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Kerala High Court Decries Simultaneous Bail Pleas Before Different Courts, Mandates Undertaking In All Future Bail Applications
The Kerala High Court has deprecated the practice of filing simultaneous bail applications before different courts and directed that all future bail petitions must include a mandatory undertaking confirming that no other bail plea is pending before any District court.Justice A. Badharudeen issued the directions while considering the bail application of the Superintendent at Kochi Corporation...
Affidavit Of Cost Accountant In Personal Hearing Cannot Be Ignored When Facts Are Admitted By State Tax Officer: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that an affidavit by professionals, such as a cost accountant, given during a personal hearing, cannot be ignored, especially when a state tax officer admits facts referred therein. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. stated that when a professional swears an affidavit before this Court, highlighting the matters that transpired during the course of the hearing,...
Justice Rohinton Nariman To Deliver Shanti Bhushan Centenary Memorial Lecture Today
Justice (Retd.) Rohinton Fali Nariman will deliver the Shanti Bhushan Centenary Memorial Lecture this evening at Chinmaya Mission, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, as part of the ongoing centenary celebrations.The lecture is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM IST, and LiveLaw will be live-streaming the entire event, allowing legal practitioners, students, academics, and concerned citizens across the globe...
Delhi High Court Upholds Magisterial Inquiry Into Canada Govt's Extradition Request For Man In Hit And Run Case
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by an Indian national challenging the Union government's decision to initiate a magisterial inquiry into Canada Government's request seeking his extradition for an alleged hit-and-run case that caused a pedestrian's death.Justice Sanjeev Narula said that no infirmity was shown by Pawan Malik in the satisfaction recorded by the Union Ministry...
Makemytrip Held Liable For Booking Failure: Delhi Consumer Commission Awards Compensation
The Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission bench comprising Divya Jyoti, President and Harpreet Kaur Charya, Member has held Make My Trip liable for failure to confirm the hotel bookings of the complainant and his wife despite receiving full amount for the tour package. Brief facts: On 09.12.2023, the complainant booked a package tour including flights, hotels...
Monthly Income Of Deceased Rightly Assessed In Motor Accident Cases When Salary Certificate Is Unchallenged: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the monthly income of a deceased is deemed to be rightly assessed when the salary certificate is proved and it is not challenged during cross-examination.Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj remarked that: “The Court found that the Tribunal correctly assessed the deceased's monthly income as ₹25,000, noting that the salary certificate was proved and...
Delhi Air Pollution | Supreme Court Asks CAQM To Consider Directing Postponement Of School Sports Activities In NCR
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 19) requested the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider issuing directions to the schools in the Delhi-National Capital Region to postpone the sports and game competitions scheduled in November-December to safer months after improvements in the air quality.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod...
KVAT Act | Permission For Compounding Tax Cannot Be Cancelled For Suppression; Only Suppressed Turnover Can Be Taxed: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that under the KVAT Act (Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003), the assessing authority cannot cancel permission to pay tax at compounding rates for suppression in the same year it was opted, and only the suppressed turnover can be taxed at normal rates. Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim opined that cancellation proceedings are still pending, and the cancellation...
'No Further Demolition Required': Allahabad High Court Records UP Govt's Assurance On Fatehpur's Noori Jama Masjid
The Allahabad High Court on Monday disposed of a writ petition filed by the Fatehpur-Noori Jama Masjid Managing Committee after the Uttar Pradesh government gave a categorical undertaking that no further demolition of the religious structure is required. A Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta, however, granted the petitioner liberty to apply for demarcation...
No Quota For Judicial Officers In District Judge Posts : Supreme Court Issues Guidelines On Seniority In Higher Judicial Service
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled out any special quota/weightage for promotee judges in the posts of District Judges, observing that there is no nationwide pattern of disproportionate representation of direct recruits in the Higher Judicial Service.The Court observed that a perceived feeling of "heartburn" among judicial officers cannot justify the creation of any artificial...
Applications Under Section 60(5) IBC Cannot Be Used To Modify Approved Resolution Plans: NCLT Delhi
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Delhi has recently clarified that an application under Section 60(5) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which empowers the NCLT to determine disputes affecting the resolution process, cannot be used to revisit or modify a resolution plan once it has been approved by the tribunal. The ruling came in a petition filed by the...