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Enemy Property Case: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Samajwadi Party Leader and UP MLA Azam Khan in an alleged case of grabbing Enemy Property and using it for the construction of the Mohammed Ali Jauhar University. The FIR in the instant case was filed against Azam and others alleging that during the Partition of the Country, one Imamuddin Qureshi went to Pakistan and his land was recorded as...
Allahabad High Court To Hear Plea Seeking Constitution Of Committee To Inquire Into History Of Taj Mahal On May 12
A petition seeking a direction to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open the sealed doors of over 20 rooms inside the Taj Mahal premises so that the alleged controversy pertaining to the "history of Taj Mahal" can be put to rest would be heard by the Allahabad High Court on May 12.The plea was listed before the bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi today,...
Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Complainant Granted 2 Weeks' Time To File Counter Affidavit In Ashish Mishra's Bail Plea Before Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted two weeks' time to the informant/complainant in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case to file his counter-affidavit in bail plea moved by Prime Accused and Union Ministers's Son, Ashish Mishra/Monu.Mishra's bail plea was remanded back to the High Court for fresh consideration by the Supreme Court last month while allowing the appeal filed by the...
Stamp Duty Refund Also Applicable To All Development Agreements Signed Between Sep, 2020- March 2021 - Bombay High Court
All Development Agreements signed between September 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 would qualify for 1.5-2% refund of stamp duty as per the scheme announced by the Maharashtra Government during the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020, the Bombay High Court ruled. In a landmark judgement last week, the HC held that the stamp duty payable on a Development Agreement is as per the duty payable...
Bombay High Court Imposes 2 Lakh Cost On Adani Electricity For Workers Union, Says Law So Unambiguous Even Reliance Or BSES Didn't Raise Dispute
The Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 2 lakh on Adani Electricity Limited payable to Mumbai Electric Workers' Union while dismissing a petition in which the company claimed it was no covered under Maharashtra Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (MIR Act). A division bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik observed that it was so "unambiguously clear" that the...
'Completely Motivated': WB Gov Objects To Maintainability Of PIL Before HC Seeking Joint Probe By CBI & ED Into Alleged Irregularities In TET 2014
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to raise its preliminary objection in writing to the maintainability of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a joint probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the alleged irregularities in the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in West Bengal.TET 2014 was conducted...
Punjab And Haryana High Court Stays BJP Leader Tajinder Bagga's Arrest Till July 6; No Stay On Investigation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the arrest of BJP Leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga till July 6. This development comes three days after the High Court had, in a midnight hearing, directed the police not to take any coercive action again him till May 10.The Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara was hearing Bagga's plea againt an order of the Local Court in Punjab (SAS Nagar) issuing...
Birbhum Massacre| Calcutta HC Reserves Order On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Bail Of Two Juvenile Accused Allegedly Granted Bail Without Inspecting Case Diary
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on plea seeking cancellation of bail of two juvenile persons accused in the case pertaining to the violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in which ten persons were killed allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently...
Trafficking Of Human Beings Won't Amount To Jeopardising Sovereignty & Integrity Of India: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that trafficking in human beings doesn't amount to jeopardizing the sovereignty and integrity of India.The Bench of Justice Sudhir Mittal further observed that it may jeopardize friendly relations of India with a foreign country but it would be so only if there is tangible evidence available to substantiate the allegations.With this, the High...
Compensation Paid By Employee To Employer For Resigning From Service Without Giving Requisite Notice Is Not A Taxable Service: CESTAT
The Bangalore Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) consisting of S.K. Mohanty (Judicial Member) and P.Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) has held that any compensation paid by the employee to the employer for resigning from the service without giving the requisite notice, would not be termed as consideration for the contract of employment and would not fall...
IBBI Suspends IP Subrata Monindranath Maity Who Has Been Arrested By CBI Over Bribe Allegations
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India ("IBBI") has suspended Insolvency Professional, Mr. Subrata Monindranath Maity, vide an interim ex-parte order dated 09.05.2022, after the Central Bureau of Investigation ("CBI") had arrested Mr. Subrata over bribe allegations. Mr. Subrata was registered as an Insolvency Professional with IBBI bearing Registration...
Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: High Court Issues Notice On Khalid Saifi's Plea Challenging Trial Court Order Denying Him Bail
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on the appeal filed by United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi 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 Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar listed the...