Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Court Defers Order On Khalid Saifi's Bail Plea To March 24

A Delhi Court on Tuesday deferred orders on the bail plea moved by United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi in connection with in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat will now be pronouncing the order on March 24. The Court had reserved the order last month...

"Extra-Judicial Confession Not Corroborated": Allahabad High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Murder-Robbery Accused

The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the acquittal of a Murder-Robbery accused as it noted that the alleged extrajudicial confession made by all the accused persons was highly unnatural and the same was not corroborated by any other evidence.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi was hearing an appeal filed by the informant of the case (US/ 372...

GST ITC Not Allowable to BMW On Demo Car Or Vehicle: AAAR

The Haryana Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) bench consisting of Amit Kumar Aggarwal and Anil Kumar Jain ruled that the Input Tax Credit (ITC) is not allowable on demo cars/vehicles.BMW/Appellant has been registered in GST at Gurugram as a State administered taxpayer for running a training centre for the training of Engineers and Marketing professionals etc. They get...

'Completely Frivolous': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Probe Into AAP's Alleged Links With Banned Khalistani Organisation

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation, seeking a High Level Inquiry against the allegations of links between banned Khalistani organisation 'Sikhs for Justice' and Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The plea also sought to bar the party from contesting elections until the enquiry is completed and to temporarily suspend its membership from...

Nimisha Priya Case | Will Appeal Against Death Penalty In Yemen, Not Participate In Negotiations With Victim's Family: Centre To Delhi High Court

The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that it will take appropriate steps to institute an appeal before the next appellate forum challenging the death penalty awarded to Nimisha Priya, an Indian woman who was convicted by a Yemen court for killing a local in 2017. Anurag Ahluwalia appearing for the Centre, on instructions, apprised Justice Yashwant Varma that the Government...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Ensure Presence Of Lawyer Who Allegedly Misled Court To Secure Client's Bail, Fled Upon Confrontation

In an unprecedented development, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the concerned police authorities to ensure the presence of a lawyer who had allegedly tried to mislead the Court while seeking bail for an accused.Such an order was issued after the lawyer had left the Court premises during recess and had failed to appear before the Court post recess to continue with his...

Refusal To Fill Consent Form To Obtain Information About Swiss Bank Account, Delhi High Court Upholds Penalty

The Delhi High Court has upheld the penalty issued under the Income Tax ActIncome Tax Act, 1961 upon an assessee who had failed to fill the consent-cum-waiver form to enable the tax authorities to obtain information about the alleged Swiss Bank accounts held by it. The Bench, consisting of Justices Manmohan and Sudhir Kumar Jain, has held that even if the Assessee had no connection with...

[NDPS Act] Accused Claims Standing Order Not Followed In Seizure Of Over 1 Quintal Of Ganja, Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession allegedly over 1 Quintal of Ganja was recovered.The Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal granted bail to one Om Prakash Verma who claimed before the Court that the procedure laid down in the Standing Order to be followed while conducting...

Order 22 Rule 8 CPC| Delay By Liquidator To Implead Himself In Proceedings A Mere Technical Requirement, Not A Ground For Abatement Of Suit: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court recently had the opportunity to expound on the principles pertaining to abatement of a suit under Order 22 Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) involving a corporate entity that had been declared as insolvent by the National Company Law Tribunal.Justice Shekhar B. Saraf was adjudicating upon an application seeking dismissal of the instant suit on the...

Failure To Reply To Demand Notice U/S 8(1) Within 10 Days Does Not Preclude The Corporate Debtor From Raising The Existence Of A Dispute In A S. 9 Application: NCLAT, New Delhi

The NCLAT, Principal Bench comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chairperson and Dr. Alok Srivastava, Technical Member, in the case of M/s. Brand Realty Services Ltd. v. M/s. Sir John Bakeries India Pvt. Ltd. held that the mere fact that the corporate debtor did not reply to the demand notice by the Operational Creditor u/s 8(1) within 10 days or that the corporate debtor did not file...

18% GST Payable On Pizza Topping As Pizza Topping Is Not Pizza: AAAR

The Haryana Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) bench consisting of Amit Kumar Aggarwal and Anil Kumar Jain held that 18% Goods and Service Tax (GST) is payable on pizza topping as pizza topping is not pizza.The appellant is in the business of distributing various dairy and non-dairy products and is registered with the jurisdictional GST authorities. The product...

Breaking | Nawab Malik Arrest: Bombay High Court Denies Interim Relief, Judicial Custody To Continue

The Bombay High Court refused to direct the release of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case over his "involvement in terror funding" based on a 1999- 2005 land deal concerning Dawood Ibrahim's sister. A division bench of Justices PB Varale and SM Modak passed the order on Malik's habeas corpus petition seeking interim reliefs of "immediate...