Senior Advocate HS Phoolka Can't Represent '1984 Riot Victims' : Delhi Bar Council

No scope for Phoolka representing ’84 riot victims pro bono, should have surrendered his licence like Jaitley, Prasad, says Delhi Bar Council.The Bar Council of Delhi said Thursday that Aam Aadmi Party leader and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Senior Advocate Advocate HS Phoolka cannot be allowed to represent the victims in the 1984-anti-Sikh riots cases pro bono and should...

HC Has The Power To Notify The Cadre Strength Of District Judges: Kerala HC DB Overturns SB Judgment

By setting aside a judgment of the learned Single Judge, a Division Bench of Kerala High Court has held that it was within the powers of the High Court to notify the cadre strength of District Judges. The Division Bench further held that there was  no illegality in including temporary posts in the cadre strength.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh and Justice...

Delhi HC Dismisses Petition For An Independent Probe In alleged ‘Cash for Contract’ Scam in Assam Rifles [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Petition demanding an independent probe into the allegations of corruption (‘Cash for Contract’) in the awarding of civil contracts by Assam Rifles.The inquiry into the allegations was initiated by the force in September, 2014, after a sting operation by the magazine Tehelka had claimed that the Director General, the Additional Director General...

Posting Same “Naib Courts” In One Court Not Conducive For Credibility Of Justice Delivery System: HC To Top Cop

The Delhi High Court has sent out a communication to the Delhi police commissioner asking him not to post same naib court in  a court or with a judicial officer for long duration for it reflects poorly on the credibility of the justice delivery system.In a letter through Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Sharma Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal has asked Amulya Patnaik to ensure that a naib court...

Delhi HC Directs 5 Lakh Damages To Yahoo Inc. For Trademark Infringement [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed payment of Rs. 5 lakh as damages to US-based Yahoo Inc. for trademark infringement by a website called ‘yahookochi’. The Court restrained the website from using its trademark or any other deceptively similar mark.“There is also no plausible explanation for the adoption of the identical mark as part of trading name and domain name of the...

Change In MRP On Unsold Stock Prior To Implementation Of GST Allowed Till Sept 30

On account of implementation of GST w.e.f. July 1, there may be instances where the retail sale price of a pre-packaged commodity is required to be changed.In this context, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan had allowed manufacturers or packers or importers of pre-packaged commodities to declare the changed retail sale price (MRP) on the...

No CGST On Goods Not Bearing Registered Brand Name

‘Registered brand name’ means brand name or trade name, which is registered under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.  The Central GST (CGST) rate on supply of certain goods, such as chena or paneer, natural honey, wheat, rice and other cereals, pulses, flour of cereals and pulses, other than those put up in unit container and bearing a registered brand name, is NIL.Supply of such goods, when...

AMRI Hospital Tragedy: Calcutta HC Refuses To Let Managing Director Off The Hook But Scales Down Charges [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has scaled down the charge of culpable homicide to that of causing death by negligence against a cardiologist who was a former licensee of AMRI Hospitals where 92 people died in a fire in 2011.The Petitioner, Dr. Mani Kumar Chhetri had challenged an order passed in March, 2016 by the Additional Sessions Judge, wherein Dr. Chhetri’s plea for discharging him from the...

Mulling De-Stress Rooms, Benevolent Fund For Court Staff

Looking beyond the disciplinary measures for the court staff, the District & Sessions Judge (South East District) has come up with several welfare measures like de-stress rooms and benevolent fund for the staff posted in his district for “effective administration and to inculcate a sense of belongingness” in them.District & Sessions Judge (South-East) at the Saket Courts...

Undervaluing Immovable Property To Pay Less Stamp Duty, Conceal Income Ripe In India, Remarks Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Hearing in a property ownership dispute led the Delhi High Court to rue the “unfortunate” practice of undervaluing immovable property in India to evade part of stamp duty or the income tax.“Unfortunately undervaluing of immovable properties so as to either pay less stamp duty or for other reasons of concealment of income etc, is ripe in this country…” said Justice Valmiki...

Delhi HC Directs Donation Of Rs. 10,000 To Slain CRPF Jawans’ Kin As Costs For Abuse Of Process Of Law [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday came down heavily on a litigant for wasting its time, and directed them to deposit Rs. 10,000 with bharatkeveer.gov.in, a website launched to facilitate donations to slain CRPF Jawans’ kin.“Since the review petition and the connected applications are clearly an abuse of process of law, the same are therefore dismissed with costs of Rs.10,000/- to be deposited...

A Lokayukta For Uttarakhand Soon: State Govt Tells SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today recorded the statement of Uttarakhand government that a Lokayukta will be appointed for the state soon.When the bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked the state government's counsel as to when the appointment would be made , she submitted that a fresh legislation to this effect had already been passed and a bill is pending before the...