Entertainment Duty Not Applicable On Billiards Tables At Members-Only Club: Bombay High Court

Entertainment duty is not applicable on billiards tables at a members-only club, the Bombay High Court held while quashing demand notices issued to eight elite clubs in Mumbai under the Bombay Entertainment Duty Act 1923. Unlike a commercial pool parlor meant for public entertainment at a fee, the clubs neither allow outsiders nor benefit commercially from the activity....

Breaking: Delhi High Court Stays Ban On Levy of Service Charge by Restaurants on Food Bills

Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed CCPA guidelines that prohibited hotels and restaurants from levying service charges on bills. The said regulations instituted by the CCPA for the prevention of unfair trade practices and protection of customer interest state that- "...Service charge is being levied in addition to the total price of the food items mentioned in the menu and applicable...

S.125 CrPC | Object Of Maintenance Is To Compel Man To Perform Moral Obligation Which He Owes To Society Regarding Wife & Children: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the provision of Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure which provides for maintenance, is intended to fulfil a social purpose and that its object is to compel a man to perform the moral obligation which he owes to the society in respect of his wife and children.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was dealing with a plea filed by a husband against a...

Activity Of Providing Free Complimentary Cricket Match Tickets Is Exempted From GST: AAAR

The Punjab Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR)has ruled that the GST is payable on the activity of providing free complimentary cricket match tickets. However, where complimentary tickets are being provided by the appellant to a related person or a distinct person, it shall fall within the ambit of supply on account of Schedule I and the appellant would be liable to pay...

Right To File Statutory Appeal Is Mandatory Before Initiating Any Recovery Proceeding: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Md. Nizamuddin has held that the right to file a statutory appeal is mandatory before initiating any recovery proceeding. The petitioner/assessee has challenged the action of recovery of the demand arising out of the adjudication order by debiting from the electronic credit ledger. The demand was in violation of Section 78 of the WBGST Act,...

Agnipath Scheme: Delhi High Court Lists Batch Of Petitions For Hearing On August 25

The Delhi High Court will hear on August 25 a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's Agnipath Scheme and seeking resumption and enrolment as per previous recruitment scheme in defence services.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was apprised by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta that the Supreme Court yesterday transferred...

Usage Of Telephone/Internet Is Done For Official Purposes : ITAT Deletes Disallowance

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the disallowance on the grounds that the usage of telephone/internet is done for official purposes only. The two-member bench of Astha Chandra (Judicial Member) and Anil Chaturvedi (Accountant Member) held that all telephones are either installed at office premises or used by officers and employees of...

Threshold For Extending Exclusive Rights To Shape Of A Product Quite High In Trademark Law: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that in the law of trade marks, the threshold for extending exclusive rights to the shape of a product, is quite high. "The shape by itself should immediately be identifiable with the source of the product. For trade mark registration of shape of a product, the same can only be granted if it has acquired a secondary meaning," Justice Pratibha M Singh added....

Nawab Malik Played An Active Role, Connived With Dawood's Gang: ED Opposes Bail To NCP Leader In PMLA Case

The Enforcement Directorate has opposed bail to NCP leader and former cabinet minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case connected withgangster Dawood Ibrahim's late sister Haseena Parkar. Malik approached the special PMLA court seeking bail after a charge sheet was filed against him in April, 2022. A minister in the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Malik was...

Kerala High Court Imposes Cost On Litigants For Securing Favourable Judgment By Producing False Memo

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday set aside a judgment obtained by producing a fake memo showing service of notice and imposed Rs 10,000 on the litigants who produced the fake memo. Justice A Badharudeen, while considering the review petition, opined that it is settled law that once it is established that the order was obtained by a successful party by practising fraud, it is vitiated, and...

Orissa High Court To Give "Promising Lawyer Of The Year" Award To 22 Lawyers On The Occasion Of Its Foundation Day

In a unique initiative, the Orissa High Court will distribute "Promising Lawyer of the Year" award to 22 lawyers from 22 different districts/judgeships of Odisha on the occasion of its Foundation Day on 26th July this year. Name of the following lawyers were recommended by the Jury for their promising performance in the profession during the last one year. Notably, the...

Kallakurichi Student Suicide: Madras High Court Allows Re-Postmortem Without Parents

The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to conduct re-postmortem of a student who allegedly died by suicide in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, without the presence of her parents. The order was passed by Justice N Satish Kumar after the State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah made an urgent mention that the whereabouts of the deceased's parents could not be traced...