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GST | Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To ICICI Bank Over Demand Of ₹216 Crores For Minimum Balance Non-Maintenance Charges
In yet another writ petition by ICICI Bank, the Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to ICICI Bank in a demand pertaining to charged levied by the Bank for not maintaining a Minimum Average Balance (MAB). As is the norm in the banking sector, while opening a bank account, the customer signs an Account Opening Form post which the banking relationship is activated. One of...
J&K Terror Funding Case: Delhi High Court Rejects Pleas Of Accused Against Framing Of Charges
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the appeals filed by sons of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and others challenging the framing of charges against them in a Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case. A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain said that the appeals were not maintainable in view of Section 21 of the National Investigation...
Security & Scavenging Services To Govt Hospitals Qualify As "Pure Services", Exempt From GST: West Bengal AAR
The West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that security and scavenging services provided to government-run medical colleges and hospitals qualify as “pure services” and are exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST) under Notification No. 12/2017. The Authority held that services essential to the functioning of public hospitals, when supplied without any element...
NDPS Act | Rajasthan High Court Allows Interim Release Of Seized Vehicle After Finding Owner Not Named As Accused
Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a petitioner whose car was seized by the police in relation to an NDPS case, after contraband was recovered from it, noting that the no involvement of the petitioner was found in the case during investigation, neither was he impleaded as an accused in the FIR.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand relied upon the Supreme Court ruling in the case of...
GSTAT Directs Builder To Return Over ₹20 Lakhs Benefit To Diya Greencity Homebuyers With Interest
The Goods and Services Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), Anti Profiteering Division at Delhi has directed the Builder to return ₹20,21,440 out of the Amount not passed on, along with interest to the homebuyers of Diya Greencity Project. In a recent order, a Division Bench comprising, Shri. Mayank Kumar Jain (Judicial Member) and Shri. Anil Kumar Gupta (Technical Member) verified that...
Conversion From Private To Public Company Doesn't Affect Existing Contracts: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court has recently clarified that when a company changes its class under the Companies Act, 2013 for instance, from a private company to a public company or vice versa, the mere issuance of a fresh certificate of incorporation does not wipe out its existing legal commitments. Its contracts, liabilities and obligations continue to subsist and remain fully...
CESTAT Mumbai Grants Major Relief To Capgemini; Holds IT/ITES Services Eligible For CENVAT Credit
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has partly allowed an appeal filed by Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd., holding that most of the input services used in provision of Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services output services qualify as input services under Rule 2(l) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. The...
Assistant Director (Law) Vacancy At Sardhar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad
Sardhar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad invites application for the post of Assistant Director (Law) on deputation basis. Name of the Post: Assistant Director (Law) No. of Post: 01 (One) Pay Scale: Level-11 of the Pay Matrix (Rs. 67,700-2,08,700/-) Essential Qualification and Experience · Officers of Central Government or State Government or Union Territory Administration or Public Sector Undertakings or recognized research institutions or...
'No Respect For Law': Patna High Court Orders FIR & SIT Probe Over Irregularities In Excise Vehicle Auctions, Awards ₹12 Lakh Compensation
The Patna High Court recently directed the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) to register an FIR into the affairs of the Excise Department, Muzaffarpur, in connection with the arbitrary auctioning of seized vehicles.A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Sourendra Pandey was hearing a writ petition seeking a writ of certiorari to quash and set aside the auction sale of...
'Govt Cannot Act Contrary To Its Own Policy' : Supreme Court Quashes Naming Of Rajasthan Villages After Individuals
The Supreme Court has held that the State Government of Rajasthan acted in violation of its own binding policy by naming newly created revenue villages after private individuals, and restored a Single Judge order quashing such notifications.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Alok Aradhe allowed an appeal filed by residents of village Sohda in Barmer district, setting aside a...
'Arbitrary Cancellation': J&K&L High Court Directs IIT Jammu To Appoint Selected Candidate With Retrospective Effect; Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu wrongfully delayed and denied appointment to a duly selected candidate, in clear breach of his legal and constitutional rights.Observing that the cancellation of candidature was wholly unjustified and illegal, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani imposed ₹1,00,000 as exemplary costs on IIT Jammu,...