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S. 482 CrPC/S. 528 BNSS | In Some FIR Quashing Pleas, High Court Must Appreciate Background In Which Case Was Filed : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (Sep. 18) cautioned High Courts against mechanically dismissing quashing petitions based solely on the contents of the FIR, stressing that the surrounding context and circumstances of its filing must also be taken into account in some cases. The Court added that the High Courts must also take into account whether the FIR was a result of a counterblast or...
Customs Act | Provisional Release Of Seized Object Won't Extend Timelimit For Issuing Show Cause Notice In Pre-2018 Cases : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently upheld a Delhi High Court order directing release of an imported Maserati car seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), upholding the HC's view that failure to issue a show-cause notice within time prescribed under the Customs Act, 1962 entitles the person to release of the seized goods.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta...
SEBI Gives Clean Chit To Gautam Adani & Adani Group Companies In Hindenburg Case
In a significant development, the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) has given a clean chit to Adani Group and its Chairman Gautam Adani in respect of allegations made by US-based short seller-Hindenburg Research.It may be recalled that in January 2023, Hindenburg Research had published a scathing report accusing the Adani Group of widespread manipulations and malpractices aimed at...
Supreme Court Designates 6 Former High Court Judges, 1 Chief Justice As Senior Advocates
After a Full Court held meeting on September 17, the Supreme Court has designated 7 former Chief Justice/Judges of High Courts as Senior Advocates. These include -(1) Sh. Attau Rahman Masoodi (former Judge, Allahabad High Court),(2) Sh. Avinash Gharote (former Judge, Bombay High Court),(3) Sh. D Krishna Kumar (former Chief Justice, Manipur High Court),(4) Sh. G Ilangovan (former Judge,...
Delhi Court Quashes Ex-Parte Gag Order Restricting Four Journalists From Reporting On Adani Group
A Delhi Court today quashed the ex-parte order gag passed by the lower court on September 06, restraining 'defamatory' publications about the Adani Group.District Judge Ashish Aggarwal of the Rohini Courts passed the order on an appeal preferred by four journalists Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayaskant Das and Ayush Joshi.The judge observed that the articles had been in public domain for long...
Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Cost On Delhi PWD For Manual Sewer Cleaning Outside SC's Gate
The Supreme Court today(September 18) imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakhs on the officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi Government for engaging manual sewer cleaners for drainage cleaning at the very gate (Gate F) outside the Supreme Court itself, in violation of the Court's judgment prohibiting manual sewer cleaning.The Court noted that the PWD had not only engaged...
In Tax Matters, Strict Letter Of Law Must Be Followed; No Tax Can Be Imposed By Inference Or Analogy : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that no tax can be imposed by inference or analogy when the taxing statutes do not authorize the imposition of tax. It added that tax authorities cannot bypass statutory limitation periods by administrative sanction. “In construing fiscal statutes and in determining the liability of a subject to tax one must have regard to the strict letter of law. If the...
