Interest On Belated Filing Of GSTR-3B Return Not Recoverable Without Adjudication: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that recovery of interest under CGST Act, 2017 for delay in filing the GSTR-3B return cannot be initiated without following any adjudication proceedings under the Act in the event the interest liability is disputed by the assessee. The Bench, consisting of Justices Aparesh Kumar Singh and Deepak Roshan, quashed the notice of recovery issued...

Bombay High Court Sets Aside Interim Order In Favour Zee Entertainment In Battle With Invesco

A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed an application filed by US investment firm Invesco Developing Markets Fund, the largest shareholder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zee), against a single judge's order granting interim injunction to Zee and restraining the investor from holding an Extraordinary General Body Meeting. Invesco moved the division...

Madras HC Dismisses For Non-Prosecution Plea Against NGT Order Mandating Suo Moto 'Pan-India' Matters To Be Heard Only By Principal Bench

Madras High Court has recently dismissed a plea challenging the NGT Office Order which mandated that Pan India matters should be heard by the Principal Bench at New Delhi.The first bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed the plea for non-prosecution."None appears for the petitioner. Mr V.Vasantha Kumar, learned counsel appears on behalf...

Short Term Permit For Extraction Of Minor Minerals Can Be Granted On Application Made To Competent Authority, Public Auction Not Required: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court recently considered whether grant of short term permit for extraction of minor minerals under Rule 59 of the Maharashtra Minor Mineral Extraction (Development and Regulation) Rules, 2013 (the Rules of 2013) ought to be preceded by holding public auction or whether such short term permit can be granted on the basis of an application made to the Competent...

Caste Of A Person Is Determined By Birth, Married Women Acquire Caste Status Of Husband In Rare Circumstances: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition filed by one Archana M G, a Grama Panchayat Member, challenging the order of the Civil court which unseated her on the ground of lack of social status as a Scheduled Tribe member.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said,"There is no dispute as to petitioner does not belong to Scheduled Tribe, by birth, although she claims to...

"Inordinate Delay In Trial, Prolonged Judicial Custody": Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Man Incarcerated For Almost 8 Yrs In NDPS Case

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man incarcerated for almost 8 years in connection with a case registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, on account of inordinate delay in his trial and prolonged judicial custody.Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that there was an "egregious violation of an accused's right to personal liberty and right to speedy trial"...

Govt. Notifies Details Of All Licensee, Lessee, Contractor Project-Wise Involved In Petroleum Operations

The Ministry of Finance has notified the details of all licensees, lessees, and contractors project-wise involved in petroleum operations. "As a part of the budget exercise, items used in the petroleum operations which are eligible for exemption under S. No. 404 of notification No. 50/2017 dated June 30, 2017 as amended by notification No. 02/2022 dated February 2, 2022, have...

Calcutta HC Directs District Registrar To Ensure Supply Of Legible Copies When Application Is Made For Certified Copies Of Registered Documents

The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the District Registrar to ensure that legible copies are always provided when certified copies of a registered document is applied for otherwise the intervention of the Court will always be required for the supply of such legible copies. In the instant case, the petitioner had applied for obtaining the certified copy of a sale deed however the copy...

Bombay High Court Restrains Mumbai Civic Body From Taking Demolition Action Against Narayan Rane's Building

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday restrained Mumbai's civic body from taking action against the bungalow in which Union Minister Narayan Rane lives with his family till an application to regularise the alterations is decided and for three weeks thereafter. A division bench of Justices AA Sayyed and Abhay Ahuja disposed of the plea filed by the company that owns the bungalow -...

Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Plea Seeking CBI Probe In RSS Worker's Murder

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the preliminary objections raised in the plea seeking to hand over the investigation involving Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Sanjith's murder, who was hacked to death in November last year, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A Single Bench of Justice K. Haripal noted that it had already expressed its view that this is...

Transaction, Being Revenue Neutral, Does Not Affect The Interest Of Revenue, Delhi High Court Directs Refund

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Jasmeet Singh has directed the department to release the refund as the transaction was revenue neutral, and did not affect the interest of revenue.The petitioner/assessee filed three writ petitions in which the court granted six weeks to the respondents/department to pass a fresh order. The court directed the department...

Diesel Price Hike For Bulk Purchasers: Kerala High Court Denies Interim Relief To KSRTC

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief on the plea moved by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) challenging the decision of State-owned Oil Marketing Companies to increase the price of diesel sold to the Corporation, which is allegedly much higher than the market price.Justice N. Nagaresh directed the Oil Marketing Companies to file a statement explaining...