Government Servants Prohibited From Being Office-Bearers Of Communal/Religious Organisations: Kerala High Court

However, it was clarified that Rule 67A of Kerala Government Servants Conduct Rules does not curtail a religious denomination's right to manage its affairs.

Incomplete GSTR-2B: GSTN Issues Advisory

The Goods and Service Tax Network has issued the advisory on the issues arising from incomplete GSTR-2B. The GSTN noticed that in a few cases, certain records are not reflected in the GSTR-2B statement for the period of April 2022. However, such records are visible in GSTR-2A of such recipients. The GSTN has stated that the technical team is working to resolve the issue for...

Prohibition Of Wheat Export: DGFT Directs Regional Authorities To Issue Registration Of Contracts To Wheat Exporters

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued directions for the export of wheat for the implementation of the notification prohibiting the export of wheat under the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020 (FTP).The DGFT has directed the regional authorities to issue registration of contracts (RCs) to the wheat exporters who have irrevocable letters of credit, so that they...

Time Of 8 Hours To File Reply To Show Cause Notice, Not Reasonable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that the time of eight hours to file a reply to the show cause notice was neither reasonable nor effective. The assessee could not have provided relevant information and documents to establish his case in such a short period of time. The petitioner/assessee submitted that the reasonable time was...

Proceedings Under The A&C Act And SARFAESI Act Can Be Resorted To Simultaneously: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates The Legal Position

The High Court of Rajasthan has held that proceedings under the A&C Act and SARFAESI Act can be resorted to simultaneously. The Single Bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal has held that the existence of an arbitration clause and filing of an application under Section 9 of the A&C Act is not a bar to the institution of proceedings under the SARFAESI Act. The writ...

Child Adopted Post-Retirement Can't Be Denied Family Pension: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a petition of an adoptive daughter of a government employee, whose application for the benefit of a family pension was dismissed on the sole ground of her being adopted after her father's retirement date, held that an adoption post-retirement would not be a ground to deny the benefit of the family pension to such child. Merely because...

[Same Sex Marriage] No Violation Of Fundamental Rights, Trying To Create Unnecessary Hype: Centre Opposes Plea For Live Streaming In Delhi High Court

The Centre has opposed the live streaming of proceedings in the case concerning recognition and registration of same-sex marriages in the country before Delhi High Court by arguing that neither the matter involves violation of any fundamental right, nor is it the one relating to national importance.In the reply to the application seeking live streaming of the proceedings, the Ministry of Law...

Deferment Charges On Liquidated Damages, No Liability To Pay When Liquidated Damages Itself Not Payable : Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that there would be no question of recovery of deferment charges on the liquidated damages when the liquidated damages are themselves not payable. The Single Bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru has held that deferment charges cannot be treated as separate charges payable irrespective of whether the liquidated damages are payable or not. The Court held...

Challenge By NHAI On Fee Fixation By Arbitral Tribunal, Delhi High Court Holds That Tribunal Can Fix Its Fees

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal is permitted to fix its fee, if its appointment is made by way of an ad hoc agreement between the parties. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula held that where the Arbitral Tribunal has accepted its appointment outside the mandate of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), it is entitled...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Round Up: May 9 To May 15, 2022

NOMINAL INDEX Shyam Kumar Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh Meghna Agarwal Vs. Anurag Bagadiya and another State of Madhya Pradesh v. Golu Dr. (Mrs.) Neena V. Patel v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors Lallu @ Krishnabhhan Vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others Prakash Singh and Nandita Singh v. State of MP and anr Pappu v. The state of madhya...

Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Give Copy Of Blocking Order & Post Decisional Hearing To Owner Of 'Dowry Calculator' Website

The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to give copy of the original blocking order as well as a post decisional hearing to Tanul Thakur, owner and creator of the website 'Dowry Calculator' which was blocked by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in September 2018.A division bench comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma directed the...

Convicting Accused Persons After 36 Yrs Would Disturb Balance Of Convenience & Result In More Injustice: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside an order of acquittal in connection with a criminal case under Sections 147/380/427 of the IPC (punishment for rioting, theft in dwelling house, mischief causing damage). However, Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya was of the view that passing an order of conviction, after a gap of 36 years since the charges were framed, would disturb the balance...