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Cabinet Approves Setting Up Of National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the setting up of the National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT). The GSTAT will act as a forum for second appeal in GST laws and the first common forum of dispute resolution between Centre and States. Its National Bench shall be situated at New Delhi. It will be presided over by the...
[S.300 Murder- Exception-I] Deceased Termed His Wife And Daughter 'Prostitutes': SC Finds It Sufficient 'Grave And Sudden Provocation'
“In our society, no lady would like to hear such a word from her husband. Most importantly, she would not be ready to hear such a word against her daughters. The incident is a result of a sudden and grave provocation by the deceased.”
Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Slew Of Directions To Curb Drug Abuse In State [Read Judgment]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued a slew of directions to tackle the menace of drug abuse in the State.The directions were issued by a bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu. These included steps such as awareness drives and were especially directed towards securing school children and prisoners from falling prey to addiction.The court was...
SC Direction On Expiry Of Stay Orders Applicable Only To Trial And Not Execution Proceedings : Karnataka HC [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has clarified that the Supreme Court direction in Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Pvt Ltd v CBI regarding automatic lapse of stay orders after 6 months is applicable only to trial proceedings. The SC direction is not applicable to stay on execution proceedings granted by an appellate court.The clarification of the Court came on noticing the action of a trial court...
Playground & School On A Single Land Mandatory Requirement For Affiliation: Allahabad HC [Read Order]
The Allahabad High Court recently highlighted the importance of a playground in a school and asserted that the existence of such infrastructure "distinguishes an educational institution from an education shop".In doing so, Justice Ajay Bhanot also ruled that the playground and the school building should be a part of a single composite land, observing, "In case the playground and the...
SC Advocate Menaka Guruswamy Features In Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers List
Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, whose arguments in the Section 377 case had put the Apex Court to think about the human cost of the archaic provision, has now featured in Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers list.This was the 10th annual special edition of Global Thinkers and Dr. Guruswamy was listed under the "Activism and the Arts" category. The recognition especially acknowledges the...
Jayalalithaa Cannot Be Termed A Convict In Assets Case: Madras HC
The Madras High Court Wednesday held that former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa cannot be termed a convict in a disproportionate assets case and dismissed a petition challenging the construction of a memorial to her on the ground that she was one. A division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam made the observation and dismissed the petition by M L...
Former HP CM Virbhadra Singh, Wife Move HC Challenging Trial Court Order In DA case
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order to frame charges against them for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets (DA) of over Rs 10 crore. The 82-year-old Congress leader and his wife have sought quashing of the December 10, 2018 trial court order directing framing of...
Gujarat HC Quashes Circular Levying GST On DISCOMS For Bundled Services [Read Judgment]
The Gujarat High Court has struck down a part of a circular issued in March last year by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), which had proposed levy of GST on DISCOMS for various other bundled services connected with the transmission and distribution of electricity.The bench comprising Justice Harsha Devani and Justice AP Thaker opined that since the principal supply...