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SC Issues Notice In PIL For Plugging Glaring Gaps In Tax Revenue Collected Through IGST By Foreign OIDAR Service Providers Like Twitter, Facebook, Etc
Supreme Court has on Wednesday issued notice in PIL filed seeking directions for plugging glaring gaps in tax revenue to be collected from foreign companies in B2B transactions by way of IGST for Online Information & Database Access or Retrieval Services (OIDAR).A three-judge Bench led by CJI Bobde heard the plea seeking mechanism to track total GST paid on OIDAR services used by Non...
Section 138 NI Act - Demand Notice Need Not Disclose Nature Of Transaction Leading To Issuance Of Cheque : Kerala High Court
“The court cannot legislate by prescribing a particular form and cannot require that the nature of the transaction, leading to the issuance of cheque, be disclosed in the notice when the statute does not provide for it.”
Decision To Include Persons Engaged In Justice Delivery System In COVID Vaccine Priority Group Must Be Left To Govt's Wisdom: Tripura High Court
When the task of covering the almost entire population of the country in excess of 130 crores is to be undertaken by the administration and for which detailed policy formulations have taken place, any interference even in the form of a suggestion by the Court must be to the minimum and at any rate, not without full material being placed before the Court and after dispassionate and mature thinking: Tripura High Court
Karnataka High Court Directs KSLSA To Assist In Suo-Motu Matter On Forensic Science Labs
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority to intervene and assist the court in a suo-motu petition initiated regarding lack of proper infrastructure and filling up vacancies at Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice M.G.S. KAMAL said: "This suo-motu PIL...
Madras High Court Dismisses DMK's Plea Challenging Postal Ballots Provision In RP Act
The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by political party Dravida Munnetara Kazhagam (DMK) against Section 60(c) of the Representation of Peoples Act which permits issue of postal ballot to electors above the age of 80 years, electors with physical disability, electors in quarantine due to COVID-19 and electors rendering essential services. A Division...
"Cause Is More Important Than A Particular Bench": Supreme Court To Form Committee For Economic Valuation Of Heritage Trees
Supreme Court has on Thursday observed that it will form a Committee for economic valuation of heritage trees, and ask it to submit the report in April. The Court has asked Centre to provide facilities to the Committee including place and secretarial assistance. The Bench clarified that it will decide on the time to be given to the Committee to submit its report."We will form the Committee,...
"Indian Consulate Neither Informed Nor Asked": MEA On Incorrect Burial Of Indian Migrant In Saudi Arabia
Appearing before the single judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of the Delhi High Court pursuant to directions in a case where an Indian migrant in Saudi Arabia was allegedly incorrectly buried as per Muslim rites, the Director (Consulate, Passport, Visa) of the Ministry of External Affairs today submitted before the Court that the Indian Consulate was neither asked nor informed before...
Delhi Riots- Delhi High Court Reserves Order In Asif Iqbal Tanha's Appeal Against Rejection Of His Bail
The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved orders in Jamia Millia Islamia student, Asif Iqbal Tanha's appeal against the rejection of his bail in connection with a case related to larger conspiracy in Delhi Riots that broke out last year. A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Bhambhani reserved the order. Tanha has challenged an order dated 26th October...
"Debar Candidates, Campaigners In Assembly Elections For Violating Mandatory Masking Guidelines": Plea In Delhi High Court
A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions on Union of India through Ministry of Home Affairs and Election Commission of India to debar candidates and campaigners from campaigning in election, "either permanently or for a stipulated period of time", if they repeatedly violate mandatory masking guidelines issued by Election Commission. The petition is filed by one...
Legal Vacuum In Respect Of Adoptions Carried Out By Christian Parents Prior To 2016: Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Centre, CARA
The Delhi High Court has granted protection to a US-based Indian Christian couple, apprehending legal action for adopting a child in India in the year 2014, under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. A Single Bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh noted that prior to coming into effect of the Juvenile Justice Model Rules in 2016, there was no law enabling/ governing adoption of...
Nepali Man In Custody For 41 Years: Calcutta High Court Directs Release After Finding Him Mentally Unfit To Face Murder Trial
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (17th March) ordered the release of a Nepali man who was arrested about 41 years ago and since then he had been under detention. The bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Aniruddha Roy ordered thus after noting that current mental age in terms of intellectual functioning of the Man is around 9 years and 9 months. The...