No GST On Duty Free Shops For Sales To Outgoing Passengers : Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court has held that Goods and Services Tax cannot be levied on the Duty-Free Shop(DFS) at Mumbai airport for goods sold to outgoing passengers. The Court held that such shops are entitled to refund of input tax credit. A Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre noted that duty free shops are within the limits of customs area....

Tripura HC Directs BJP, Congress & CPI(M) To Disclose Details Of Public Properties In Their Illegal Possession [Read Order]

The Tripura High Court has directed the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC) to file affidavits disclosing details of public properties, in their unauthorised/illegal possession, in relation to which they are claiming title by way of adverse possession. The bench of the Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh has...

Sedition For Writing To PM About Mob Lynching? [Video]

Video explainer on how the law of sedition is misused to muzzle...

Gauhati HC Pulls Up A Foreigners Tribunal For Glaring Errors; Sets Aside 57 Orders [Read Order]

The Court stopped short of ordering disciplinary proceedings against the Member of the Tribunal.

'Tarnished Country's Image' : Eminent Persons Who Wrote To PM About Mob Lynching Booked For Sedition [Read FIR]

The Bihar police on October 2 registered an FIR against a group of artists and intellectuals who had written an open letter to the Prime Minister last July complaining about rise in incidents of mob lynching in the country.The FIR registered at Police Station, Muzaffarpur, names award winning filmmakers Aparna Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, vocalist Shubha Mudgal, actors...

Section 50 NDPS Act : Understanding The Jurisprudence Of Compliance

The High Court of Delhi in the case of Sumit Rai @ Subodh Rai v. State have recently reiterated the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Arif Khan v. State of Uttaranchal in regard with the section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter NDPS Act). The High Court have held that the presence of the Magistrate or a Gazetted Officer is...

Rights Of Victim & Society At Large Not Subservient To Rights Of Accused: SC [Read Judgment]

"The rights of the victim and the society at large for correction of deviant behaviour cannot be made subservient to the rights of an accused by placing the latter at a pedestal higher than necessary for a fair trial.”

Police Cannot Arrest Lawful Protesters To Prevent Breach Of Peace : Canadian Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

What is the extent that police officers can go when initiating a "protective / preventive" arrest? Can protestors who has not infringed any law, be arrested, so as to protect them and prevent the potential occurrence of a breach of peace? These questions and the general power of the police under the common law principle was answered unanimously by the Canadian Supreme Court in the...

P&H HC Issue Mandatory Directions To Eliminate Manual Scavenging & Insanitary Latrines [Read Order]

Taking suo motu cognizance of news items published in the 'Sunday Tribune' on, September 29, with regards continuing practice of manual scavenging, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday issued detailed "mandatory directions" to eliminate the twin evils of insanitary latrines and manual scavenging. The court said, "The employment or engagement of manual scavengers...

Law On Reels - The Bat v. The Clown : Some Philosophical Questions

"It's not who we are underneath, but what we do that defines us"

Chhattisgarh HC Restricts The State Government From Enhancing The Reservation Of OBCs In Public Employment [Read Order]

Chhattisgarh High Court restricts the State government from enhancing the extent of reservation given to OBCs as a challenge to the validity of the previously introduced enhancement is already pending before the court. The present writ petition challenged the amendment brought about by the Chhattisgarh government in the State's Reservation Act which enhanced the reservation for...

SC Collegium Cites IB Report To Overrule Centre's Objections On Elevation Of 4 Advocates As Karnataka HC Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium has referred to the reports of the Intelligence Bureau(IB) to overrule the objections flagged by Department of Justice, Union Ministry of Law and Justice regarding proposal to elevate four advocates as judges of High Court of Karnataka.The Collegium had forwarded the names of nine advocates to the Centre on March 25, 2019. Out of them, the Centre referred back...