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Supreme Court To Examine If Transfer Of Leasehold Rights Attracts GST
The Supreme Court is set to examine whether the assignment of leasehold rights constitutes a “transfer of land” or amounts to a “supply of service” under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale was dealing with Centre's plea challenging a Gujarat High Court judgment that held that assignment of leasehold rights in land...
SIR Of Tamil Nadu Electoral Rolls Will Begin In A Week: Election Commission Tells Madras High Court
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, informed the Madras High Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Tamil Nadu electoral rolls would commence in a week. The submission was made before the bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan. The court was hearing a petition filed by former AIADMK MLA B Sathyanarayanan seeking directions...
Can Multi-State Cooperative Societies Submit Resolution Plans Under IBC? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court recently directed that the Central Registrar of Multi-State Cooperative Societies be made a party to the appeal filed by a multi-state co-operative society against a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judgment that had held the society ineligible to submit a resolution plan for a company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.A bench of Justice JB...
UP Anti-Conversion Law Puts Onerous Conditions, Mandate To Publish Details Of Converted Person May Need Scrutiny : Supreme Court
While quashing FIRs against the Vice Chancellor and other officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), Prayagraj, over alleged forced mass religious conversions of people to Christianity, the Supreme Court raised concerns over some provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.The Court noted that the...
Supreme Court To Hear SCBA's Contempt Petition Against Lawyer Who Tried To Hurl Shoe At CJI On October 27
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday (October 27) the petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association seeking criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Rakesh Kishore for his attempt to throw a shoe at the Chief Justice of India during proceedings on October 6.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will hear the matter.On October 16, Senior Advocate...
India's Basic Structure Doctrine Used By Many Global Jurisdictions To Reinforce Constitutional Supremacy : CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, on Thursday delivered the keynote address at the Fifth “Wisdom for Future” Talk Series hosted by the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law at the Royal Institute of Management Convention Hall, Thimphu, Bhutan. Speaking on the theme “Courts and Constitutional Governance,” Justice Gavai underlined that the basic structure doctrine, one of the cornerstones...
Mumbai Custodial Death Case : Supreme Court Orders To Preserve CCTV Footage & Medical Documents
The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the State of Maharashtra and ordered the preservation of CCTV footage and medical documents in an alleged case of custodial torture of a 19-year-old boy, who died in custody whilst incarcerated at Mumbai Central Prison. The notice on the special leave petition was issued by a bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Vipul M Pancholi on October 13....
Supreme Court Summons Haryana Authority Over Cutting Trees For Access To BJP's Karnal Office; Orders Status Quo
The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the State of Haryana and ordered status quo in regard to the development that has taken place in Sector 9-Karnal, where authorities are allegedly trying to carve out the road from the green belt adjoining the GT Road to give access to the Bharatiya Janata Party to its newly built office in the residential area, by cutting more than 40 trees. A...
Delhi High Court Bars Lawyer From Appearing Online, Says Switching Off Video Citing Parallel Hearing Against VC Rules
The Delhi High Court has barred a woman lawyer from appearing before it through video conferencing, noting that she switched off her camera and muted herself citing parallel ongoing hearing which is against the VC Rules. Justice Tejas Karia passed the order and barred the lawyer from appearing before his court through VC henceforth. “….learned Counsel for Defendant Nos. 1 and 2,...
Collegium Mechanism Serves To Substantially Preserve Judiciary's Autonomy : Justice Surya Kant
During his visit to Sri Lanka, Justice Surya Kant, Judge of the Supreme Court, on Thursday said that India presents a compelling illustration of the substantive application of the doctrine of Separation of Powers, citing the judiciary's control over appointments to the Supreme Court and High Courts as an illustrious example.Delivering a lecture titled “The Living Constitution: How the...