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Orissa High Court Chief Justice Throws Open ‘Museum Of Justice’
The refurbished Museum of Justice set up by the Orissa High Court inside the Barabati Quila (Fort), Cuttack, was thrown open for public on Friday in the presence of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and the Judges of the High Court. The Museum was inaugurated by Prof. Ganeshi Lal, Governor of Odisha on February 25, 2023.A consultative committee of historians, conservation experts and legal...
Delhi High Court Allows Holding Of Seminar On Fascism, Asks Organizers To Give Invitees’ Details To Police
The Delhi High Court has allowed holding of a two days National Seminar to be conducted through “Bharat Bachao” platform on the theme “Understanding Fascism In Present India Context” and asked the parties to ensure that it is held in a “peaceful atmosphere.”Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a plea moved by Gade Inna Reddy and Dr. Mondru Francis Gopinath challenging the...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Accepts Unconditional Apology From Sr AAG, DM Anantnag
Observing that the apology tendered by Senior Additional Advocate General Abdul Rashid Malik and District Magistrate Anantnag is accompanied with a sense of genuine remorse and repentance and is not a calculated strategy to avoid punishment, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday accepted their unconditional apology.Accepting the apology, a bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq...
Bombay High Court Asks District Judge To Probe How BJP’s Kirit Somaiya Got Copies Of Judicial Order, FIR In Cases Against NCP’s Hasan Mushrif
The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry to find out how BJP leader Kirit Somaiya obtained a copy of a judicial order passed against NCP leader Hasan Mushrif’s sons hours after the order was pronounced.The bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sharmila Deshmukh asked the Principal District Judge to conduct the inquiry. It also directed the investigating officer to...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate Kardak Ete As Judge Of Gauhati High Court
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Kardak Ete as a Judge of the Gauhati High Court, tweeted Union Minster for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju today. His appointment is as an additional judge of the High Court for two years.The Supreme Court collegium had recommended his name for elevation on March 2. The collegium had specifically noted that he belonged to a...
Purchaser Is Not Entitled To ITC On The Purchases Made From The Seller Who Had Discharged Its Tax Liability: AAR
The Punjab Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the purchaser is not entitled to claim Input Tax Credit (ITC) on the purchases made by it from the seller, who had discharged its tax liability.The two-member bench of Varinder Kaur and Viraj Shayamkarn Tidke has observed that no registered person shall be entitled to take credit for any input tax in respect of any supply of goods...
Manish Sisodia Was Instrumental In Implementation Of Excise Policy, Arrest In Money Laundering Case Justified: Delhi Court
A Delhi Court on Friday said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia was instrumental at every state in the formulation and implementation of Delhi excise policy for the year 2021-22 and that his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering registered was justified.Special Judge MK Nagpal made the observations while...
An Order Is Not Prejudicial To The Interest Of Revenue U/S 263 If It Is Based On An Uncertain Issue Of Entitlement Of Treaty Benefit: ITAT
The Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that an order by assessing officer on whether a particular entity is entitled to a treaty benefit or not is a highly contentious issue and cannot be considered to be erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of revenue under section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961. The two-member bench of Saktijit Dey (Judicial member)...
100% Reservation For Women Unconstitutional: Chhattisgarh High Court Quashes Advertisement For Nursery Demonstrator, Asst Prof Recruitment
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday nullified Note-2 under Schedule-III of the Chhattisgarh Medical Education (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 2013 (‘the Rules’) and the consequent advertisement made for direct recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professor (Nursing) and Demonstrator, wherein 100% of the seats were reserved for women.While declaring the above scheme...
Once Decision Is Made In A S. 34 Application, Court Has No Power To Remit Matter To Arbitrator: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has ruled that once a decision is made in an application filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), the Court has no power to remit the matter back to the Arbitrator under Section 34(4). The bench of Justices P. Naveen Rao and J. Sreenivas Rao observed that since the Arbitrator had failed to frame an issue on...
Issue Whether The Dispute Pertains To The Agreement Containing Arbitration Clause Or Not, To Be Decided By Arbitrator: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the issue whether the disputes between the parties have arisen under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) containing an arbitration clause, or the subsequent work orders issued to the party, which are devoid of any arbitration clause, or whether they are related to both, can be looked into by the Arbitrator who can rule on his own jurisdiction in terms...