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Delhi High Court Raps Lawyer For Calling Others To Join Hearing On Alleged Arbitrary Empanelment Of Govt Counsel
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rapped a lawyer for publicly urging other members of the bar to join his petition alleging arbitrariness and unfairness in the appointment of lawyers as Union Government's panel counsel before the Supreme Court.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia pulled up Advocate Rudra Vikram Singh who is President of...
Legal Education Committee To Examine Compliance Report, Past Fee Payments By GLC Kozhikode For BCI Affiliation: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court was on Tuesday (January 06) informed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) that its Legal Education Committee will convene a meeting in 10 days to decide whether the compliance report submitted by the Government Law College, Kozhikode can be accepted for its affiliation.The standing counsel for the BCI submitted before Justice V.G. Arun that the compliance report has...
Law Cannot Change With Change Of Bench; Coordinate Bench's Decision Binding : Supreme Court
While granting customs duty exemption to Adani Power for electricity from a Gujarat SEZ, the Supreme Court faulted the Gujarat High Court for violating the principle of stare decisis, holding that it wrongly ignored a binding coordinate bench ruling and reiterating that the law cannot change with a change in Bench. “The discipline of precedent is not a matter of personal predilection; it is...
ITAT Mumbai Sets Aside ₹2.28-Crore Capital Gains Tax on Housing Society For Developer Payments To Members
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has quashed a Rs 2.28 crore capital gains tax addition against Colombia Co-operative Housing Society, holding that redevelopment compensation paid directly to individual members cannot be taxed as the society's income.The ITAT held that amount paid by a developer directly to individual members of a co-operative housing society...
MSME Facilitation Council Cannot Assume Civil Court Powers; Reference Cannot Be Rejected On Limitation At Conciliation Stage: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council functions within the statutory framework of the MSMED Act, 2006 and cannot equate itself with a civil court. The Court further clarified that the Facilitation Council has no authority to invoke or exercise powers vested in civil courts under Section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure.Justice Ajay Mohan...
Supreme Court Allows West Bengal Part-Time Teachers Seeking Equal Pay As Full-Time Teachers To Make Fresh Representation
Disposing of a contempt petition, the Supreme Court today allowed certain part-time teachers in the State of West Bengal to make a fresh representation before the School Education Department Secretary for pay parity with full-time teachers teaching in non-government aided higher secondary schools. It ordered that the competent authority shall pass a reasoned order on the representations within...
Deputation Does Not Bar Claim For Equivalent Designation Based On Experience: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that experience gained in the parent department cannot be excluded while determining equivalent designation in the borrowing organisation.A bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani said that the stand that a deputationist cannot seek equivalent designation in the borrowing department is misconceived, palpably erroneous, unfair, unreasonable, and...
O 1 R 10 CPC | Plaintiff Is 'Dominus Litis', Can't Be Compelled To Add A Defendant In Suit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 5) dismissed a litigant's plea to be included as a defendant in the suit, stating that the plaintiff, being master of the suit, cannot be compelled to sue a party against whom no relief is claimed. “This apart, the respondent Nos.1 and 2 (plaintiffs) who have instituted the suit are dominus litis and it is for them to choose their adversaries. If they...
Kerala High Court Raps State For Failure To Constitute Wetland Management Unit For Conservation Of Ashtamudi Wetland, Warns Of Contempt
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (06 January) expressed its displeasure over the State's failure to constitute a Management Unit for the conservation of Ashtamudi Wetland.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Syam Kumar V M was considering a contempt petition by Advocate Boris Paul, former President of the Kollam Bar Association stating that the State has...
Karnataka High Court Asks Centre To Consider Digitally Verifiable Bank Guarantees With Tamper-Proof QR Codes To Prevent Fraud
The Karnataka High Court has suggested some measures for the Union Ministry of Finance to take into consideration while evolving a comprehensive and standardised system for verification of bank guarantees furnished during the tendering process or otherwise, so as to prevent frauds.The court was informed by the Government that it has taken cognisance of the issue of wider systemic vulnerability...
HSNS Cess Rules Notified: Pan Masala Makers to Pay Levy Based on Installed Machines From Feb 1
The Ministry of Finance has notified the Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Rules, 2026, on January 1, setting out the procedure for levying a new cess on machines installed and processes undertaken for the manufacture of pan masala. The cess will come into force on February 1, 2026, and the collections will be used to fund national security and public health...