GST - 'Rectification Of Errors Permissible Only At Initial Stages': Supreme Court Dismisses Bharti Airtel's Plea For Refund Of Rs.923 Crore

The Supreme Court set aside the Delhi High Court judgment that had allowed Bharti Airtel's plea for rectification and refund of excess GST worth Rupees 923 Crores paid by it during the period between July-September 2017."The law permits rectification of errors and omissions only at the initial stages of Forms GSTR­1 and GSTR­3, but in the specified manner. It is a different...

Mullaperiyar Dam Must Be Decommissioned, New Dam Needed : Kerala Govt Tells Supreme Court

The Kerala government has submitted before the Supreme Court that the Mullaperiyar dam is extremely vulnerable due to its age, large catchment area and limited storage capacity and therefore must be decommissioned for a new dam to be built. The submissions were made vide a note submitted to the Apex Court by Kerala government. The note averred that the Mullaperiyar Dam is a...

Hyderabad Cricket Association Row : Supreme Court Asks President & Secretary To Jointly Sign Cheques

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in pleas filed challenging Telangana High Court's order upholding the appointment of former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Deepak Verma as ombudsman and ethics officer for the Hyderabad Cricket Association. A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli has directed both President and the Secretary...

NEET-AIQ : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of EWS-OBC Issue To Nov 16; Centre Assures Not To Start Counselling Till Final Decision

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till November 16 the hearing of a batch of petitions filed by NEET aspirants challenging the decision of the Central Government to introduce 27% OBC and 10% EWS reservation in the NEET-AIQ. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna adjourned the hearing based on a request made by the Solicitor General of India...

[BREAKING] NEET-UG : Supreme Paves Way For Results Declaration By Staying HC Order For Re-Test To 2 Students

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the declaration of the results of the NEET-UG 2021 exam by staying a recent Bombay High Court order which had directed the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai issued notice on the special leave petition filed by the National Testing...

UAPA Case : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Thwaha Fasal, Dismisses NIA's Appeal Against Allan Shuhaib's Bail

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the Special NIA Court, Kochi's order granting bail to Kerala youth Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuhaib in a UAPA case over alleged Moist links.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay Sreeniwas Oka delivered the judgment in the following appeals : The appeal filed by Thwaha Fasal, a journalism student, challenging the judgment of the Kerala High Court...

Gujarat Riots- Two Ministers Of State Cabinet Positioned In City Control Rooms to Directly Interfere With Police Functioning: Kapil Sibal To SC In Zakia Jafri's Plea

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.At the outset, the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C. T. Ravikumar told Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioner, "Mr Sibal, the...

Motor Accident Claims - Loss Of Earning Capacity To Be Fixed As 100% When Claimant Is Incapacitated For Life: Supreme Court

The Court said the the percentage of loss of earning capacity cannot be always equated with the percentage of permanent disability.

PMLA Interpretation : 'Whole Act An Attempt To Aggrandize Power Of State', Kapil Sibal Argues In Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing on the batch of petitions concerned with the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal enumerated the broad propositions for consideration by the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C. T. Ravikumar.(1) How can there be a penal statute in the absence of procedure on how to...

Pegasus Verdict Historic, Justice Raveendran Outstanding Choice To Head The Committe: Dushyant Dave

"It's a bright sunshine in the dark days," remarked former SCBA President Dushyant Dave, while speaking about the Supreme Court's order in the Pegasus snooping row. The Supreme Court today ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the...

NDPS Charges Based On Section 67 Statements Of Accused Unsustainable : Supreme Court Applies 'Tofan Singh' Judgment

In a case under the NDPS Act, the Supreme Court has set aside the charges framed against the accused after noting that the case was based on statements by other accused given to officers under Section 67, which are inadmissible in evidence.A bench comprising Justices Sanjeev Khanna and Bela Trivedi noted that the Supreme Court's verdict in last year's case Tofan Singh v State of Tamil Nadu...

Proceedings Under SC-ST Act Not Vitiated Merely Because Cognizance Was Taken By Magistrate: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that criminal proceedings under SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, is not vitiated merely because the magistrate had taken cognizance and committed the case to Special Court.The bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose observed that the insertion of second proviso to Section 14 of the Act only gives additional powers to the Special Court to take cognizance...