Excise Duty Not Payable On Test Production: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that excise duty is not payable on test production.The bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) has observed that the appellant/assessee has done only test production prior to November 11, 2010, and they have been doing mainly trading of finished goods as the factory was not fully set up at the...

Kerala Govt Raises Retirement Age Of Kerala High Court Staff

The Government of Kerala has amended the Kerala High Court Services (Determination of Retirement Age) Act, 2008 to increase the retirement age of the High Court staff.The amendment has raised the age of retirement for the High Court staff, who were appointed before April 2013, from 55 to 56 years and the retirement age of those who were appointed after April 1, 2013, and are members of...

Kerala Govt Introduces Legal Internship Programme For ST Community Law Graduates

The Kerala Government has introduced 'Unnathi', a Legal Internship Programme for 25 LLB graduates from the Scheduled Tribe community at an estimated cost of ₹1,62,00,000. The training will be with designated Senior Advocates in the High Court of Kerala.The program is intended to support young law graduates from the community to enable them get a head-start in their careers and gain...

Don't Rely On Postal Pincodes: Madras HC Directs Registry To Determine Territorial Jurisdiction Using Jurisdictional Limits Act

While hearing a plea praying for a leave to sue, the Madras High Court noted that the Registry was using Postal pin codes to determine the territorial jurisdiction of the court. Justice M Sundar thus directed the registry to only use the Jurisdictional Limits Act and the Jurisdictional Limits Extension Act to determine the jurisdiction of the court. This Commercial Division is...

Not Feasible To Operate Only Low Floor Buses In State, Transport Department Tells Madras High Court

The Institute of Road Transport on Friday informed the Madras High Court that it is not technically feasible for the State Transport Undertakings to have only low-floor buses in the state.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a plea filed by cross-disability rights activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar against a tender notification issued by the Tamil...

Injuries Need Not Occur Inside Police Station For Custodial Death: Bombay High Court Grants ₹15 Lakh To Victim's Mother In Police Brutality Case

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that for a death to be a custodial death, it doesn't matter whether the injuries occurred inside the police station or at an outpost as long as the injuries were inflicted when the deceased was in any manner in the custody of the police.The court awarded Rs. 15,29,600/- as compensation to the mother of a 23-year-old man who died after he was assaulted...

'State's Duty To Ensure Proper Disposal of Hazardous Waste': Madras High Court Directs Govt To Pay ₹10 Lakh Each To Children Injured In Explosion

The Madras High Court recently came to the rescue of two children who had suffered severe burn injuries in 2018 on account of an explosion near a water body in Sivakasi. The explosion was a result of improper dumping of wastes from the firecracker industries nearby. The children, students of class X, were playing near the waterbody at the time of explosion. Holding the State liable, Justice...

'No Prima Facie Case Of Conspiracy Or Involvement Of Foreign Powers In Nambi Narayanan's Arrest': Kerala HC In ISRO Espionage Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday, while allowing the anticipatory bail applications of former Police and Intelligence Bureau officers-including former Gujarat ADGP RB Sreekumar and former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews- in the case relating to the alleged framing of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO Espionage case, observed that prosecution has failed to prima facie establish...

Judicial Officers' Pension | Special Pay Part Of Pay, Should Be Reckoned To Calculate Pension : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that the special pay granted to judicial officers is a part of their pay and that it is to be reckoned for the purpose of calculation of pension.The Single Judge Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman was considering a batch of petitions filed by judicial officers who are either working or have retired from service as District and Sessions Judges,...

Supreme Court To Hear Krishna Water Dispute Matter On March 14

The Supreme Court will continue hearing the plea seeking directions to the Jal Shakti Ministry to notify the final award passed by the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal on March 14. During the brief hearing today, a Division Bench of Justices Surya Kant and V Subramanian observed that it was busy with conducting interviews of applicants for National Company Law...

Justice Sabina Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Centre has issued a notification appointing Justice Sabina, the senior-most Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court with effect from January 21, 2023. The appointment has been made in consequence of the retirement of Justice Amjad Ahtesham Sayed, Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court.The notification issued...

Will Consider Setting Up A Bench Of Madras High Court In Puducherry :Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Law Minister on Thursday said that the Centre will consider the Union Territory of Puducherry’s demand for setting up a bench of the Madras High Court in Puducherry. The Minister was speaking at an event organized for laying the foundation stone for lawyers' chambers at the Integrated court complex in Puducherry. The Minister said that the demands will be considered positively and...