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'Kill Modi' Remark: Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Congress Leader Raja Pateria Two Months After Arrest
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday granted bail to Congress leader Raja Pateria in a case over his alleged remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Justice Sanjay Dwivedi while allowing the second bail application preferred by the Congress Leader, observed that, Considering the earlier order and the liberty granted to the applicant to revive the application after the period of...
Won't Spare Them: Orissa High Court Pulls Up State Education Dept Over "Pathetic" Infrastructure In Schools
The Orissa High Court has pulled-up the School and Mass Education Department (S&ME), Government of Odisha for lack of basic infrastructure in numerous primary and upper-primary schools of the State.While expressing shock over poor condition of the existing facilities, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Murahari Sri Raman said,“The photographs attached to...
Rajasthan High Court Upholds Maintenance Order, Says Husband Levelled Adultery Allegation But At Same Time Sought Restitution Of Conjugal Rights
The Rajasthan High Court recently upheld a maintenance order passed under section 125 CrPC which was challenged on the ground that the wife was allegedly living in adultery.The Single Judge bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed:“the evidence adduced by the present petitioner is not sufficient enough to draw a conclusion that respondent No.1 (wife) was living in adultery. The fact...
Person Ineligible To Act As Arbitrator U/s 12(5) Cannot Appoint Another Arbitrator For Determining The Dispute: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday ruled that any person who becomes ineligible to act as an Arbitrator in terms of Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act cannot appoint/nominate another Arbitrator for determining the dispute.Section 12(5) provides that notwithstanding any prior agreement to the contrary, any person whose relationship with the parties or counsel or...
Music Important For Child Development, Govt Must Consider Regular Music Teachers’ Post In Schools Irrespective Of Student Strength: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently recommended the Government to consider sanctioning regular Music teachers’ post in all schools, at least in primary section, irrespective of the student’s strength or number of periods.The Court made the above recommendation, while considering the case of a Music teacher, who was forced to fight throughout her service to get a full-time post of, after...
GST Payable On Additional Surcharge Collected From Open Access Consumer Under Electricity Act: AAR
The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the additional surcharge collected from open-access consumers as per Section 42 of the Electricity Act, 2003, is taxable under the GST Act.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran Reddy T. has observed that Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited cannot be considered either a "governmental authority" or...
State Instrumentalities Must Deal With Citizens Fairly: Kerala High Court Orders Release Of Amount Withheld In Excess Of Quantified Loss In Road Project
The Kerala High Court recently held that the Government cannot retain any amount in excess of the loss already quantified by it with regard to the amount due to a contractor on the premise of breach of contract.“The State and its instrumentalities are expected to deal with the citizens in a fair manner in all circumstances.”, the court observed in this regard.The division bench comprising...
ITAT Deletes Addition On Cash Deposits During Demonetisation
The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the addition of cash deposits during demonetization.The bench of R.S. Syal (Vice President) has observed that the assessee sold their ancestral agricultural land in 2013 for a sum of Rs. 38 lakhs along with his brother. The assessee’s share was Rs. 19 lakh. The assessee's share of Rs. 19 lakhs in cash was kept with...
Deprived Workers Of Their Dues: Karnataka High Court Directs Mysore Electrical To Reinstate Employees Unilaterally Shifted To Contractual Engagement
The Karnataka High Court has held that Mysore Electrical Industries Limited, a State Government Undertaking, which is not registered under Section 7 of the Contract Labour Abolition Act (CLRA) shifted the services of its workmen to private agencies (contractors) without their consent, declaring their employment as contract labour, only for the purpose of depriving the workers their due...
Dealers, Applying For Government Tenders To Verify GSTIN Status Through Peridot App: Jammu & Kashmir Govt.
The Finance Department of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a circular directing the dealers or contractors applying for government tenders to verify their GSTIN status and authenticate their GST return through the Peridot App.The government stated that dealers and contractors whose GSTINs have been canceled or deactivated are applying for government tenders with the submission of fake or forged...
Orissa High Court Orders District Authorities Of Puri To Enquire Alleged Excommunication Of Three Families As ‘Untouchables’
Taking a tough stand against the illegal practice of ‘untouchability’, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday ordered the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO), Puri to make an enquiry into the alleged ousting of three families from their village after being considered as ‘untouchables’. While dictating the order, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and...
[Villupuram Ashram Case] Inmates Were Administered Drugs, Sexually Assaulted: Police Informs Madras High Court
The Gingee Police in Villupuram has informed the Madras High Court that inmates of the Anbu Jothi Ashram were administered psychiatric drugs, chained, and physically and sexually assaulted by the ashram staff.The Deputy Superintendent of Police filed a status report based on directions issued by the court earlier.The bench of Justice M Sundar and Justice Nirmal Kumar had sought the report...