Supreme Court Affirms Penalty On 'Zarda' Manufacturers For Misclassifying Product As 'Chewing Tobacco' For Central Excise Duty

The Supreme Court while adjudicating a matter wherein the Assesssee deliberately misclassified the ‘Zarda’ produced by it as ‘Chewing Tobacco’ for evading payment of a high duty as applicable to ‘Zarda’, has affirmed the imposition of penalty and demand for payment of differential duty raised by the Central Excise Department from the Assessee.The Bench comprising Justice S....

Attorney General, R.Venkataramani To Deliver The 9th Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture At Kochi [18th November]

Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation for Law and Justice is organizing the 9th Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer Memorial Law Lecture at Kochi. Date: 18th November, 2018 Time: 10:30 AMVenue: Kerala High Court Auditorium at Ernakulam Justice P.S.Narasimha, Judge, Supreme Court of India will be the Chief Guest for the function. The Law lecture will be delivered by Shri R.Venkataramani,...

SC Lawyer Writes To Rajasthan High Court Registrar Aggrieved By Lack Of Virtual Access To Court Proceedings At Jaipur

Advocate on Record Shobha Gupta has made a representation to the Registrar General of Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur Bench, demanding the rectification of faults in virtual court access, due to which she was unable to appear in a case in which she was engaged as the arguing counsel.Missing a posting date can turn out to be detrimental in many cases, the counsel said adding that the glitch...

Justice H.S Thangkhiew Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Meghalaya High Court

The President of India has appointed Justice H.S Thangkhiew, senior-most Judge of the Meghalaya High Court as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from November 2, 2023 as the current Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee retired today.The notification issued in this regard reads thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to...

Observations By Coordinate Bench No Ground To Review A Judgment : Supreme Court Lays Down 8 Principles On Scope Of Review

Observations made by a coordinate bench about a judgment cannot be a ground to review it, said the Supreme Court while dismissing review petitions filed against the 2022 judgment in State Tax Officer v. Rainbow Papers Ltd 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 743.In Rainbow Papers, a bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee (since retired) and AS Bopanna held that a resolution plan under the Insolvency...

Delhi Riots: Court Slams Delhi Police For Wrongly Clubbing 19 Complaints In One FIR, Orders Separate Probe

A Delhi Court has slammed the Delhi Police for wrongly clubbing 19 complaints in a Delhi riots case without having any sound basis and ordered that the incidents be investigated separately. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of Karkardooma Courts observed that there were 20 different places of different incidents taken up for investigation in one FIR, but none of the IOs bothered...

Witness Not Discredited By Mere Contradiction Between Testimony And Statement Given To Police : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that a witness will not stand totally discredited merely because the testimony given during the trial contradicted the earlier statement given to the police. "No doubt statement given before police during investigation under Section 161 are “previous statements” under Section 145 of the Evidence Act and therefore can be used to cross examine a witness....

IBC Resolution Plan Can't Ignore Government Dues : Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Against 'Rainbow Papers'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 31) dismissed a batch of review petitions filed against a 2022 judgment which held that the definition of a secured creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 included any government or governmental authority and that a resolution plan which ignored dues to the government was liable to be rejected.A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna...

No Way To Prohibit Trading Of Electoral Bonds Since They Can Be Transferred, Says Supreme Court During Hearing [Day 1]

While hearing the batch of petitions challenging the anonymous electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court today commented on the lack of control over transactions involving Electoral Bonds owing to the transferability of the bonds. The Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra considered arguments raised...

Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing In SNC Lavalin Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (31.10.2023) adjourned the appeals filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the discharge of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other accused in the SNC Lavalin Case.A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyyan adjourned the hearing following a request for passover made on behalf of Additional Solicitor...

Motor Accident Claims | No Right To Recovery For Insurer Merely Because Vehicle Owner Didn't Verify Driver's License : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (30th October) held that an insurance company cannot claim that it is not liable to pay compensation in a motor vehicle accident claim just because the vehicle owner did not verify the genuineness of the driving licence of the driver employed. The Court said that the burden is on the insurance company to prove that there was a failure on the part of the vehicle...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Notifies Guidelines On Arrest, Detention And Bail To Accused

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has issued a set of comprehensive guidelines pertaining to arrest, detention, and bail procedures, in consonance with the directions passed by the Supreme Court in Md. Asfak Alam vs State of Jharkhand, Cr. Appeal No 2207 of 2023.A notification to this effect issued by Registrar General Mr Shahzad Azeem,“Acting in compliance to the directions...