Music Important For Child Development, Govt Must Consider Regular Music Teachers’ Post In Schools Irrespective Of Student Strength: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently recommended the Government to consider sanctioning regular Music teachers’ post in all schools, at least in primary section, irrespective of the student’s strength or number of periods.The Court made the above recommendation, while considering the case of a Music teacher, who was forced to fight throughout her service to get a full-time post of, after...

GST Payable On Additional Surcharge Collected From Open Access Consumer Under Electricity Act: AAR

The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the additional surcharge collected from open-access consumers as per Section 42 of the Electricity Act, 2003, is taxable under the GST Act.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran Reddy T. has observed that Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited cannot be considered either a "governmental authority" or...

State Instrumentalities Must Deal With Citizens Fairly: Kerala High Court Orders Release Of Amount Withheld In Excess Of Quantified Loss In Road Project

The Kerala High Court recently held that the Government cannot retain any amount in excess of the loss already quantified by it with regard to the amount due to a contractor on the premise of breach of contract.“The State and its instrumentalities are expected to deal with the citizens in a fair manner in all circumstances.”, the court observed in this regard.The division bench comprising...

ITAT Deletes Addition On Cash Deposits During Demonetisation

The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the addition of cash deposits during demonetization.The bench of R.S. Syal (Vice President) has observed that the assessee sold their ancestral agricultural land in 2013 for a sum of Rs. 38 lakhs along with his brother. The assessee’s share was Rs. 19 lakh. The assessee's share of Rs. 19 lakhs in cash was kept with...

Deprived Workers Of Their Dues: Karnataka High Court Directs Mysore Electrical To Reinstate Employees Unilaterally Shifted To Contractual Engagement

The Karnataka High Court has held that Mysore Electrical Industries Limited, a State Government Undertaking, which is not registered under Section 7 of the Contract Labour Abolition Act (CLRA) shifted the services of its workmen to private agencies (contractors) without their consent, declaring their employment as contract labour, only for the purpose of depriving the workers their due...

Dealers, Applying For Government Tenders To Verify GSTIN Status Through Peridot App: Jammu & Kashmir Govt.

The Finance Department of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a circular directing the dealers or contractors applying for government tenders to verify their GSTIN status and authenticate their GST return through the Peridot App.The government stated that dealers and contractors whose GSTINs have been canceled or deactivated are applying for government tenders with the submission of fake or forged...

Orissa High Court Orders District Authorities Of Puri To Enquire Alleged Excommunication Of Three Families As ‘Untouchables’

Taking a tough stand against the illegal practice of ‘untouchability’, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday ordered the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO), Puri to make an enquiry into the alleged ousting of three families from their village after being considered as ‘untouchables’. While dictating the order, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and...

[Villupuram Ashram Case] Inmates Were Administered Drugs, Sexually Assaulted: Police Informs Madras High Court

The Gingee Police in Villupuram has informed the Madras High Court that inmates of the Anbu Jothi Ashram were administered psychiatric drugs, chained, and physically and sexually assaulted by the ashram staff.The Deputy Superintendent of Police filed a status report based on directions issued by the court earlier.The bench of Justice M Sundar and Justice Nirmal Kumar had sought the report...

Criminal Trespass Case| 'He Is A Bahubali, Gangster & Dreaded Criminal': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Ex-MP Umakant Yadav

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to former MP Umakant Yadav in connection with a 2019 case involving the alleged grabbing and damaging of the Gandhi Ashram in the Azamgarh district. Taking note of his long criminal antecedents of 80 cases, the bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh noted that he is a Bahubali, gangster and a dreaded criminal of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and is...

Transferred Simply Based On Minister's Note: CAT Allahabad Reinstates IFS Rajiv Bhartari As Uttarakhand’s Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest

The Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad (Nainital Circuit) has ordered to reinstate Rajiv Bhartari, a senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer as the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) of Uttarakhand, who was allegedly transferred out of the post in an extra-legal manner on the basis of a note prepared by the Minister of Forest.While setting aside the transfer order, Justice...

[1992 Vachathi Crimes] Madras High Court Judge To Visit The Tribal Hamlet Before Delivering Judgment In Appeals Against Conviction

The Madras High Court has reserved orders on appeals preferred by 126 forest officials, 84 police personnel and five revenue officials against conviction by a sessions court finding them guilty for various crimes that took place in Vachathi in 1992. Justice P Velmurugan, who had been hearing the appeals told the counsels that he would be visiting the village on March 4th before...

Granting Anticipatory Bail In Cases Of Attacks Against Doctors Would Lead To 'Dangerous Situation': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to a person who had attacked a doctor who examined his wife, alleging that the Doctor had misbehaved towards her. The Single Judge Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen was of the view that granting anticipatory bail in such a case would lead to a 'dangerous situation', whereby doctors, who are duty bound to treat patients as part...