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Land For Jobs Scam Case: Tejashwi Yadav Moves Delhi High Court Against CBI Summons, Says Can't Be Questioned In Delhi
Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the summons issued to him by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) asking him to appear for questioning in the alleged land for jobs scam case.The matter will be heard tomorrow by Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma. In the interim, Yadav has sought stay on the operation of the notices issued to him...
Vande Bharat Stone Pelting Tweets| Calcutta High Court Stays Coercive Action Against TV Today Network, Its Dy Editor Till March 20
The Calcutta High Court on Monday extended its interim order staying any coercive steps against the TV Today Network and India Today's Deputy Editor Indrajit Kundu till March 20, in connection with an FIR lodged against them u/s 153A IPC for making Twitter posts regarding the Vande Bharat Train Stone Pelting incident of January 2023.The order was passed by the bench of Justice Bibek...
Siddique Kappan Co-Accused Atiq-Ur-Rehman Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court In Hathras Conspiracy Case
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to the 'Hathras Conspiracy' case accused Atikur Rehman (also spelled as Atiq-Ur-Rehman) who was arrested in October 2020 along with journalist Siddique Kappan and two others on their way to Hathras to meet the family members of a gang rape and murder victim.The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Renu Agarwal took into account the...
Krishna Janmabhumi Dispute: Allahabad HC Grants Last Chance To Respondents To File Reply In Plea Seeking Transfer Of Pending Suits To HC
The Allahabad High Court today granted a 'last chance' to the respondents in a plea filed before it seeking the transfer of suits pending before the Mathura Court praying for various reliefs pertaining to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute.The Bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I passed this order today weeks after it entertained and agreed to hear a Transfer plea filed...
Income Earned From Offshore Supply Of Escalators And Elevators Is Not Taxable In India: ITAT
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has observed that income earned by the assessee from the offshore supply of escalators and elevators is not taxable in India.The two-member bench of G.S. Pannu (President) and Sandeep Singh Karhail (Judicial Member) have observed that the property in goods passes on to the buyer at the port of shipment. Though the cost,...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Five Judicial Officers As Judges Of Gujarat High Court
The Central Government today notified the appointment of five Judicial Officers as judges of the Gujarat High Court. Their names are:(1) Susan Valentine Pinto,(2) Hasmukhbhai Dalsukhbhai Suthar,(3) Jitendra Champaklal Doshi,(4) Mangesh Rameshchandra Mengdey, and(5) Divyeshkumar Amrutlal JoshiThe above-named judicial officers were recommended for elevation by the Supreme Court Collegium in...
UP BJP Spokesperson Prashant Umrao Moves Madras High Court For Anticipatory Bail In FIR Over Tweet On Bihar Migrant Workers In Tamil Nadu
Lawyer and Uttar Pradesh BJP Spokesperson Prashant Kumar Umrao has approached the Madras High Court for anticipatory bail in an FIR lodged by the Tamil Nadu police against him for allegedly spreading false information on the alleged attacks against the migrant workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu. The FIR was registered under Section 153, 153A, 504 and 505 of the IPC. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan...
Section 151 CPC | Bombay High Court Allows Correction In Sale Deed After 38 Yrs
Observing that the Court’s powers under Section 151 and 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure are to rectify errors and do substantial justice, the Bombay High Court allowed correction in a sale deed after thirty-eight years.Section 5 of the Limitation Act is elastic enough to apply the law in a meaningful manner to meet the ends of justice, Justice Sharmila Deshmukh back then at the...
Excise Duty Not Payable On Scrap Sent To The Job Workers For Manufacture Of Angles And Channels: CESTAT
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that excise duty is not payable on the scrap that has been sent to the job workers for the manufacture of intermediate products such as angles and channels.The two-member bench of Sulekha Beevi C.S. (Judicial Member) and Vasa Seshagiri Rao (Accountant Member) has observed that the Department has...
Private Schools Dependent On Fee Collected By Them, Maintaining Surplus Can’t Be Construed As Commercialization Of Education: Delhi High Court
Observing that private unaided schools are entirely dependent on the fee collected by them, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that planning and maintaining a surplus by such schools, per se, cannot be construed as commercialisation of education. Emphasising that it is important for private unaided schools to maintain a surplus for further development and honing of their...
Karnataka High Court Permits State Board To Conduct Board Exams For 5th And 8th Class Students After Two Weeks, Results Subject To Final Outcome
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday by an interim order stayed a single bench order which quashed three circulars issued by the State government prescribing a Board like Examination for students of Standards 5 and 8th in schools affiliated to the state board.A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice Ashok S Kinagi stayed the order dated March 10 and permitted the State government...
Meghalaya High Court Rejects State's "Grandiose" Plan To Deploy CRPF For Tackling Illegal Coal Mining
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday rejected the "Grandiose" blueprint prepared by the State government to deploy 100 companies of CRPF in the eastern range and 60 companies in the western range to curb the menace of Illegal Coal Mining.A Full bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justices H. S. Thangkhiew, W Diengdoh observed, "The cost implication, even on a short-term,...