under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (ID Act). While departing from the principle, it is a pre-condition that the employer has to record 'reasons in writing'. While dismissing writ petition by the employer (State), a Division Bench...

Advocates' Welfare Fund Scam: Accused Seek Pre-Arrest Bail, Kerala High Court Denies Interim Relief

Seven accused in the scam involving misappropriation of over ₹7.5 crores from the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund have moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case When the matter was taken up today, Justice K. Babu refused to grant interim protection to the accused and posted the matter on Monday for disposal. By this time, the parties have been directed to produce...

Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: High Court Issues Notice On Meeran Haider's Plea Challenging Trial Court Order Refusing Bail

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on the appeal filed by Meeran Haider challenging the Trial Court order denying him bail in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.A division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Mini Pushkarna granted four weeks' time to the prosecution for...

Situation In Alappuzha District Still "Volatile": Plea To Prohibit Upcoming PFI, Bajrangdal Marches, Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response

The Kerala High Court on Thursday sought a response from the State government on a plea that prayed for a prohibition on public conferences, marches, mass drills and motorcycle rallies as part of 'Jana Maha Sammelanam' proposed to be conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI) this Saturday in the Alappuzha district. Justice N. Nagaresh asked the Government Pleader to get instructions on...