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Pre-Deposit For Filing SARFAESI Appeal Must Be Paid To Tribunal, Not Lending Bank: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has clarified that the mandatory pre-deposit required to file an appeal under the SARFAESI Act must be paid to the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal and not to the lending bank. A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S delivered the ruling while allowing an appeal filed by Kerala Gramin Bank, setting aside a single judge's order that...
Home Guards Can't Register Welfare Association Under Societies Act For Service-Related Grievances: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has clarified that there is a distinction between an association formed by employees or volunteers to collectively raise their grievances and a society capable of registration under the Himachal Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2006. The Court remarked that while such groups are often described as “societies,” they do not automatically qualify as...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Stay Probe Against Sri Sri Ravishankar Booked In FIR Over Encroachment Of Public Lands
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (January 7) refused to stay further investigation or pass any protective order in favour of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar, who is named as an accused in an FIR over alleged encroachment of public lands in Bengaluru. The spiritual guru had approached the high court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Bangalore Metropolitan Task...
Permit Only 300 Shops In Marina: Madras High Court Tells GCC, Says Allotment Must Be Through Draw Of Lots Under Supervision Of Retd Judge
The Madras High Court, on Thursday, directed the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to permit only 300 shops at Marina Beach in Chennai. The bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice AD Jagadish Chandira said that the shops would be selling three categories of items – (i) Eatables, (ii) Toys and related goods, and (iii) Fancy goods or souvenirs. The bench added that 100 shops could...
Delhi High Court Quashes Higher 3.5% TDS On GE Group Payments, Restores 1.5% Rate
The Delhi High Court has quashed the certificates issued by the Income Tax Department directing deduction of tax at source (TDS) at a higher rate of 3.5% on payments made to two GE group entities, and directed the authorities to issue fresh certificates prescribing deduction at the rate of 1.5%.A Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Vinod Kumar allowed the writ petitions filed by GE...
Bank Can't Freeze Company's Accounts Solely Over ROC's 'Management Dispute' Tag: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that a bank cannot freeze a company's accounts merely on the basis of a “management dispute” marking by the Registrar of Companies (ROC), particularly after such marking has been removed on the directions of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya made the observation on January 5 while...
Dermatological Treatments For Psoriasis And Skin Disorders Exempt from GST: Kerala AAR Clarifies
The Kerala Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) ruled that healthcare services provided for the treatment of psoriasis, dandruff, dermatitis, fungal infections and folliculitis are exempt from GST. The ruling was delivered by a coram comprising Jomy Jacob, IRS (Additional Commissioner of Central Tax) and Mansur M. I. (Joint Commissioner of State Tax). The applicant, a board, engaged in...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes ₹16.72 Lakh GST Input Tax Credit Demand After Tax Is Paid
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a tax demand of Rs 16.72 lakh raised against Shivalik Containers Pvt. Ltd. for the alleged wrongful availment of Input Tax Credit (ITC).The court held that the subsequent payment of tax along with interest by the supplier cannot be ignored while examining the sustainability of a demand raised against the recipient, even if such compliance takes...
'Bar Must Speak Truth To Power, Challenge Injustice & Stand For The Voiceless': Justice Revati Mohite-Dere Bids Farewell To Bombay High Court
In her farewell address organized at the Bombay High Court on Thursday (January 8) Justice Revati Mohite-Dere–who will be taking over the Office of Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court–asked the bar to "speak truth to power, challenge injustice and stand firmly for the voiceless". Notably, the Central Government had on January 1 notified the appointment of Justice Dere as the Chief...
ED Approaches Calcutta High Court Against Alleged Interference By CM Mamata Banerjee During I-PAC Raids
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday approached the Calcutta High Court, alleging obstruction of its ongoing money-laundering investigation in the 2020 coal scam and interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during search operations conducted earlier in the day at premises linked to the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).In its petition filed before the High...
Income Tax | Delhi High Court Bars Tax Recovery After Taxpayer Pays 20% Of Disputed Demand
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Income Tax Department from taking any recovery action, including adjusting refunds, after it orally observed that the taxpayer had already paid 20% of the disputed tax demand and had the balance stayed during the pendency of the appeal. A Division Bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar was hearing a petition filed by a trader who...
