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Delhi High Court To Hear Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala's Habeas Corpus Plea Alleging Illegal Incarceration On August 16
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has moved the Delhi High Court alleging illegal incarceration in connection with a disproportionate assets case, claiming that he had already undergone more than 4 years of sentence.On May 27 this year, the Trial Court had convicted Chautala for the offence under sec. 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He was sentenced to 4...
Supreme Court Recalls Cost of Rs 50K Imposed On 2 Lawyers For Filing Plea To Allow Vehicles To Run Till End Of Registered Life
The Supreme Court on Thursday recalled the cost of Rs 50,000 which it had imposed on two lawyers while dismissing a writ petition filed by them seeking to allow the vehicles to run till the end of their registered life in both diesel and petrol variants. While granting the relief, the bench of Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha in their order said, "Every lawyer is an officer of...
Delhi Court Directs Presence Of Jail Superintendent In Sharjeel Imam's Plea Alleging Assault Inside Jail, Calls For CCTV Footage
A Delhi Court today directed presence of the Jail Superintendent in a plea moved by Sharjeel Imam, presently in judicial custody in connection with the North East Delhi riots of 2020, alleging that he was assaulted and harassed inside jail and was called terrorist and anti national.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat also directed that the CCTV footage all the cameras for the date of...
Court Barred U/S 468(2)(c) CrPC From Taking Cognizance If Charge Sheet For Offence With 3 Yrs Punishment Not Filed In 3 Yrs Of Incident: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has said that Section 468(2)(c) of CrPC specifies that no court shall take cognizance of the offences punishable with imprisonment for a period of three years after the expiry of three years from the date of alleged incident. A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar while allowing the petition filed by one Karan Menon said, "In the present...
NCLAT Chennai Rejects Claim Of PF Department For Delay Of 936 Days
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), Chennai Bench, comprising of Justice M. Venugopal (Judicial Member) and Shri Kanthi Narahari (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner v Mr. Vasudevan, has dismissed a claim filed by the Provident Fund Commissioner after a delay of 936 days and held that no indulgence or...
NCLT Mumbai Directs Income Tax Authority To Refund TDS To Corporate Debtor Undergoing Liquidation
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P. N. Deshmukh (Retd.) (Judicial Member) and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application filed in Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd. v Precision Fasteners Ltd., has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax to refund the TDS charged from the Corporate Debtor when...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Grasim's Plea Against Increase In Employees' Retirement Age To 60 Yrs
The Karnataka High Court at Dharwad has dismissed an intra-court appeal filed by the Management of M/S Grasim Industries, challenging a single judge bench order which upheld the modification of Certified Standing Order passed by the Labour Commissioner, that enhanced the retirement age of employees in private sector from 58 to 60 years. A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit...
Amount Lying After Wrong Invocation Of The Bank Guarantee: CESTAT Directs Payment of Interest
The Delhi Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the amount was lying in the nature of the pre-deposit with the department from the date of encashment of the bank guarantee. The bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) has observed that the appellant is entitled to 12% interest from the date of encashment of the bank guarantee under Section 129EE of...
2018 Tweet Case: Delhi Court To Pronounce Order On Mohammed Zubair's Bail Plea Tomorrow
A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved orders on the plea filed by Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair seeking bail in the Delhi FIR registered against him recently for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity through his tweet made in 2018.Zubair was denied bail by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria on July 2.Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala...
Devices For Track-And-Trace To Be Affixed In Suspected Consignment During Controlled Delivery Operation: CBIC
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the Controlled Delivery (Customs) Regulations, 2022.The Controlled Delivery (Customs) Regulations, 2022 prescribe the manner in which to undertake controlled delivery. If the proper officer has a reasonable belief that a suspect consignment is being imported into or exported out of India, he must file a report in...
Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Against UP Govt's 'Resumption' Notification Apropos Imambara Qadeem Property In Prayagraj
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the 2012 notification of the Uttar Pradesh Government resuming a piece of land [1500 square meters] in Village Manauri, District Prayagraj where currently a building known as Imambara Qadeem is situated.Essentially, the UP Government invoked its powers of resumption under Section 117(6) of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and...