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Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 5 March to 11 March 2023
Delhi High Court Issuance Of SCN in Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, Contemplates Dispatch Of Notice And Not Its Receipt: Delhi High Court Case Title: Commissioner of Customs (Airport & General) vs M/s R.P. Cargo Handling Services The Delhi High Court has ruled that the expression ‘issuance of show cause notice’ in Regulation 20(1) of the Customs...
Madras High Court Issues Notice On Online Gaming Company’s Plea Against CB-CID Notice Over Gamer's Suicide
The Madras High Court has issued notice to the State Police on a plea by Pay Games 24x7, an online gaming company based out of Mumbai challenging the notices issued by CB-CID in connection with the investigation into the suicide of a gamer. Justice G Chandrasekharan has directed the Tamil Nadu Government, CB-CID and Chennai police to file their counters by March 14. After the...
Make RTE Act Compulsory Subject In All Law Schools: PIL In Delhi High Court
A public interest litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction for asking Bar Council of India (BCI) to consider making Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, or RTE Act, a compulsory subject for students in all law colleges and universities.The plea is likely to be heard by division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and...
NGT Directs NHAI To Pay 2 Crore Compensation For Violation Of ‘Green Highway Policy,2015’ .
The bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel(chairperson), Justice Sudhir Agrawal (judicial member), Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi (Judicial Member), Dr. A.Senthil Vel, (expert member) of National Green Tribunal, principal bench, New Delhi directed the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) to pay compensation of 2 crore to PCCF,Haryana for non compliance of environmental obligation and...
Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Accused Under NDPS Act Citing Non-Compliance Of S.41B CrPC
The Calcutta High Court recently granted bail to two accused persons in a NDPS case on the grounds that Section 41B of CrPC was not complied with, there were discrepancies in the documents of seizure. While allowing the bail application of the accused persons the division bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Rai Chattopadhyay held:“The provisions of Section 41B of the Code...
Applications For Refund Of ITC Cannot Be Denied On Mere Suspicion: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that applications for refund of Input Tax Credit (ITC) cannot be rejected merely on suspicion and without any cogent material. The division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan directed the department to initiate a refund of ITC of Rs. 72,03,961/-based on the goods that the petitioner has exported. In this case, the petitioner filed...
Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Proceedings Against Jetair
The Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment proceedings against Jetair Pvt Ltd, a group entity of Jet Airways (India) Ltd, and has set aside the notice issued by the revenue department under Section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 against Jetair, seeking to reopen assessment for the relevant assessment year. The bench of Justices Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Kamal Khata rejected...
[Illegal Mining] Meghalaya High Court Calls For Stricter Norms To 'Stop Plundering Of Natural Resources'
The Meghalaya High Court recently directed the State Government for preparation of a blueprint to maintain the condition of roads in the State besides working out a “stricter set of norms” both for checking and control to stop the plundering of the bountiful natural resources available in the State.The observations were made by the division bench of the High Court comprising Chief...
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Comes To Aid Of Below Poverty Line Woman "Duped" Of Employment By Govt Officials To Oblige Sarpanch
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that the perversity of an action or decision by a public authority/official, acting in the domain of public administration, irrespective of the tier of the administration, has no hiding from the pendular gaze of the Rule of Law which may for a given case get late but not defaults in catching up with the wrong deed and...
Delhi High Court Allows Minor To Terminate Pregnancy, Even As Father Fails To Come Forward To Sign Consent Form
The Delhi High Court has allowed a 16-year-old minor to undergo medical termination of pregnancy after her father, who had earlier gave consent in the court for the procedure, failed to come forward to fulfil the formality of signing the consent form.Keeping in view the fact that only two or three days were left for the minor to complete 24 weeks of pregnancy, Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 6 To March 12, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 119-130]K.Sasi v. State of Kerala rep. by Chief Secretary to the Govt & Ors., 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 119 Sunil N.S. v. State of Kerala, 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 120Gopal C V Central Bureau of Investigation, 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 121Jollyamma Joseph @ Jolly V State of Kerala, 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 122Bijumon & Ors v. The New India Assurance Co.,2023...
RTE Act | Take Action Against Schools Not Reserving 25% Elementary Level Seats For Children From Disadvantaged Groups: Gauhati High Court To State
The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Assam Government to implement its policy framed under Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (the Act of 2009) with regard to the admission benefits to the children belonging to the weaker section and disadvantaged group in the unaided and non-minority institutions. While hearing a PIL on the issue,...