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Delhi High Court Restrains Institute Of Cost Accountants Of India From Using ‘ICAI’ Acronym
The Delhi High Court has restrained Institute Of Cost Accountants Of India from using “ICAI” acronym, a trademark which stands registered in favour of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for the institution or services provided by it.Justice C Hari Shankar also directed Institute Of Cost Accountants Of India to remove ICAI acronym from all existing web pages and other physical...
Supreme Court Adjourns Bail Plea Of TMC Spokesperson Saket Gokhale To April
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to April, the bail hearing of Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale in a case related to allegation of misappropriation of funds raised through a crowdfunding account. A division bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath was informed by Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta that the State would be filing their response to Gokhale’s petition in...
Transaction Of Transfer/Sale Of One Of The Independent Running Business Divisions Attracts 18% GST: AAR
The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the transfer or sale of one of the independently running business divisions attracts 18% GST.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran T. Reddy has observed that the transaction of transfer or sale of one of the independent running business divisions as a whole, along with all the assets and liabilities of the...
VAT Act, Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Dept. To Refund Pre-Deposit With 6% Interest
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state/commercial tax department to refund the pre-deposit amount paid during the appeal with 6% interest to the assessee.The division bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Prakash Chandra Gupta has observed that even though there is no provision for payment of interest on the refund of amounts so collected under the VAT Act,...
Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Designer Aniksha Jaisinghani In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis
A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday granted bail to designer Aniksha Jaisinghani, daughter of alleged bookie Anil Jaisinghani in the extortion and bribery complaint filed by the Deputy Chief Minister’s wife Amruta Fadnavis. Sessions Judge DD Almale directed her to execute bail bond of Rs. 50,0000 and furnish sureties of the like amount. Aniksha approached the court for bail...
Calcutta High Court Directs Removal Of Dhruv Rathee's Fruit Juice Video After Non-Compliance Of Interim Order In Dabur's Plea
The Calcutta High Court ordered to remove and restrain the access of the Dhruv Rathee’s video which made reference to the Dabur’s product ‘Real’ fruit juice, from all the URL/Web links of social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, Instagram etc. on the ground that despite the court’s order to remove the offending portions of the video, it continued to be aired and...
Supply Of Goods To The Overseas Customer Is Neither A Supply Of Goods Nor A Supply Of Services: Karnataka AAR
The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that the supply of goods to an overseas customer is treated neither as a supply of goods nor as a supply of services.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran T. Reddy has observed that there are two transactions involving the applicant. The first transaction is the supply of goods by the manufacturer to the applicant, and...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's Plea For Anticipatory Bail In Bribery Case
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by BJP Leader Madal Virupakshappa in the alleged bribery case. The court had granted him interim anticipatory bail on March 7. Virupakshappa was the Chairman of KSDL but resigned after his son V Prashanth Madal was allegedly caught red-handed by the Lokayukta while accepting a bribe in relation to a...
Gujarat High Court Annouces Service For Digitally Signed e-Certified Copies Of Orders & Judgments With QR Code Verification
A new litigant-centric Service named Email My Case Status (EMCS) Live Portfolio by which litigants and lawyers can get digitally signed e-certified copies of the judgments is being launched on the Gujarat High Court Case Status Portal.The service is being introduced as per the guidance and direction of the Acting Chief Justice and Judges of the IT Committee of the High Court, the IT Cell of...
MV Act | Insurer Cannot Escape Liability On Premise That Legal Heirs Of Deceased Owner Were Not Parties To Claim Petition: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that the insurer cannot escape its liability to pay compensation to the claimants on the ground that the legal heirs of the deceased owner were not made parties to the claim petitions.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar made these observations while hearing a bunch of appeals in terms of which the appellant insurance company had...
Order XXI Rule 11 CPC | Judgment Debtor Cannot Be Arrested In Proceedings For Execution Of Arbitration Award: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the Commercial Court, Bengaluru, ordering the arrest of the Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Department of Health and Family Welfare in an execution proceeding.A single judge bench Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar set aside the order dated 15-02-2023, saying it is "patently illegal”.The respondent Tejasco Techsoft Private...
If Building Has Potential To Fetch Higher Revenue Post Reconstruction, Proving 'Dilapidated Condition' For Evicting Tenant Not Necessary: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday ruled that when a building is situated in a commercial location having possible potential to fetch higher income after reconstruction/rebuilding, tenants may be evicted for such bonafide requirement of the landlord and the requirement of demonstrating the dilapidated condition of the building for enforcing eviction is not necessary in such...