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Mere Filing Of FIR, Ongoing Probe Against Applicant Without Court's Cognizance Not Valid Grounds To Refuse Passport Renewal: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that merely filing of an FIR or cases under investigation against a person is not a valid ground for refusal of passport renewal when no cognizance has been taken by a court.A division bench of Justice BP Colabawalla and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla noted that merely filing an FIR or having cases under investigation does not constitute...
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Moves High Court Seeking Bail In CBI Case Over Alleged Liquor Policy Scam
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in CBI case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. Notably, Kejriwal has directly approached the High Court for seeking bail without approaching the trial court.The matter was mentioned today by Advocate Rajat Bhardwaj before a division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan which allowed urgent...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Former TN Minister Balakrishna Reddy In Alleged Rioting Case
The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction and sentence imposed om former Tamil Nadu Minister Balakrishna Reddy.Justice G Jayachandran noted that there were several lacunas in the prosecution case and the benefit had to be given to the appellant (Balakrishnan). The orders were passed on appeals preferred by Reddy and others challenging his conviction.In January 2019, a...
Chief Justice Or Their Designate Cannot Adjudicate Merits Of Dispute Under Section 11 Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has held that it is completely beyond the domain of the Chief Justice and/or his designate, sitting in jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to adjudicate even prima facie on the merits of an arguable issue involved in the matter, which would fall categorically within the domain...
Gujarat High Court Allows Section 54 Deduction On Cash Transaction Of Sell And Purchase Of Residential Property
The Gujarat High Court has allowed the deduction under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act on the cash transaction of the sale and purchase of residential property.The bench of Justice Bhargav D. Karia and Justice Niral R. Mehta, while quashing the order of the Interim Board for Settlement Commission, denied the deduction of Rs. 2.4 crore with respect to the cash transaction of the sale and...
'LGBT Persons Entitled To Privacy Like Other Heterosexual Persons': Kerala HC Grants Relief To Transwoman Forced Into Conversion Therapy
The Kerala High Court has come to the rescue of Elida Rubielle, a transwoman who was allegedly forced to undergo conversion therapy. It noted that the 19-year-old had made a firm decision to live separately from her parents and said the choice and desire expressed by her needs to be respected.A bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice P. M. Manoj observed:“LGBT persons like...
Calcutta High Court Stays Demand Order Confirming Payment Reversal Of ITC Due To Cancellation Of Supplier's Registration
The Calcutta High Court stayed the demand order confirming the payment reversal of the ITC due to the cancellation of the supplier's registration.The bench of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury has observed that the prima facie case was made by the petitioner/assessee, and there shall be a stay of the demand raised by the proper officer as is reflected in the order, subject to the...
Undervaluation Can't Lead To Seizure Of Goods In Transit By Inspecting Authority: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that undervaluation cannot be a ground for seizure of goods in transit by the inspecting authority.The bench of Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Ramachandra D. Huddar upheld the single bench order in which the obligation to pay tax and penalty has been quashed coupled with a direction to release the vehicle.The conveyance bearing Registration No....
Hindi Names Of New Criminal Laws Are The Wisdom Of Parliament, Do Not Affect Any Rights: Centre Tells Madras High Court
The Union Government on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that there was nothing unconstitutional in the Hindi names of the three new criminal laws. The response came in a plea seeking to declare the Hindi names of the new criminal laws as unconstitutional. Additional Solicitor General ARL Sundaresan informed the bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq...
'Needs Medical Help': Delhi High Court Raps Litigant Who Sought Disqualification Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi From Contesting Elections
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal against a single judge order rejecting a plea seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting the Lok Sabha elections.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela rejected the appeal filed by Captain Deepak Kumar. Kumar had alleged that Modi and his accomplices attempted...
Karnataka High Court Denies Relief To Kannada News Channel Power TV In Plea Challenging Restraint On Its Broadcast
The Karnataka High Court has denied an appeal filed by M/s Power Smart Media Private Limited which operates Kannada news channel 'Power TV' challenging the interim order passed by a single judge bench, restraining it from broadcasting.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind had earlier heard the parties and reserved the order.The Bench took into consideration...
Cash For Jobs Recruitment Scam: Calcutta High Court Directs CBI To Produce Hard Disks Containing OMR Sheets From 2014 Teachers' Eligibility Test
The Calcutta High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to produce the hard disks/electronic servers used to store the results of the 2014 Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) in the ongoing probe into the mulit-tier cash for jobs recruitment scam being monitored by the High Court.A singe bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha held:This Court directs the CBI to apprise it as to...