GST: History in Making- Onset of New Indirect Tax Regime

The passage of four significant GST bills at Lok Sabha embarks a new age for indirect taxation. It is the biggest historical transformation in the chronicle of economic reforms. We are entering into neoteric taxation space where there will be one tax for one commodity, ease of compliance for businesses, replacement of 17 indirect taxes, fall in logistics and inventory cost, etc. The four...

"Is This Bombay Culture!" Bombay HC Chief Manjula Chellur Takes Umbrage At Reporter's Attire

Bombay High Court Chief Manjula Chellur got upset at a court reporter in open court today.The bench of CJ Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing the matter regarding strike called off by resident doctors of Maharashtra.During the hearing, CJ Chellur pointed to a senior court reporter of a national English daily and remarked whether wearing jeans and t-shirt was appropriate in court....

Plea In Bombay HC Seeking Exchange Of Old 500 Rupee Notes Which Were In Police Custody [Read Petition]

A writ petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Reserve Bank of India to exchange old notes in 500 and 1000 denominations.Sunil Mody, a 47-year-old Mumbai resident, has filed the petition. According to the petition, following “disputes and differences” between Mody and his wife, he was booked for offences under Sections 498(A), 406, 323, 504, 506 of...

Blow To Swaraj India, Delhi HC Dismisses For Common Symbol For MCD Polls [Read Judgment]

Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India on Wednesday received a blow after the Delhi High Court dismissed it’s petition for a common symbol in the upcoming MCD polls in the national capital next month.The high court dismissed the party's plea, saying “….. a newly formed political party is not entitled as a matter of right to claim exclusive allotment of a common election symbol for the benefit...

NCW Not Empowered To Adjudicate & Issue Advisories: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that the “NCW is not empowered to arrive at any final conclusion on any complaint received by it or to grant any relief which a court is empowered to do”.The facts in the present appeals are that the Petitioner-wife and the Respondent-husband were married on February 8, 2008. A child was born of the marriage in 2013. After that due to certain dispute...

Delhi HC Dismisses Students’ Plea Against Denial Of Admission In DU-LLB Course [Read Judgment]

It is mandatory to produce the degree of the qualifying examination in original, the only exception being where the degree has not been issued by the concerned university, the bench said.The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea of students against denial of admission into LLB course for academic session 2016-17 by Delhi University on the ground that they failed to submit the original degree...

Mere Repayment Of Money Can’t Be Ground For Quashing Cheating Case: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has held that re-payment of loan amount will not have any adverse effect on a criminal prosecution.The bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice KK Sonawane was hearing an application filed under Section 482 of CrPC seeking quashing of an FIR registered against members of a cooperative credit society.Deepak Anant Atrawalkar, a government auditor of...

Dowry Death Case: Bombay HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Two Advocates [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has rejected the pre-arrest bail application filed under Section 438 of CrPC by two advocates from Sholapur allegedly involved in a Dowry Death Case.Justice Mridula Bhatkar was hearing the application filed by two advocates after an FIR was registered against them for offences punishable under Sections 304B (dowry death), 498A (domestic violence), 306 (abetment of...

Uttarakhand HC Forms High-Powered Panel To Examine Mining Activities In State [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to examine issues relating to mining in the state.A division bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia observed that the state government has not given sufficient attention to the environmental degradation caused by mining activities reducing the quality of land, water, deforestation etc.Excessive...

Monsanto Vs Nuziveedu: Delhi HC Rules In Favour Of Nuziveedu In BT Cotton Patent Infringement Case [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court on Tuesday rules in favour of Nuziveedu Seeds Limited in Monsanto Technology’s plea against Nuziveedu Seeds alleging that the Nuziveedu selling BT cotton seeds using Monsanto’s patented technology even after termination of licence.It was alleged that the defendants continuing to “market and sell” Genetically Modified Hybrid Cotton Planting Seeds in spite of...

FM Gives Go-Ahead To CBEC Restructuring For GST Rollout

Ahead of the implementation of GST, the Finance Minister has approved reorganisation of field formations of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC).The CBEC is being renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), after getting legislative approval.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given the go-ahead to the reorganisation to make way for implementation...

Subramanian Swamy Introduces Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Cow Slaughter [Read Bill]

“A law be enacted to ban the slaughter of all cows (Bos Indicus) as wished by Mahatma Gandhi as an imperative for free Independent India and to recommend punishment, including death penalty, as a necessary deterrent for the prevention of criminal offence of cow slaughter,” the Bill reads.While many jurists and legal experts across the world are calling for abolition of death penalty even...