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'Customer-Banker Relationship Is Of Mutual Trust' : Supreme Court Quashes Reinstatement Of Post Master Who Embezzled Deposits
The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 13) set aside the reinstatement of the Post Master who was removed from the service for embezzling the depositors amount for its personal use. The Court said mere deposit of the embezzled money will not absolve an employee of the misconduct. “Relationship of a customer with a banker is of mutual trust. Any account holder will be satisfied once an...
Bata v. Crocs : Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas Of Footwear Makers Against Maintainability Of Crocs' Passing Off Suits Over Design Infringement
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by Bata India Ltd and five other footwear manufacturers challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment which held that the suits filed by Crocs Inc.USA alleging passing off over the infringement of the latter's footwear designs registered under the Designs Act were maintainable.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Alok...
Kerala High Court Pulls Up Police Chief For Inaction Over Direction To Trace Lawyer Accused Of Misappropriating Client's ₹40 Lakh
The Kerala High Court on Friday (November 14) pulled up the District Police Chief, Thiruvananthapuram, for the inaction to trace out the accused persons in a case alleging misappropriation of ₹40 lakhs belonging to a client by his lawyer, and her husband.The Court had given an interim direction to the Station House Officer, Negumangad (5th respondent), to conduct a thorough investigation in...
Supreme Court Seeks ED's Response On Ex-Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's Plea To Relax Bail Conditions In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court today issued notice on an application filed by ex-Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji seeking relaxation of his bail conditions in the money laundering case arising out of the cash-for-jobs 'scam'.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Narendra Hooda. Advocate Zoheb Hossain appeared for ED and...
Madras High Court Allows Meritorious Candidate To Join MBBS Course After She Could Not Pay Fee On Time Due To Financial Difficulties
The Madras High Court has come to the rescue of a candidate who was not permitted to join the allotted Medical College after failing to pay the fee on time. Justice Anand Venkatesh invoked the court's extraordinary jurisdiction and took into account the circumstances that prevented the candidate from paying the fee on time. The court noted that the candidate had obtained a good score...
Is Acceptance Of Apology Enough To Purge Contempt? Allahabad High Court Explains Why Punishment Can Still Be Awarded
Interpreting Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971, the Allahabad High Court has clarified that while an apology made by a contemnor may be accepted by the court, the same does not automatically purge the contempt or discharge the contemnor. Dealing with the recall and apology plea of an advocate facing criminal contempt for making scandalous allegations against the court, a...
Trader's Plea To Cancel GST Registration Unravels ITC Fraud, Delhi High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs Over Misleading Submissions
In an unusual turn of events at the Delhi High Court, an “innocuous” petition filed by a trader seeking cancellation of its GST registration unravelled fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit worth lakhs.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain thus imposed a cost of ₹5 lakh on the trader, ₹2 lakh of which would go to the Delhi High Court Bar Association, ₹2...
Delhi State Commission Directs Uppal Chadha Hi-Tech Developers To Refund Booking Amount For Failing To Execute Buyer's Agreement
The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, presided over by Hon'ble Mrs. Bimla Kumari (Presiding Member), has held Uppal Chadha Hi-Tech Developers Pvt. Ltd. guilty of deficiency in service for failing to execute the Buyer's Agreement and for withholding the refund of the booking amount despite repeated requests. Brief Facts of the Case: The complainant, Nitin...
'Taxable Person' Under GST Includes Individual Behind Fake Firms Used To Fraudulently Avail ITC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that where fraudulent availment of tax by a fake firm comes to light, penalties can be imposed on the person behind the bogus operations.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain observed,“When the expression 'taxable person' has to be interpreted, the 'taxable person', so long as it is an identified real person/entity it would be the...
Legal Counsel Vacancy At Nagpur Forest Services
Nagpur Forest Services invites application for the post of Legal Counsel.Name of the Post: Legal Counsel No. of Post: 01 (One) Essential Qualification and Experience • Graduate and chartered in law from a recognized university. • An office of the rank of District Judge, Retired Additional District Judge, Retired First Class Judicial Magistrate or Joint Secretary/ Deputy Secretary/ Under Secretary retired from the law and Justice Department should have retired from this government service. ...
Karnataka High Court Convicts Newspaper Editor For Defamatory Articles Against Police Inspector; Sets Aside Trial Court Acquittal
The Karnataka High Court has convicted an Editor of a newspaper for publishing defamatory articles in the newspaper against a circle Inspector of police at K.R. Police Station at Mysuru.Justice S Rachaiah said “Allegations are made against an officer and failed to prove any one of such allegations by producing any complaints by public amounts to defamation.”The court allowed the appeal...