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Supreme Court Issues Directions To Enforce Helmet Use, Curb Wrong-Lane Driving & Use Of Dazzling Headlights
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 7) issued a slew of significant directions aimed at strengthening road safety measures across the country. In a writ petition filed in 2012 by Dr. S. Rajaseekaran, a leading orthopaedic surgeon, the Court directed strict enforcement of helmet use, and measures to curb wrong-lane driving, unsafe overtaking, use of dazzling LED lights, and the unauthorised...
How Can You Demand Fee For Transferring Lawyer's Enrolment When Advocates Act Bars It? MP High Court To State Bar Council
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (October 7) orally questioned the State Bar Council for demanding fee from an advocate for transferring his enrolment to the state when the Advocates Act bars such fee demand. For context, Section 18(1) of the Act states that a person whose name is entered as an advocate on the roll of any State Bar Council may make an application in the prescribed form...
Supreme Court Upholds Tax On Ink & Chemicals Used To Print Lottery Ticket; Says Their 'Deemed Sale' Occurs With Lottery Sale
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 7) held that the ink and chemicals used in printing the lottery tickets is a taxable item under the Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Act, 1948 (“Act”). A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan dismissed the appeal filed by an assessee, who is engaged in the business of printing lottery tickets and had been taxed on the value of ink and chemicals...
Gujarat High Court Slams Vadodara Municipal Corporation's "Attitude", Refuses To Condone Delay In Filing Arbitration Appeal
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (October 7) dismissed a Section 37 appeal under Arbitration and Conciliation Act filed by Vadodara Municipal Corporation concerning a construction contract dispute, noting that sufficient explanation for condoning delay of 137 days in filing appeal was not given. During the hearing, the court, on being informed that the appeal could not be filed because the...
Supreme Court Issues Bailable Warrant Against Advocate Who Made 'Scandalous' Police Complaint Against SCBA Election Committee, Judges
The Supreme Court today issued bailable warrants against an advocate who made a police complaint against members of the Election Committee constituted to hold Supreme Court Bar Association elections.The Court noted that the advocate did not refrain from levelling allegations even against judges of the Court and failed to enter physical appearance despite previous directions.A bench of...
Execution Proceedings Need Not Be Initiated For Collector To Transfer Award Amount To Person Who Loses Land: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has clarified that once an award under Section 30 of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, is passed, it is for the Collector to as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 30 days to deposit the amount so awarded under a general award into the bank account of the land loser unless...
Delhi High Court Asks GST Appellate Tribunal To Examine 'Profiteering' Allegations Against Tata Play
The Delhi High Court recently asked the GST Appellate Tribunal to re-look into the profiteering allegations levelled against DTH services provider Tata Play.The direction was made by a division bench comprising Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain while dealing with the company's appeal against the show cause notice and consequential order passed against it by the erstwhile...
CCI Rejects Complaint Against Nestle Over Alleged Unethical Maggi Sauce Production At Goa Plant
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday rejected a complaint of abuse of dominance alleging unethical production practices in the manufacturing of Maggi Sauce by Nestlé India Ltd. at its Goa factory.A coram comprising Chairperson Ravneet Kaur and Members Anil Agrawal, Sweta Kakkad, and Deepak Anurag observed that the issues raised “primarily relates to the violation of...
![[Arbitration Act] S.11 Application Is Maintainable Even Without Notice U/S 21 If Other Party Is Aware Of Dispute: Rajasthan High Court](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2024/04/09/500x300_533108-rajasthan-high-court-jaipur-bench-1.webp "[Arbitration Act] S.11 Application Is Maintainable Even Without Notice U/S 21 If Other Party Is Aware Of Dispute: Rajasthan High Court")
[Arbitration Act] S.11 Application Is Maintainable Even Without Notice U/S 21 If Other Party Is Aware Of Dispute: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court Jaipur Bench has held that a Section 11 petition under the A&C Act without issuing the notice invoking arbitration (“NIA”) u/s 21 of the A&C Act would be maintainable if the Respondents were aware of the dispute being referred to arbitration. The bench noted that the Respondents were well-versed in the dispute raised by the Petitioner. They could...
CESTAT Quashes ₹56.47 Crore Customs Duty Demand On Dish TV Over Smart Card Classification
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, recently set aside a ₹56.47 crore customs duty demand against Videocon D2H Limited (now Dish TV India Ltd) in a dispute over the classification of imported smart cards. A coram of Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and Technical Member P V Subba Rao quashed an order dated April 28, 2020, passed...