No GST On Supply Of Pure Services Consultation - AAR

The Tamil Nadu Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that supply of pure services by rendering Consulting Services for Programme Management and accompanying measures for implementation of integrated storm water is exempted from GST. The applicant is the Managing Partner in the partnership and firm having certain properties in his name. The firm in which he is a partner is carrying out...

Overseas Citizens Of India Can Seek Divorce Before Indian Courts Against OCI Partner : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders can seek matrimonial reliefs before appropriate courts in India, against the estranged partner who is also an OCI cardholder. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said, "Subsection 2 of section 7B of the Citizenship Act, excludes certain rights from being granted to the OCI...

Payments Towards Charter Hire Of Tugs, Barges Made To Non-Resident Assessee Assessable U/S 44BB: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the payments made towards charter hire of tugs and barges made to non-resident assessee in execution of contract with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) are assessable under Section 44BB of Income Tax Actand are entitled to special dispensation.The division bench of Justice N.J.Jamadar and Justice K.R.Shriram has held that the payments made by...

Nawab Malik Arrest: Bombay High Court Seeks ED's Response In Habeas Corpus Plea By March 7

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned to March 7 the habeas corpus petition filed by Nawab Malik challenging his arrest and the order remanding him in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody in a money laundering case. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and GA Sanap asked the ED to file its response to the petition by then significantly observing that Malik's...

Despite High Court Nudge, Maharashtra Govt Refuses To Withdraw Restrictions On Unvaccinated Using Local Trains

The Maharashtra government, on Wednesday, informed the Bombay High Court that it won't withdraw restrictions imposed on individuals on the basis of their vaccination status from boarding local trains, visiting malls or places of employment.A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik, expressing disappointment at the government not taking note of the observations made...

'Commercial Tax Office One Of The Hubs Of Corruption' : Karnataka High Court Confirms Conviction Of A Tax Officer Charged Under PC Act

Observing that "corruption is a distinct type of offence. It is like cancer to society. It eats the social and economical health every second resulting in unimaginable consequences," the Karnataka High Court recently confirmed the conviction handed down to a Commercial Tax officer under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. A single judge bench of Justice V...

'Can't Direct State To Enact A Law': MP HC Dismisses PIL For Fixing Ceiling Limit On Expenses Incurred By Candidates In Local Body Elections

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation, which had sought for the Court's direction to the state government to take a final decision on the representation submitted by the Petitioner for fixing a limit of the expenses to be incurred by candidates contesting elections to various posts held under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj...

If Evidence Of Official Witnesses Inspire Confidence, Lack Of Corroboration By Hostile Independent Witnesses Will Not Affect Prosecution Case: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that if the evidence of official witnesses inspire confidence then the absence of corroboration by independent witnesses who have turned hostile will not make a dent in the prosecution case. A Bench comprising Justice Bivas Pattanayak and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was adjudicating upon a case involving the seizure of fake currency notes. The...

Registering Offence Of Corruption Against Public Servants Merely On Written Complaints Without Supportive Material Disastrous: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed the charge-sheet and consequential proceedings in a case registered for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act), observing that the investigating agency proceeded for prosecution based on half-baked material, and that allowing trial to proceed on the basis of the same would be an exercise in futility, inevitably resulting...

Change Of Counsel Not Ground To Recall Witnesses U/S 311 CrPC: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench recently dismissed a criminal revision, whereby the Applicant was praying for re-examination of witnesses in a trial, holding that change of counsel cannot be a ground for recall of the witnesses. Furthermore, it noted that if the Applicant felt that his previous Counsel had indulged in professional misconduct, he should report the same to...

'Not Entitled To Relief U/Art. 226': Calcutta HC Refuses To Interfere With Show Cause Notice Issued By UIDAI Suspecting Petitioner's Citizenship

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in a dispute over the citizenship of a Hindu man, claiming to have converted his religion from Islam, by observing that no relief can be granted under Article 226 of the Constitution.The petitioner had challenged a show cause notice dated January 27, 2022 issued by the UIDAI stipulating that his Aadhar Card would be deactivated if he...

Prenatal Sex Determination | Magistrate Can't Take Cognizance Of Complaint Unless Filed By 'Appropriate Authority' Notified By Govt: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the under section 28 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, a Magistrate court cannot take cognizance of a complaint except it being registered by an 'Appropriate Authority' notified by the Central or the State government. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna...