SCBA Elections 2022 :List Of Candidates Released

The list of candidates contesting for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections for the year 2022 has been released.Senior Advocates Vikas Singh(incumbent President) and Ranjit Kumar and advocate Neeraj Srivastava are contesting to the Post of President.Senior Advocates Pradeep Rai and Sukumar Patt Joshi and Advocate S Sadasiva Reddy are in the contest for the post of...

Re-Operationalisation Of Scrip Transfer Recording Module: DGFT Issues Trade Notice

The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a trade notice on the re-operationalisation of the Scrip Transfer Recording Module. The DGFT was informed by exporters that certain fraudulent scrip transfers have occurred. The online scrip transfer recording module was suspended. Based on inputs/discussions with the Department of Revenue and in the interest of...

Police Must Assess Victim's Age In Kidnapping Cases So That No One Is Harassed If Major Girl Has Taken Decision Freely: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that while investigating Kidnapping cases, the police authorities must first assess the age of the victim girl so that in case it is found that she is major and has taken any step for her life, then no one should be unnecessary put to any harassment.The bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I and Justice Manish Mathur observed thus while dealing with the...

NEET-PG : Madras High Court Issues Notice On Doctors' Plea To Cancel TN State Mop-Up Round Counselling

The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued notice in a petition filed by five doctors seeking cancellation of the State Mop-Up Round Counselling held by the State of Tamil Nadu for NEET-PG admissions, on the basis of the Supreme Court's order cancelling the Mop Up rounds for All India Quota(AIQ).A single bench of Justice Anita Sumanth issued notice to the State and posted the matter next on...

Supreme Court Protects Co-Accused Journalist In Param Bir Singh Case From Arrest

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, observed that Binu Ninan Varghese, a journalist, against whom the Thane Police had registered cases of extortion, including a case where the erstwhile Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Param Bir Singh was named primary accused, need not be arrested. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh passed the order to not arrest, in view of...

Tax Invoices Containing Reference To Arbitration, Does Not Constitute An Arbitration Agreement: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that acceptance of tax invoices by the opposite party, containing a reference to arbitration, does not lead to the presumption that an arbitration agreement exists between the parties. The Single Bench of Justice G.S. Kulkarni held that unilateral invoices cannot bring about an arbitration agreement between the parties. The respondent S...

Revenue Fails To Discharge Onus Of Grant Of Personal Hearing, Delhi High Court Quashes Order Rejecting Refund Application Under GST Act

The Delhi High Court has quashed the order rejecting an applicant's refund application under GST Act on the ground that the revenue authority had breached the principles of natural justice by not affording a reasonable opportunity to the applicant before rejecting its refund application The Bench, consisting of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Poonam A. Bamba, ruled that the authority...

Partial Quashing Of FIR Only Qua Accused With Whom Complainant Has Settled Matter Permissible: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that partial quashing or part quashing of FIR only qua the accused with whom the complainant has compromised or settled the matter can be allowed. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar quashed an FIR registered under sec. 406, 420 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and the proceedings emanating therefrom qua a man who had approached the Court seeking quashing of the same.The...

Kashi-Gyanvapi Dispute Case |"Lord Visheshwar's Temple Was Destroyed But Its Religious Character Didn't Change": Lord's Next Friend Argue In Allahabad HC

In the ongoing hearing before the Allahabad High Court in connection with the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute, the next friend of Lord Vishweshwar, one of the contesting respondents in the case, today argued Lord Visheshwar has been in existence from ancient time, i.e., Satyug up till now.Before the bench of Justice Prakash Padia, the next friend of Lord Vishweshwar further...

Why Officer Delaying Income Tax Refund Should Not Be Directed To Pay Interest From His Pocket: Bombay High Court Asks Income Tax Dept. To Explain

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice N.R. Borkar and Justice K.R. Shriram has asked the department to explain why an officer delaying an income tax refund should not be directed to pay interest from his pocket. The petitioner/assessee submitted that though there had been an intimation on November 23, 2021, under Section 143(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, that the petitioner was...

INS Vikrant Cheating Case: Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya Approaches Bombay High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail

A day after sessions court refused anticipatory bail Kirit Somaiya, the BJP leader and former MP has approached the Bombay High Court seeking relief in a cheating case regarding by Mumbai Police alleging misappropriation of funds collected for restoration of warship INS Vikrant.The petition has been filed through Advocate Hrishikesh Mundargi. The matter will be listed before a Single Bench...

Time Spent In Mediation Would Be Excluded For The Purpose Of Calculating The Period Of Limitation For Invoking Arbitration: Delhi HC

The High Court of Delhi has observed that when the agreement between the parties provides for mandatory mediation, the time spent in the mediation process shall be excluded from the period of limitation. The Single Bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar held that the notice invoking arbitration as well as the substantive claims of a party would not become time-barred if the parties...