Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Regulated Places For Alcohol Consumption After Closing Of TASMAC Bars

Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy of the Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Additional Chief Secretary, Prohibition and Excise Department and the Managing Director, TASMAC on a plea for framing guidelines, rules and regulations with regard to the place for consuming alcohol by purchasers after closing time of TASMAC shops and bars attached thereto....

Labour Rights Activist Shiv Kumar Was Kept In Illegal Confinement, Badly Tortured By Haryana Police: Inquiry Officer To High Court

An inquiry report submitted by a judicial officer before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has confirmed that Haryana Police kept activist Shiv Kumar in illegal confinement and also badly tortured him last year."It is held that allegations of illegal confinement and custodial torture of Shiv Kumar are duly proved on record," Inquiry Officer Deepak Gupta said in a report placed before...

NIA Act | Scheduled UAPA Offences Can Be Probed By Investigating Agency Of State Govt: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that the provisions of the National Investigation Act (NIA Act) Act do not prohibit the investigation of the Scheduled offences which include the offences under the ULA(P) Act, by Local Investigating Agencies. Justice Sanjay Dhar observed,"It only provides that when a Scheduled offence is investigated by a local investigating...

Vagal Inhibition Death: Bombay High Court Sets Aside Culpable Homicide Conviction, Says Accused Couldn't Have Known Their Act Would Cause Death

The Bombay High Court recently set aside the conviction of three persons convicted for culpable homicide of a chicken shop owner, observing that the cause of his death was unusual and they could not have known their assault would result in his death.The court took note of the doctor's report wherein he had said that the death was caused possibly due to cardiac arrest due to vagal...

GST ITC Not Available On ​​Goods And Services Used For Construction Of A Pipeline Laid Outside The Factory Premises: AAR

The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that Input Tax Credit (ITC) is not available on goods and services used for the construction of a pipeline laid outside the factory premises.The two-member bench of M. Rammohan Rao and T.R. Ramnani has observed that, as per the explanation to Section 17 of the GST Act, "plant and machinery" does not include a pipeline laid outside...

Social Media Important Pillar Of Democracy As Long As It Is Not Misused: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday cautioned against the misuse of social media, while acknowledging that it has become a powerful medium for exchange of views. "One has to be careful when one expresses one's view or makes comments that the words used are not obscene or indignified or demeaning. In other words, a balance has to be struck between the need for healthy...

Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Override Efficacious Statutory Dispensation: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Tuesday reiterated that where statutory remedy is created by law, the writ petition should not be entertained ignoring the statutory dispensation, unless it is inefficacious. A bench comprising Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal observed,"Where a right or liability is created by a statute, which provides for a speedy remedy for enforcing it, the...

Governors Are Appointed As University Chancellors As Per State Laws, Centre Tells Lok Sabha

While the tussle between the centre and some state governments intensifies over the appointment of the Governor as the Chancellor of state universities, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday that the appointment of any constitutional functionary to the leadership position was well within the purview of the state legislature. In a response to an unstarred question by...

Object of S.60(2) IBC Is To Group Together CIRP/ Liquidation Proceedings Before Single Forum: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday ruled that the object of Section 60(2) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is to group together Corporate Insolvency Resolution process (CIRP) or liquidation proceedings of a corporate debtor and insolvency resolution/ liquidation/ bankruptcy proceedings of the corporate or personal guarantor of the same corporate debtor before a single forum...

[NI Act] Complainant Putting Date On Cheque Without Drawer's Consent Renders Instrument Void: Bombay High Court

Subsequently adding dates for payment without the payer's consent renders the negotiable instrument void, the Bombay High Court said refusing relief in a cheque bouncing case. "No doubt cheque is negotiable instrument which is transferable and negotiable, presumption under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act can be drawn only when the pre-conditions are satisfied....

Amount Equivalent To Capital Gains Utilised For Acquisition Of New House: ITAT Allows Capital Gain Exemption

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has allowed the capital gain exemption under section 54 of the Income Tax Act on the grounds that the amount equivalent to the capital gains has been used for the acquisition of a new house.The two-member bench of Yogesh Kumar US (Judicial Member) and Dr. B. R. R. Kumar (Accountant Member) has observed that the agreement for sale was signed...

GST Council Recommends Changes In GST Rate For Various Goods And Services

The 48th GST Council, presided over by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs made various recommendations relating to changes in GST rates on the supply of goods and services.The council has exempted the husk of pulses, including chilka, and concentrates, including chuni, churi, and khanda. Early on, 5% GST was payable on the husks of pulses.Due to...