Bombay High Court Quashes FIRs Against Congress Worker Sandeep Kudale For Social Media Posts Against BJP’s Chandrakant Patil

The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed two FIRs against Congress party worker Sandeep Kudale and imposed Rs. 25,000 costs on the State to be recovered from the salary of the police officer for wrongful arrest.Kudale was arrested on December 11, 2022 by the Pune Police under sections 153A(1)(a) and 153A(1)(b) of the IPC (promoting enmity between different groups) for a social media post...

Requesting Ledger/Statement From Operational Creditor Is Not Admission Of Claim, Does Not Renew Limitation: NCLT Indore

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Indore Bench comprising of Dr. Madan B. Gosavi (Judicial Member) and Shri Kaushalendra Kumar Singh (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application filed in Oswal Pumps Limited v Bhopal Tractors Pvt. Ltd., has held if a Corporate Debtor merely requests statements or ledger from the Operational Creditor for verification, then such...

‘Museum Of Justice’: Some Facts About The Recently Inaugurated Judicial Museum Of Odisha

Prof. Ganeshi Lal, the Governor of Odisha last week inaugurated the renovated and refurbished ‘Museum of Justice’ inside the historic compound of Barabati Quila (fort), Cuttack. Among others, the event was attended by Chief Justice of the High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Judges of the High Court, former CJI Justice G.B. Patnaik and former Chief Justice of Tripura High Court...

Reassessment Proceedings For AY 2013-14, 2014-15 Initiated After 1 April 2021 Have To Be Closed Irrespective Of Income Escaping Assessment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court ruled that the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 (TOLA) cannot be used to conduct the reassessment proceedings beyond March 30, 2021. The time limit outlined in Section 149(1)(b) (as amended beginning April 1, 2021) cannot be extended by the department after March 30, 2020.The division bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal...

JKL High Court Raps Medical Officer For Issuing Disability Certificates To Motor Accident Victims For 'Extraneous Considerations', Orders Inquiry

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently censured a medical Officer for conducting grave professional misconduct by issuing number of Permanent Disability Certificates, though being not competent to issue such certificates, and help beneficiaries to get hefty amount of compensation from the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals from time to time without there being any such...

Advance Collected From Allottes Towards Payment Of Maintenance Charges Or Taxes Is Operational Debt: NCLT Mumbai

The National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Mumbai Bench comprising of Shri Kishore Vemulapalli (Judicial Member) and Shri Prabhat Kumar (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application filed in Innova Premises Co-operative Society Limited v Marathon Nextgen Realty Limited, has held that money collected from allottees for payment towards maintenance charges or taxes of the...

Stadium Provided By Tamil Nadu Cricket Association For IPL Matches, Not Taxable As ‘Infrastructural Support Service’ To BCCI: CESTAT

The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the Chepauk Stadium provided by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association for conduct of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, does not attract service tax. The Tribunal dismissed the Revenue Department’s contention that the same was in the nature of infrastructural support service provided...

Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Pulsar Suni's Bail Plea In 2017 Actor Assault Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its decision on the bail application of Sunil N.S., also known as 'Pulsar Suni', the main accused in the 2017 Actor Assault Case.Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan noted that there are several decisions which state that the gravity of the offence would also have to be considered in such offences, and that simply because an accused has remained in jail for so...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up [February 20 - February 26, 2023]

Nominal Index [Citations 71 - 81]Vuppalapti Satish Kumar And VTH Source Components Pvt Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 71H.Nagabhushana Rao And The Under Secretary FFR Division & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 72Siddalingappa S T And Karnataka State Human Rights Commission. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 73Arunkumar N. T And Deputy Commissioner of Police & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 74Times Now BCCL And...

26-Yrs Old Woman Grown Up To Understand Informal Relationship: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Rape Conviction For Alleged False Promise To Marry

The Calcutta High Court recently acquitted a person, convicted by trial court for the offence of rape, on the ground that the victim being fully grown up lady voluntarily consented to having sexual intercourse with the accused and it cannot be said to be a case of consent under misconception due to false promise of marriage.The division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ajay...

Clause Exclusively Empowering Chief Project Manager To Appoint Arbitrator From A Panel Maintained By It, Illegal: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that when a person has itself become ineligible by operation of law to act as an arbitrator, it cannot nominate another person to act as arbitrator. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma was dealing with an arbitration clause which exclusively empowered the Chief Project Manager to appoint the arbitrator from a panel which was itself maintained...

Odisha Governor Inaugurates Refurbished ‘Museum Of Justice’ In Cuttack

The Governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal on Saturday inaugurated the refurbished ‘Museum of Justice’ inside historic Barabati Quila of Cuttack. The event was attended by Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Judges of the High Court, former CJI Justice G.B. Patnaik and former Chief Justice of Tripura High Court Justice Jaswant Singh.Realizing the need to preserve...