Mills Cannot Go Back On Price Change Agreed For Sugarcane In Meeting Convened By CM, With Farmers: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has permitted the South Indian Sugar Mills Association (Karnataka) and individual members of the association and factory owners to submit a representation to the Sugarcane Control Board, as regards the additional sugarcane price, which has now been fixed.Justice Suraj Govindaraj however noted that after agreeing in the meeting convened by the Chief Minister with regard to the price change, where farmers were present, the Mills could not now resile from the agreed rate,...

“Illegal, Arbitrary & Colourable Exercise Of Power": Karnataka High Court Quashes Consolidated GST Show Cause Notice Clubbing Multiple FYs

The Karnataka High Court held that issuing a consolidated show cause notice for multiple financial years is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the CGST Act. The bench opined that a composite notice for multiple financial years enables the Department to blur the statutory distinction between Section 73 (non-fraud, etc.,- 3 year limitation) and Section 74 (fraud etc., -...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Actress Ranya Rao's COFEPOSA Detention In Gold Smuggling Case

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the mother of arrested Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya Rao, seeking to declare that her detention under COFEPOSA, as illegal and void-ab initio.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the petition. The court had on December 1, reserved its judgment on the petition after hearing...

State Bar Council Must Re-register Lawyer Who Withdraws Surrender Of Sanath, Allow Right To Practice Profession: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday held that a member of the Karnataka State Bar Council who has surrendered his sanath/registration and after having received financial benefit as per the Advocate Welfare Fund Act, wishes to withdraw the surrender and seeks re-registration, then it would be duty of the KSBC to permit it. Justice Suraj Govindaraj said “Non permitting the same would...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On Rahul Gandhi's Plea To Quash Defamation Case By State BJP

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (December 18) reserved verdict on Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated against him by the State BJP over an alleged defamatory advertisement and related social media posts. Earlier, Gandhi had told the High Court that there was no material linking him to the publication or tweets, alleged to be defamatory.The...

Karnataka High Court Asks ED To Consider Bank Guarantee For De-Freezing Winzo's ₹505 Crore Account Amid Money Laundering Case

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing an alleged money laundering case against online gaming company Winzo, if it will accept bank guarantees to de-freeze company's account worth ₹505 crores.Winzo has alleged that the account freezing is disproportionate given the amount of ₹10 lakh (approx) involved in the predicate offence alleged...

Karnataka High Court Asks Trial Courts To Follow Calcutta HC's Child Access & Custody Guidelines Till Formal Rules Are Notified

The Karnataka High Court has directed that the Child Access & Custody Guidelines along with Parenting Plan 2025, which has been approved by the Calcutta High Court, will be applied by all trial courts in the State till formal Rules in this regard are framed and notified by the Rule making Committee of the High Court.A Division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...

IGST Act | Place Of Supply Depends On Where Movement Terminates, Not Where Goods Were Handed To Carrier: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held that for the purpose of determining the place of supply under Section 10(1)(a) of the IGST Act, the factor is the location where the movement of goods terminates for delivery to the recipient and not the place where the goods are handed over to the common carrier. Section 10(1)(a) of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Act, 2017, provides that...

Judicial Officers May Err Sometimes, But Shouldn't Pass Inconsistent Orders: Karnataka High Court

While setting aside an order passed by the trial court staying proceedings in a suit filed for recovery of money, the Karnataka High Court held that while a judicial officer may err and pass illegal orders, he should not pass inconsistent orders which would undermine the faith of the general public in the institution.Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said, “The courts while rendering judgments...

Bona Fide Errors In GSTR-3B Can Be Corrected; Karnataka High Court Directs Department To Accept Revised Returns

The Karnataka High Court held that bona fide errors in GSTR-3B returns are rectifiable and cannot be a ground to initiate proceedings under Section 73 of the KGST /CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Act. Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar directed the department to accept the revised returns, noting that the Supreme Court has also directed the CBIC to re-examine the provisions/timelines...

Karnataka High Court Directs ED To Disclose Number Of Complaints, Amounts Against WinZO Amid Challenge To ₹505 Crore Account Freeze

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to, by Thursday, place on record the total number of complaints filed against online gaming company Winzo Pvt Ltd and also to provide the total amounts involved in those complaints.The direction followed after the company contended that the freezing of its bank accounts was wholly disproportionate to the...

Karnataka High Court Permits Doctor To Donate One Of Her Kidney's As Altruistic Donor Without Compensation

The Karnataka High Court has permitted a doctor to donate one of her kidneys to a deserving person as an “altruistic donor” without seeking any compensation of any nature.The 58-year-old doctor had approached the court after her application to the Chairperson of the Hospital Based Authorization Committee, seeking permission for the donation, was rejected. The doctor submitted that she is...