Delhi High Court Upholds Order Of Revenue Department Imposing Enhanced Compounding Charges On Subsequent Offences

The Delhi High Court has upheld the order of the revenue department imposing enhanced compounding charges on subsequent applications for compounding of offences relating to late deposit of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS). The Bench, consisting of Justices Manmohan and Dinesh Kumar Sharma, held that compounding of offences cannot be taken as a matter of right and it is for the law...

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani Gets 3-Month Jail Term By Local Court For Holding Protest March In 2017 Disobeying Magistrate's Order

A Court in the Mehsana District of Gujarat today sentenced Gujarat Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 9 others to 3 months of imprisonment while holding them guilty of committing offence punishable under Section 143 IPC.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate J.A. Parmar noted that all 10 were members of Mevani's Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch and when they were asked to not go ahead with...

Where More Efficacious Remedy Is Available U/S 41(h) Specific Relief Act, Party Is Under Legal Obligation To Opt It: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 28, 2022, while dealing with a revision petition, held that it is well-settled law that in light of statutory provisions under Section 41(h) of the Specific Relief Act, where a more efficacious remedy is available, the party is under a legal obligation to opt for that remedy. The bench comprising Justice Fateh Deep Singh appreciated the...

WB Post Poll Violence| Calcutta HC Allows CBI To Commence Investigation Afresh After Filing Of Chargesheet By State Police For Same Offence

The Calcutta High Court on Monday upheld a Single Judge order allowing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up investigation afresh in respect of a case pertaining to the West Bengal post poll violence even after the charge sheet had already been filed by the State police for the same offence and the case had already been committed for trial. The Court vide order dated August...

Kerala High Court Directs GST Dept. To Facilitate Revision Of Form GST TRAN-1 By Making Necessary Arrangements On The Portal

The Kerala High Court bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas has directed the GST department to facilitate the revising of Form GST TRAN-1 and filing of Form GST TRAN-2 by making necessary arrangements on the web portal. The petitioner/assessee was a registered dealer under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 as well as the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956. The assessee is in the business...

BREAKING| Karnataka High Court Stays ED Order Seizing Xioami India Assets

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed the order issued by the Enforcement Directorate dated April 29, by which it has seized Rs.5551.27 Crore of M/s Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999. A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar while issuing emergent notice to the respondent on the petition filed by...

Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations 102 - 153]

Nominal Index [Citations: 102 -153]Central Bureau of Investigation v. Biman Kumar Saha & Anr 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 102Dr. Santi Prasad Sinha v. Laxmi Tunga & ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 103Irina Mullick v. The State of West Bengal & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 104Purnima Kandu & Anr v. State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 105Laxmi Tunga & Ors v. The State of West Bengal & Ors...

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Reply On Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari's Chargesheet Quashing Plea In Funds Misappropriation Case

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to file its counter affidavit within a period of six weeks on a petition filed by former MLA Mukhtar Ansari (presently in jail) seeking to quash a charge sheet filed against him by the Uttar Pradesh police in connection with a case of misappropriation of MLA Funds fund in the year 2012-13.This order has been issued by the...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Upgradation Of Overall Working Conditions, Pay Structure, Etc Of CBI Prosecution Cadre

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction to the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to upgrade the overall working condition, pay structure, support staff, incentive, etc of CBI Prosecution Cadre.The plea has been moved by one Rama Kant Dixit over the alleged...

Loudspeaker Row: PIL In Bombay High Court To Book Raj Thackarey For Sedition, Restrain Him From Touring Maharashtra

One Hemant Patil, claiming to be a social and political activist, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR against MNS Leader Raj Thackarey, alleging Sedition and to restrain him from organising tours and press conferences in Maharashtra on the issues of reciting the Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers and raising cries to remove loudspeakers from Mosques. He says...

Equilibrium Between Power Of The Income Tax Dept. Of Reassessment And Rights Of The Assessee: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, by invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, saved over 90,000 Income Tax Reassessment notices issued after the 2021 Amendment by deeming them as notices under Section 148A of the Income Tax Act. At the same time, in order to protect the interests of the assessees, the Apex Court directed that the income tax...

3 Months Old Toddler Moves Delhi High Court As NDMC Denies Maternity Leave To Mother

A 3 months old toddler has moved a petition before the Delhi High Court seeking enforcement of his "right to maternal care" as his mother was denied maternity leave by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The leave was denied since this is her child. The Petitioner has asserted his rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India to care by his parents.NDMC on the other...