Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 19 March To 25 March 2023

Supreme Court Only Retail Sale Can Claim Assessment Benefits Under Section 4A Of Central Excise Act : Supreme Court Case Title: Commissioner Of Central Excise & Service Versus M/S. A.R. Polymers Pvt. Ltd. Etc. Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 223 The Supreme Court has held that mere affixation of MRP does not make goods eligible for central excise duty exemption, and what...

Madras High Court Orders Action Against State's Deputy Law Secretary For Creating Ruckus Inside Court

The Madras High Court recently ordered the Law Secretary of Tamil Nadu government to take disciplinary action against C Nagarajan, the Deputy Secretary of Law Department, for allegedly misbehaving with government pleaders inside court. Calling the act “scandalizing” and “lowering the authority of the Madras High Court”, Justice MS Ramesh asked the Principal Secretary to...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 20 To March 26, 2023

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 253 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 268NOMINAL INDEX Anil Kumar Versus The Gst Commissioner, Cgst, And Central Excise And Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 253 Milestone Systems A/S vs. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 254 SAMRIDHI ENTERPRISES v. FLIPKART INTERNET PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 255 Asif Mohammad Khan v. State 2023 LiveLaw...

Court Can’t Compare Disputed Signatures With Admitted Ones By Mere Glance, Must Record Analysis Of Characteristics: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that though Section 73 of the Indian Evidence Act empowers a court to compare the disputed signatures with the admitted signatures but the same cannot be done on a casual perusal or a mere glance, particularly without even recording an analysis of the characteristics of the admitted signatures as compared to those of the disputed one.The observation...

'Error Of Judgment' On Part Of Medical Authorities: Gauhati High Court Orders Assam Govt To Pay Rs 5 Lakh To Custodial Death Victim's Wife

The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam Government to pay an amount of Rs. 5 lakh as compensation to a woman, whose husband died in the jail because timely appropriate and adequate medical facility was not provided to him due to an error of judgment on the part of medical authorities regarding his medical condition.The division bench of Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and...

Push UOI To Shut Down Websites Offering Online Law Courses Sans BCI’s Approval, Take Action Against Erring Persons: Allahabad HC To BCI

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Bar Council Of India to take against the persons hosting websites which offer online law course without the approval of BCI. The bench of Chief Justice (Designate) Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh also asked the BCI to make appropriate recommendations to the Union of India to ensure that appropriate actions are taken to shut...

Calcutta High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Murdering Parents, Awards Life Imprisonment Without Remission

The Calcutta High Court on Monday commuted a death row prisoner's sentence to life imprisonment till natural life without remission. The man last year was awarded a death sentence by the trial court for murdering his parents.The division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi said:“The Constitutional Court can award a life sentence without any remission. This aspect...

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Files Defamation Suit In Bombay High Court Against Brother, Ex-Wife; Seeks Rs 100 Crore In Damages

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has approached the Bombay High Court claiming damages worth Rs. 100 Crores against his brother Shamsuddin and his former wife Anjana Pandey for alleged defamation and harassment.A writ petition against Pandey filed by Siddiqui is also pending before the HC seeking the whereabouts of his children who are in Pandey's custody.The defamation suit will be heard by...

CJI DY Chandrachud Deplores Tendency Of Male Employers To Avoid Women In Office Fearing Sexual Harassment Allegations

While speaking about the low representation of women in the legal profession, Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud pointed out that stereotypes against women made it difficult for them to get recruited. He pointed out that in Tamil Nadu alone, for every 50,000 male enrolments, there were only 5000 female enrolments. These statistics were similar all over the country. The CJI was speaking...

DGFT Allows Import Of Urea Through India Potash Till March 2024

The Director General Of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the amendment in the import policy of urea which allowed the import of urea through India Potash Limited (IPL) till March 2024.As per the existing import policy the import of Urea is also allowed through IPL for a period up to March 31, 2023.Now, as per the revised policy import of Urea is allowed through IPL for a period up to March...

Winning Bidder Cannot Challenge Tender Cancellation After Accepting Refund Of Deposit: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that once the winning bidder of a tender accepts the refund of deposit paid to confirm the contract without any reservation, he cannot challenge the cancellation of the tender as the contract would stand rescinded.A division bench of acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne upheld the cancellation of Central Government’s tender...

Sanatan Sanstha Not Declared Banned Or Terrorist Organization Under UAPA: Bombay High Court

Sanatan Sanstha has not been declared a banned or terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2004, the Bombay High Court recently observed.A division bench of Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice Kamal Khata granted bail to two members of the Sanstha in the Sunburn Terror Attack Conspiracy 2017 and Nallasopara Arms Haul Case 2018.“The most intriguing part of this...