CBIC Allow Transhipment Of Containerized Export Goods Of Bangladesh Through India Using Riverine And Rail Routes

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC)has allowed transhipment of containerized export goods of Bangladesh through India using riverine and rail routes.The Board has received representations from trade to provide a similar transhipment facility to Bangladesh's export cargo through India using a combination of waterways and land routes. It has been suggested to allow export goods...

Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind Moves Delhi High Court Opposing PIL Challenging Vires Of Waqf Act

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a social religious organization, has moved the Delhi High Court opposing a public interest litigation filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of Waqf Act, 1995. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad today issued notice and sought reply...

Moving Education From Concurrent List To State List: Madras High Court Refers Issue To Larger Bench

The Madras High Court recently referred to a larger bench, an issue pertaining challenge to the removal of Education from the State List to the Concurrent List. The bench of Acting Chief Justice M Duraiswamy and Justice Sunder Mohan directed the registry to place the note on the administrative side before the Acting Chief Justice for constitution of a Full Bench. The directions were issued...

Delhi High Court Grants Further Time To Centre For Filing Detailed Response In Plea To Declare PM Cares Fund As 'State'

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted further time to the Centre for filing a detailed and exhaustive reply in a plea seeking a declaration that PM CARES Fund is "State" under Article 12 of the Constitution of India. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted further four weeks' time to the Centre for filing its reply while posting...

Non-Filing Of Legal Proceedings Certificate Does Not Disentitle Party To File Suit Seeking Injunction In Apprehension Of Trademark Infringement: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that mere non-filing of a 'legal proceedings certificate' is not concealment of such a material nature so as to disentitle the plaintiff to file a suit seeking an injunction, wherein it apprehends infringement of its trademark. A division bench comprising of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan was dealing with a plea filed by M/s Maan...

[Pension] Employees Of Statutory Organizations Running In Losses Can't Seek Parity With Employees Of Profit Making Corporations: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court recently observed that employees of statutory organizations cannot claim, as a matter of right, the pensionary benefits, as provided to few of the corporations who have been able to generate their own funds with one-time support from the state government.The observation was given by Justice Arindam Lodh while dealing with a batch of writ petitions filed against...

Supply Of Services For Printing On Duplex Board Attracts 12% GST: AAR

The West Bengal Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the supply of services for printing on duplex board belonging to the recipient, including cutting, punching, and lamination of the duplex board, so printed, would attract 12% GST irrespective of whether the recipient of the services is registered under the GST Act or not. The two-member bench of Brajesh Kumar Singh and...

Delhi High Court Upholds Validity Of Centre's 2013 Notification For Compounding Offences Before Institution Of Prosecution Under FCRA

The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of Ministry of Home Affairs' notification dated April 26, 2013 specifying the officers competent for compounding the offences before institution of any prosecution, issued under sec. 41(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. The said provision states that any offence punishable under the FCRA Act, not being an offence punishable...

J&K Migrant Immovable Property Act | Only District Magistrate Has Authority To Hold Enquiry Into Alienation Made In Contravention Of Act: High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Thursday ruled that the Divisional Commissioner is only the authority competent to grant permission for alienation under Section 3 of the J&K Migrant Immovable Property 1997, whereas it is the District Magistrate having the jurisdiction in the area where the property is situated, who is given authority to hold an enquiry into...

Temporary Official Appointed On Daily Rated Or Work Charge Basis To Do Specific Job Cannot Claim Seniority For Such Service Period: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a temporary official who is purely appointed on daily rated or work charge basis for specific period to do a specific job, cannot claim to be a regular employee of an establishment and thus cannot claim seniority for the period of his service rendered on work charge basis.Justice Gaurang Kanth was dealing with a plea filed by BSES Yamuna Power...

Art. 227 | Not Proper To Re-appreciate Evidence & Substitute Own Findings Only Because Second View Possible: Orissa High Court Reiterates

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that it is not proper for the High Court to re-appreciate evidence while exercising jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution and thereby to substitute its own views in the place of views expressed by the Courts below only on the ground that a second or alternative view is possible. While dismissing the petition which called...

Courts Flooded With Litigations, No Time For Frivolous Petitions: Rajasthan HC Imposes ₹25 Lakh Cost On Party For Concealing Relevant Facts

The Rajasthan High Court has recently observed that any citizen whose rights are infringed by any Authority or by any person, has a right to seek remedy by approaching the Courts of law, however, such right should not be misused by concealing important facts. The court added that the litigant who files any case before any forum has to come with clean hands and he has to disclose complete...