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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...
Company Has To Be Proceeded Against By Giving An Opportunity To Be Heard Where It Has Also Been Accused, No Liability Only Qua Private Persons: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that in a case where the Company has also been accused, the liability cannot be said to have been arisen only qua the private person and that the Company has to be proceeded against legally by giving it an opportunity to be heard.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh added that the liability of a private person, in his capacity of a Director or any other authority to...
CHA Has No Reason To Doubt Any Malpractice Or Attempt Of Export Of Prohibited Goods, No Case Of Abetment Made Out: CESTAT
The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) consisting of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) held that the Customs House Agent (CHA) had no reason to doubt any malpractice and attempted export of prohibited goods. Accordingly, no case of abetment has been made out against the CHA.M/s All Craft Exports, filed a shipping bill intending to export 320 Nos....
Death Of BJP Youth Wing Leader: Calcutta HC Takes On Record Post-Mortem Report Which Indicates Death By Hanging, Probe To Be Continued By State Police
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday took on record the post-mortem examination report pertaining to the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal youth leader Arjun Chowrasia who was found hanging inside a building in North Kolkata's Ghosh Bagan area. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation...
Awadh Bar Association & Allahabad HCBA Oppose New System Of Case Listing At High Court, To Boycott Judicial Work Today
The Awadh Bar Association at Lucknow and the Allahabad High Court Bar Association at Prayagraj have decided to boycott/abstain from judicial work at Allahabad High Court today so as to register their protest against the new system related to the listing of cases in the High Court.The Executive Committee of the Oudh Bar Association met yesterday and deliberated upon the problems faced by...
Liquidated Damages Does Not Attract Service Tax: CESTAT Hyderabad
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that receipt of liquidated damages by the service provider for breach of conditions under an agreement to provide services would not attract Service Tax. The Bench, consisting of members P.K. Choudhary (Judicial Member) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member), held that claim...
No Conflict Between Power To Levy GST And Power Of Municipal Corporation To Levy Advertisement Fee Or Advertisement Tax: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice Suraj Govindraj held that there is no conflict between the power to levy GST under the GST Act and the power of a municipal corporation to levy an advertisement fee or advertisement tax under Section 134 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act.The petitioner, Hubballi Dharwad Advertisers Association, is a registered association of...
The Entry In Revenue Records Isn't Conclusive Evidence of Possession: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has recently observed that the entry in revenue records is not conclusive evidence of possession. Referring to Uttam Chand v. Nathu Ram, Gautam Kumar Chaudhary noted that, "As stated earlier any entry obtained on the basis of the agreement to sell that has never been produced before the court for judicial scrutiny cannot be considered as evidence of possession....