Tihar Inmate Ankit Gujjar Death Case: Delhi High Court Grants Time To CBI For Filing Further Status Report

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted time to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing further status report in connection with the alleged murder of inmate Ankit Gujjar, a 29-year old alleged gangster, who was found dead inside Tihar Jail.Rajesh Kumar, Special Public Prosecutor for CBI told Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri that while the agency has completed the investigation for...

Kerala High Court Notifies Directions For Road Safety Amid Rising Accidents Involving Sabarimala Pilgrims

In a judgment that runs beyond 120 pages, the Kerala High Court has issued a set of directions to ensure road safety and adherence with the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act in the wake of the rising number of accidents reported concerning Sabarimala pilgrims travelling in buses and other contract carriages.A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G Ajithkumar...

Plea In Madras High Court Challenges S.108 Of Finance Act 2021 Which Levies GST On Members' Club, Notice Issued

The Madras High Court today issued notice on a plea filed by Ootacamund Club through its Secretary, challenging the vires of Section 108 of the Finance Act, 2021, insofar as it purports to levy Goods and Service Tax on a members' club in an incorporated form by insertion of Section 7(1)(aa) in the CGST Act.When the matter came up before the Division Bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and...

Interest Of Buyer In Assessee's Business Not Established for Valuation of Excisable Goods: CESTAT Rejects Department's Appeal Seeking Valuation Of Goods Sold Prior To 2013

The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has rejected the department's appeal seeking valuation of goods sold prior to 2013 on the grounds that the interest of buyer in assessee's business was not established.The two member bench of Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V.Subba Rao (Technical Member) has observed that as Rule 10 (b) squarely covers...

Only SC Can Clarify Whether Orders Passed Under Repealed 'WB Housing Industry Regulation Act' Can Be Executed: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that only the Supreme Court under Article 142 of the Constitution can clarify whether the orders passed under the repealed legislation, the West Bengal Housing Industry Regulation Act, 2017 (WBHIRA), are saved and the execution thereof can be continued.The Supreme Court in the case of Forum for People's Collective Efforts (FPCE) and another v. State...

Union Minister Narayan Rane, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane Protected From Arrest In Disha Salian Case Till March 10, 2022

The Sessions court on Friday directed the Mumbai Police to not arrest Union Minister Narayan Rane and his MLA son Nitesh Rane in an FIR over allegedly spreading false information about late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Disha Salian's death. The order passed in the anticipatory bail plea filed by the duo was based on Mumbai Police's undertaking to maintain status quo...

Dept. Can't Raise Their Hands In Despair For Technical Glitches In GST Portal: Gujarat HC Directs Dept. To Allow Manual Furnishing Of GSTR-6

The Gujarat High Court has come down heavily on the Goods and Service Tax Department for technical glitches in the portal. The division bench of Justice J.B.Pardiwala and Justice Nisha M. Thakore observed that the writ petitioner/ taxpayer has been running from pillar to post requesting the respondents/ department to provide a solution and take care of the technical error and glitch...

Madras High Court To Function In Physical Mode From March 7

The Madras High Court will resume physical hearing of cases from March 7, 2022. The decision has been taken in view of connectivity issues which causes inordinate delay in court proceedings.In a notification dated 4th March, 2022, issued pursuant to the directions given by Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari for proper and expeditious hearing, it is mentioned that all the court hearings at...

Issuance Of 2 SCN Demanding Short Paid Duty, Denying Cenvat Credit For Same Period Doesn't Amounts To 2 Assessments: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the issuance of two show cause notices demanding the duty, which was short paid, and denying Cenvat credit respectively for the same period.The two-member bench of Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) did not find any illegality in Revenue issuing two show cause...

Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Ensure Victim Is Given Notice Of All Bail Proceedings Concerning POCSO Cases

The Karnataka High Court recently issued directions for the effective implementation of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act 2012, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2020, particularly in cases where the accused were to move the Court for grant of bail. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Suraj Govindaraj disposing of...

Breach Of Contract | Can't Forfeit Security Deposit Towards Risk Liability In Absence Of Loss/Damage: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently ruled that in the case of a breach of contract, one party cannot forfeit the security deposit towards risk liability when they have not suffered any loss or damage.A Division Bench of Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar and Justice C.S. Sudha observed that it was settled that when the question is one of forfeiture of the security deposit in case of breach of...

Delhi High Court Rules, Parties Under LLP Agreement Cannot Confer Jurisdiction On Courts

A Single Bench of Delhi High Court of Justice Amit Bansal, has held that carrying of business in any place does not confer jurisdiction on courts to adjudicate a dispute inter se partners in an LLP. The Partner of an LLP, registered at Hyderabad, had filed a suit before a Commercial Court in Delhi against the denial of access by remaining partners to the business accounts of LLP....