'Will Have To Justify His Act; If These Are Your Views Then Why Are You Before Us?': Delhi High Court To Abhijit Iyer Mitra

Questioning Abhijit Iyer Mitra about his act of retweeting a tweet that calls Indian judiciary "biased and unaccountable", the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that even though he is entitled to hold such a view, he will have to "justify his own acts."Justice Prateek Jalan was hearing a suit filed by Mitra, who is a research fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies,...

[Advocates' Strikes In UP] Allahabad HC Issues Notice To BCI, Asks State Bar Council To Consider Resolving Local Disputes

The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to the Bar Council of India in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Petition seeking relevant directions pertaining to the issue of strike calls of the Advocates across the state. The Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J. J. Munir has issued the notice to the Bar Council of India through its Secretary for January 18, 2023. Essentially,...

Bombay High Court Gives Centre 'Last Chance' For Reply In PIL Against Imposition Of Additional Fee For Delay In RC Renewal

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a Public Interest Litigation challenging an amendment to the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 through which additional fees is imposed in case of delay in renewal of motor vehicle registration certificate. The bench of Acting Chief Justice S. V. Gangapurwala and Justice Santosh Chapalgaonkar on Monday gave a 'last...

Kerala High Court Directs Govt Medical Colleges To Implement Order Relaxing Timings Of Hostels

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed all Principals and other concerned authorities of Medical Colleges to act in terms of the Government Order dated 06.12.2022, which has substantially relaxed the timings of Government Medical College Hostels, with immediate effect. Justice Devan Ramachandran, noted that the said GO although stipulates the closing time of gates for both girls and boys to...

Madras High Court Directs State To Pay ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Family Of Man Missing Since Hospital Admission For COVID-19 In 2020

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs one lakh compensation to the family of a 74-year-old man who has not been found since being taken to a government hospital in June 2020 for COVID-19 treatment.The division bench of Justice PN Prakash and Justice Anand Venkatesh directed the police to take effective steps to find the whereabouts of the missing person...

18% GST Payable On Glaze Gels: AAR

The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that 18% GST is payable on glaze gels.The two-member bench of M. Rammohan Rao and T.R. Ramnani has observed that while sugar-baked confectionery is directly sold to ultimate end users for consumption, glaze gel is not consumed by end consumers, rather its product is used by cake manufacturers as a filling between sponge layers...

Govt Hospitals Have To Treat All Citizens Irrespective Of Place Of Residence, Can't Insist On Voter ID: Delhi High Court

Hearing a Bihar resident's plea alleging that Lok Nayak Hospital (LNJP) was providing facility of free MRI test only to the residents of national capital, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that the government hospitals have to treat all the citizens, irrespective of their place of residence.Emphasising that the hospitals cannot insist on voter IDs of citizens, Justice Prathiba M Singh...

Husband Not Entitled To Retain Dowry Articles If Convicted Of Murdering Wife: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday held that a husband convicted for killing his wife shall not be entitled to claim ownership over the dowry articles received at the time of marriage in view of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. A division bench of Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur said that the provisions of Dowry Prohibition Act cannot be overlooked...

Transfer Of Monetary Proceeds By IVL India To ILV Sweden Attracts IGST Under RCM: AAR

The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that the transfer of monetary proceeds by IVL India to the applicant IVL Sweden will be liable for payment of integrated goods and services tax under the reverse charge mechanism.The two-member bench of M. Rammohan Rao and T.R. Ramnani has observed that other than the service provided by the applicant to the Municipal Corporation...

Bombay High Court Allows Deduction On Issuance Of Completion Certificate

The Bombay High Court has allowed the income tax deduction under Section 80-IB on the grounds that a completion certificate was issued by the competent authority.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Valmiki S.A. Menezes, while upholding the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), observed that there was no allegation by the survey team during the earlier...

Delhi High Court Directs RBI To Reconsider Its Policy Of Excluding Pregnancy Complications Cases From Grant Of Advance Sick Leave

Hearing a plea moved by a female employee of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Delhi High Court has directed the regulatory body to reconsider its master circular which excludes the cases of medical complications arising due to pregnancy from grant of advance sick leave to the employees. Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a plea moved by an Assistant Manager of RBI seeking a direction that the...

ULB Polls| State Fulfills 'Triple Test' Formality For OBC Quota: UP Govt Informs Allahabad High Court

Responding to the query of the Allahabad High Court, the Uttar Pradesh Government has informed the HC that in essence, it is complying with the 'Triple Test' mandate of the Supreme Court to institute OBC quotas in Urban Local Body Elections.The State Government has also made a categorical submission before the HC that the survey of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) conducted by it in 2017 can...